Reconstruction work for 1.488 million rural homes that collapsed or were damaged in earthquake-stricken areas (including Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Chongqing and Yunnan) have already started, accounting for 61% of the total recovery and reconstruction workload.
Recovery and reconstruction has already been completed for 858,700 houses, accounting for 35% of the total. Homes that have been renovated amount to 2.023 million, representing 91% of total.
On January 5, about ten additional households affected by the earthquake moved into new homes at the Zhashi unified reconstruction site in Yongding Town, Yongren County of Yunnan Province.
As of that day, 52 out out of 95 households with collapsed or damaged houses in that area have moved into new homes, while the remainings are expected to move by Spring Festival.
By People's Daily Online
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