Luding quake toll rises to 82

Zhang and his men clung to ropes to cross the river and entered the village to rescue the injured. Later, they felled trees to build a makeshift bridge to transport the injured.

A total of 124 resettlement sites were set up to accommodate more than 20,000 people in Ganzi and Ya'an.

From Monday to Tuesday, 79 metric tons of daily necessities were transported from Kangding, the capital of Ganzi autonomous prefecture, Luding and Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, to Moxi. The supply of major daily necessities in Ganzi and Ya'an is sufficient at this time, and the prices of goods are stable, the authorities said.