BEIJING -- Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei said here on Thursday that
damaged water infrastructure, including reservoirs and hydropower plants, posed
serious threats to flood control and security in earthquake-stricken regions,
particularly in the hardest-hit province of Sichuan. It was crucial to prevent secondary disasters and control floods at damaged
reservoirs, hydropower plants and dikes, he stressed.
If necessary, downstream residents should be evacuated, he said.
Another key water project in Sichuan, the Dujiangyan irrigation system, which
was more than 2,000 years old, was also reported safe after Monday's quake.
Sichuan has other major water projects, including the south-to-north water
diversion project and the Three Gorges Dam, both of which reported no impact
from the quake. |
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