Premier Wen Jiabao is back in Sichuan's earthquake-savaged counties again, and he reportedly has decided not to rebuild the largest town in Beichuan County destroyed by the quake on May 12. Sources said that the town's towers of rubble now will be built as a memorial park in place for generations of future visitors to witness.
An elevated view of the earthquake site is
seen in Beichuan, Sichuan province Thursday, May 22, 2008.
Tucked in a steep river valley atop the unstable Longmen Fault, the onetime Beichuan town of 20,000 is in too vulnerable a location to rebuild, officials said.
He added that survivors of the quake in Beichuan have been relocated to the nearby cities of Mianyang and Anxian
Soldiers are guarding entry to the ruined city, barring access due to fears of
infection and concern that a river blocked by landslides above the town, forming
two lakes, may suddenly burst, letting a deluge down the valley.
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