Housing Construction Department: 290,000 square meters of building damage

Shaanxi and other place 629 machines and equipment, 2224 people can go to the disaster area at any time. According to Xinhua news agency yesterday from the Ministry of Housing and Urban and rural construction learned that the Ministry of Housing construction and Qinghai Province, the building House and Urban and rural areas of Experts Group of 13 people, has reached the disaster area and began to schools, hospitals, banks, post offices　　A total of 289796 square meters of damaged buildings were assessed, and planning experts had arrived at the front line, preparing for the rehabilitation of the affected areas.　　At present, the Ministry of Housing and Construction has organized in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Chongqing and other places of residential and urban and rural construction departments and related central enterprises, the nearest mobilization of emergency relief machinery and equipment urgently needed 629 units and 2,224 personnel, at any time can be transferred to Yushu disaster areas. According to the head of the department, the Ministry of Housing and Urban and rural construction is sending an emergency water purification vehicle to the disaster area, which is expected to solve the drinking water problem of 30,000 people per day, and the transport of mobile toilets and related sanitation facilities to the affected areas is also being actively prepared.