Earth quake hits China, Tibet, India on Sunday
CHINA (PTI): Today communication services had been restored in Yadong County, according to Ji Xiaopeng, secretary of Yadong County Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Ministry of Civil Affairs said, the earthquake affected 13 counties in Tibet. The ministry sent a team to Tibet to help carry out rescue and relief work.
An initial survey showed that the earthquake had rendered more than 70 per cent of residential houses in Yadong unsafe, according to the local earthquake resistance and disaster relief headquarters.Tibet’s regional government allocated a relief fund of USD 1.56 million to the affected areas.
An emergency rescue and disaster relief headquarters consisting of military troops, armed police and firefighters was set up today — with Padma Choling, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region, as the commander.
A medical team organised by the General Hospital of the Tibet Military Command will arrive at Yadong in the afternoon to treat other injured.Four temporary shelters have been set up in the county of Yadong, resettling about 2,000 local residents, according to Ji Xiaopeng. Emergency supplies are transported to the affected areas successively as the road traffic to Yadong have resumed at noon.A total of 1,100 tents and 4,500 cotton quilts and clothing have been sent to the affected places up till now.
