The earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale in Dayao
County of southwest China's Yunnan
Province has made the local economy lose over 1 billion yuan
(US$ 121 million) in direct losses.
According to news from Dayao, high magnitude and low
seismic origin of the quake, as well as frequent aftershocks,
especially one reading 4.5 on the Richter scale on July 24, heavily
damaged the area’s infrastructures, adding difficulties to relief
work and disease prevention.??
To date, some 199,509 people from 48,048 families in 148
villages were attacked by the disaster. The quake caused 16 deaths
and 522 injured. And 1,120 livestock were killed and 9,343 houses
collapsed.??
Local schools, hospitals, office buildings, reservoirs, dams,
power stations, channels, highways, bridges, streets, communication
and water supply equipments were also damaged to different degrees.
The direct losses amounted to 1.027 billion yuan (US$124
million).
The central government had granted 22 million yuan (US$2.65
million) for disaster relief. Of this fund, 20 million yuan
(US$2.41 million) is for sufferers' transfer and relocation and
house repairs, 1 million yuan (US$ 121,000) is for
disease control and prevention and the other 1 million yuan for
medical institutes' repairs and maintenance.
The county opens a website and hotline for donations:
E-mail：dayao@mail.cx.yn.cn; info.netdy@mail.cx.yn.cnynfo.net
Hotline：(0878) 6210098; 6630418; 6222675
Bank：The Agriculture Bank of China Dayao Branch
Bank Account Number：109301040000368
Bank Account Name：Finance Bureau of Dayao County, Chuxiong
Prefecture, Yunnan Province.
(China.org.cn by Feng Yikun, July 31, 2003)