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China warns of dangerous cracks in dams

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Agencies Posted: May 15, 2008 at 2243 hrs IST
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: The possibility of far worse damage from Monday’s earthquake loomed on Wednesday after a Chinese Government report said that nearly 400 dams suffered damage. State media reported that 2,000 soldiers were sent to try to plug “very dangerous” cracks in one, upriver from the hard-hit Sichuan city of Dujiangyan, official media said. The report on the damaged dams was by the National Development and Reform Commission. Most, it said, were small dams. The most seriously harmed appeared to be to the Zipingpu Dam, near Dujiangyan. The irrigation system in that area dates to 3rd century B.C.


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