Special report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China

    CHENGDU, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The water conservancy facilities in southwest China's Sichuan Province were seriously damaged in the magnitude 7.8 quake and the losses were estimated at 5.2 billion yuan (about 740 million U.S. dollars).

    As of 11:00 a.m. Saturday, 88,615 water source facilities had been destroyed, affecting 3.62 million people in the province, according to statistics of the provincial water resources department.

An aerial photo taken on May 14 shows the road from Dujiangyan city to Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province is destroyed by landslide caused by Monday's earthquake. The serious devastation of the road affected the transportation of rescue teams and relief materials to the disaster areas.  (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    The quake also destroyed 7,635 kilometers of irritation canals, affecting crops on nearly 224,000 hectares of farmland. The damaged power transmission lines in the rural areas added up to 1,978 km, affecting 1.16 million people.

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