140,000 people nationwide short of drinking water  

國家防總：中國當前有14萬人因旱飲水困難

國家防總12日發布消息稱，中國東北、西南旱區降雨旱情明顯緩解，但仍有14萬人因旱飲水困難。

Beijing (CNS) -- Across the country 140,000 people still face drinking water shortages despite relief brought by heavy rainfall in northeastern and southwestern regions, according to the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Tuesday.

Several teams have been dispatched to Yunnan, Sichuan, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, Hebei and Shandong to relieve local droughts, an effort backed by total funding of 610 million yuan (US$95.76 million), the agency said.

Statistics show 15.87 million people nationwide have been assigned to drought control tasks this year, 1.25 million mechanical wells have been dug, 21,000 pump stations have been built, and 1.91 million drought-resisting devices have been adopted.