More than 1,890 workers were mobilized to clean up the streets after the first snow this winter blanketed Beijing early Monday morning.
Flurries of snow started to drop as of 4:50 a.m. Monday. The workers and 450 vehicles from the city's public sanitation departments had spread more than 745 tons of chemical powder and 1,832 tons of liquid along the main streets to prompt the snow to melt.
The amount of melting agents was strictly restricted in an effort to reduce side effects to the road and traffic, according to the headquarters of the operation.
More than 300 workers and 230 vehicles were still cleaning the snow on the Chang'an Avenue, the second and third Ring Road in downtown Beijing.
Source: Xinhua
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