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| 500 mln people in China to drink clean water |
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| www.chinaview.cn
2007-02-03 15:03:46
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BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- About 500
million people will see an end to the days of drinking water of dubious quality over
the next five years, as China invests to provide clean drinking water to rural
populations, resources officials said on Thursday.
Rural populations in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur
autonomous region will benefit from government funds of over 270 million yuan
(about 35 million U.S. dollars), said local officials.
In the last five years, the Chinese government has
invested more than two billion yuan (about 257 million U.S. dollars) on water
provision projects for nine million peasants and herdsmen, officials said.
But 5,740,000 people -- half of the rural population
in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region -- still have to drink unclean water,
according to the latest survey by the local water resources bureau.
Meanwhile, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region will
devote 420 million yuan (about 54 million U.S. dollars) to clean water projects
for its rural population of forty million, local officials
said.
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