To help relief work in these disaster-hit areas, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Affairs appropriated a total of 176 million yuan ($25.7 million) on Friday to fight the ongoing drought.
The money will be used in resolving grain and drinking water difficulties in drought-afflicted Hebei, Shanxi, Heilongjiang and Gansu provinces, along with Ningxia and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions.
Drought has been plaguing the country since the beginning of this year. In early summer, the drought reached a peak, with 191 million mu of farmland affected.
clipped from www.chinadaily.com.cn
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