Flooded railway from Tianjin to Pukou resumes normal service ( 2003-07-06 11:01) (Xinhua)
The railway from north China's Tianjin City to Pukou of Nanjing, capital of
east China's Jiangsu Province, reopened Saturday evening after its normal
operation was halted for nearly 10 hours due to heavy rainfall.
During the past two days, continuous heavy rainstorms hit east China's Anhui
Province, which made the railway section within the province's Chuxian County
flooded.
The local railway administration decided to close to the section at 8"More
than 200 soldiers and 460 workers from the administration were sent to work at
the site of the flooded railway.
At 7:21 p.m., the railway resumed normal service as the rescue work finished.
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