BEIJING, August 11 -- Southwest China's
Sichuan Province is in the middle of a month-long drought that has ruined 2.61
million hectares of farmland and caused losses of 4.85 billion yuan (US$ 606
million).
About 37.59 million people have been affected by the
drought while 6.84 million people and 8.5 million livestock are in urgent need
of drinking water, an official surnamed Liu with the Civil Affairs
Administration of Sichuan Province told China Daily yesterday.
