Buildings torn down inside protected area
Illegal structures had damaged the local ecosystem at Kunming's Dianchi Lake
By LI YINGQING in Kunming and HOU LIQIANG in Beijing |
China Daily |
Updated: 2021-05-13 09:02
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Yunnan and Kunming governments were notified of the violations before they were exposed.
Both Yunnan Party Chief Ruan Chengfa and Governor Wang Yubo went to the site of the project on May 2 to supervise rectification work, according to a media release from the provincial authorities.
Ruan urged the Kunming government to "restore the ecosystem as soon as possible".
"We should unswervingly address the excessive development in the mountain," he said.
About 1,700 workers were dispatched to the site during the May Day holiday. As dozens of excavators demolished villas, workers had begun to afforest the hillside, according to Kunming Daily, the official newspaper of the Kunming government.
