Billions to be poured into ailing reservoirs
By Wang Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-23 07:45
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A villager collects water from a pond that is drying up in Jiangling village in Songxian county, Central China's Henan province, on Monday. A severe drought has made it difficult for 3,600 people and 970 cattle in the county to find adequate drinking water. Wang Song / Xinhua |
BEIJING - China will invest nearly 63 billion yuan ($9.3 billion) on reinforcing more than 40,000 small reservoirs across the nation as part of its efforts to cope with the ongoing risks of drought and flooding.
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