Monday, February 2, 2009

20090202 Relief work enhanced as drought expands in N China

About 137 million mu of wheat cropland was threatened by the drought, which began last November, including 39.9 million mu seriously affected.

Drought had left 3.7 million people and 1.85 million livestock with no access to drinking water, according to sources with the office.

The headquarters has sent four working teams to eight crop-producing provinces which were worst affected, including Hebei, Shaanxi, Anhui and Jiangsu, to instruct farmers on the relief work.

He said the water resources allocation should be integrated to ensure equal
distribution
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