A serious landslide that hit the
Three Gorges site in central China's
Hubei
Province on December 1 has been kept under control.
Sources said that 136 residents of 53 families dwelling in the
landslide area had been removed from the site safely.
The accident occurred in Zigui County, 30 kilometers away from the
upper reach of the Three Gorges Dam. It resulted in huge cracks on
the mountain and a slide of some 300,000 cubic meters (10,594,400
cubic feet) of mountain massif.
The landslide halted local transportation, communication and water
supply. So far, transportation on the Yangtze
River has not been affected.
Rescue work moves smoothly at press time.
(
December 3, 2001)