China allocates 468m yuan for repairing water conservation projects

BEIJING - The Chinese government has allocated 468 million yuan ($69.5 million) for the repair work of water conservancy projects damaged by floods and earthquakes.

The fund has been allocated to 10 provincial-level regions such as South China's Guangdong to boost efforts in flood prevention, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

Since the flood season began this year, heavy rainfalls have resulted in floods in the tributaries of the Zhujiang River and the Yangtze River, and Southwest China's Sichuan province has endured two major earthquakes. These natural disasters have bruised local water conservation projects and left them vulnerable to floods.