Workers carry equipment for power supply to a temporary settlement area in Changning, Sichuan province, after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake and multiple aftershocks hit the region, June 18, 2019. [Photo by Hu Peng/chinadaily.com.cn]
Fang Liang, a Shuanghe official, said the town has a population of 30,500. The homes of about 50 percent of the locals were damaged by the earthquake. People whose homes were damaged live in three resettlement zones with 3,500 tents in town.
Companies and public-spirited individuals have donated plenty of instant noodles, biscuits and mineral water to the Changning county bureau of civil affairs, which has guaranteed that enough food and water is available.
"My son likes instant noodles. But I usually won't let him have them. Now that I've loosened control of him after the disaster, he keeps feasting on them," Zhao said with a smile.
Volunteers distribute bottled water and food for residents at a temporary settlement area in Changning, Sichuan province, after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake and multiple aftershocks hit the region, June 18, 2019. [Photo by Hu Peng/chinadaily.com.cn]
Some 100 cleaners from Changning arrive in town each day to keep the area tidy for the tent dwellers, collecting plastic bags, tissues and empty instant noodle boxes in the street.
Proper sanitation measures are important to safeguard public health, particularly in the densely populated resettlement camps, health experts said.
