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240,000 people lack drinking water as drought hits S China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-30 11:49
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NANNING: A prolonged drought has left 240,000 people and 110,000 head of livestock without adequate drinking water in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said Saturday.
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"Local governments have been sending water trucks to those villages that suffer severe shortages," he said.
Nevertheless, the situation is still less than optimistic as some local villagers said they sometimes had to walk about three km to fetch water or buy water in towns.
"We are organizing local residents to dig wells and divert water from elsewhere to the drought-hit areas," the spokesman said.
