Guangxi aims to drill 100 more wells
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March 30, 2010, Tuesday
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SOUTHWEST China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, hit by the worst drought in a century, will rely on well drilling and cloud seeding to ease the situation, regional authorities said yesterday.
Guangxi aims to drill 100 wells by May 10. Workers had started drilling 31 wells, while equipment was being deployed to drill 64 more, said Tian Fengming, deputy head of the regional land and resources department.
A total of 520 cloud seeding shells had been delivered to regional capital Nanning City. The shells were to be sent to drought-hit areas for artificial precipitation when weather permitted, he added.
Liuzhou and Laibin cities in Guangxi were now part of the worst-hit areas, as the drought continued to intensify, said a spokesman for the regional flood control and drought relief headquarters.
In Liuzhou, more than 132,500 people and 44,100 head of livestock were short of drinking water. The drought also affected the irrigation of 64,393 hectares of cropland.
The city had been suffering from drought for two seasons, and running water and rainfall had dropped by as much as 90 percent in some areas, he said. In Laibin, 106,000 people and 72,000 head of livestock lacked adequate supplies of drinking water, and more than 70,400 hectares of cropland lacked irrigation, the spokesman added.
In the neighboring prefecture of Xishuangbanna, one of Yunnan's major tourist destinations covered by tropical rain forest, rainfall has brought relief.
The meteorological observatory of Xishuangbanna reported 30.2 to 42.9 millimeters of precipitation from 8pm Saturday to 10pm Sunday.
The prefecture launched 159 cloud seeding shells to increase the rainfall from ten spots, according to a statement from the observatory.
Guangxi aims to drill 100 wells by May 10. Workers had started drilling 31 wells, while equipment was being deployed to drill 64 more, said Tian Fengming, deputy head of the regional land and resources department.
A total of 520 cloud seeding shells had been delivered to regional capital Nanning City. The shells were to be sent to drought-hit areas for artificial precipitation when weather permitted, he added.
Liuzhou and Laibin cities in Guangxi were now part of the worst-hit areas, as the drought continued to intensify, said a spokesman for the regional flood control and drought relief headquarters.
In Liuzhou, more than 132,500 people and 44,100 head of livestock were short of drinking water. The drought also affected the irrigation of 64,393 hectares of cropland.
The city had been suffering from drought for two seasons, and running water and rainfall had dropped by as much as 90 percent in some areas, he said. In Laibin, 106,000 people and 72,000 head of livestock lacked adequate supplies of drinking water, and more than 70,400 hectares of cropland lacked irrigation, the spokesman added.
In the neighboring prefecture of Xishuangbanna, one of Yunnan's major tourist destinations covered by tropical rain forest, rainfall has brought relief.
The meteorological observatory of Xishuangbanna reported 30.2 to 42.9 millimeters of precipitation from 8pm Saturday to 10pm Sunday.
The prefecture launched 159 cloud seeding shells to increase the rainfall from ten spots, according to a statement from the observatory.
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