Disaster relief efforts are in full swing in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake, with hundreds of personnel installing prefabricated homes to relocate affected residents.
The quake jolted Dingri County of Xigaze City on Tuesday morning, with at least 126 people confirmed to have lost their lives and 188 others injured, and over 3,600 homes collapsed.
As of 17:00 Thursday, the Ministry of Emergency Management had mobilized emergency rescue teams specializing in engineering, safety production and emergency power supply.
A total of 84 teams have been deployed, comprising 1,586 people, with 1,019 sets of equipment and three helicopters.
So far, over 160 damaged houses have been checked and 500 households have received emergency aid, totaling more than 2,600 people.
These teams have also helped install over 100 prefabricated houses and delivered more than 61,000 emergency relief items.
Meanwhile, materials such as mobile homes have started arriving in the earthquake-affected areas.
In Lhaze County, the installation of the first batch of prefabricated homes is underway.
On Thursday, at a vacant site in front of Lhaze High School, excavators were leveling the ground in preparation for the construction of these prefabricated homes.
By 19:00 Thursday, half of the ground was leveled and 400 sets of mobile homes had been delivered to the construction site.
Work on the water and power supply for these homes was also progressing.
"Due to the weather conditions, strong winds, the hoisting work is risky. But we'll try our best to speed up the progress while ensuring the safety," said Jiang Lei, site manager of the Lhaze relocation project.
Relief efforts in full swing in quake-hit Xizang
Relief efforts in full swing in quake-hit Xizang
Relief efforts in full swing in quake-hit Xizang
