 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Beijing (AFP) May 7, 2011 Authorities plan to move nearly a quarter of a million people this year from disaster-prone areas in northern China into newly-built homes, state media reported Saturday. About 240,000 will be moved in the first stage of a ten-year project to shift 2.4 million people away from less-developed mountainous areas in Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The total number due to be relocated eclipses the more than 1.4 million people who were forced to move for the construction of central China's Three Gorges Dam, the world's biggest hydroelectric power project. Overall, the project encompasses 28 counties, including the cities of Hanzhong, Ankang and Shangluo in the province's south, Wang Dengji, head of the provincial land and resources department was quoted as saying. The relocation project is expected to cost more than 110 billion yuan ($16.9 billion), Xinhua reported, citing a plan by Wang's department. Areas in Shaanxi suffer from disasters such as flooding and landslides. In July, rain-triggered disasters killed nearly 300 people in the province. The resettled families will either be assigned new homes by the government or have to build them themselves, the report said. Each family will receive a subsidy of 30,000 yuan, with the poorest getting an additional 10,000 yuan. After the Three Gorges relocation project, several of those displaced complained they did not receive their money and that local officials embezzled millions of yuan in relocation funds, according to human rights groups.
Share This Article With Planet Earth
Related Links Bringing Order To A World Of Disasters A world of storm and tempest When the Earth Quakes
Japan insurance losses slash Berkshire profitsNew York (AFP) May 6, 2011 US investment king Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reported a sharp plunge in first-quarter earnings Friday, hit heavily by insurance losses on Japan's earthquake-tsunami disaster. Net earnings fell 56 percent to $1.51 billion from $3.63 billion a year earlier for the diversified investment house, long a favorite with small investors. Earnings per the company's "A" shares - which cl ... read more |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
YahooMyWeb
Google
Facebook
