People affected by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Baqing, Tibet receive brick tea, tsampa and other supplies

China News Service, Baqing, Tibet, October 26 (Reporters Jiang Feibo Gongsanglam) 60 tons of brick tea sent from Chengdu, Sichuan to Nagqu, Tibet, arrived at the Nagqu railway freight yard on the 26th. This was the first batch of earthquake relief materials arriving in Nagqu via railway. After rapid loading and unloading, they were urgently transported to Baqing County.

At 22:33 on October 22, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurred in Baqing County, Nagqu City, Tibet. According to official reports, as of 17:00 on October 24, the earthquake had killed 16 people, injured 76 people, and relocated 12,489 people.

In the past few days, reporters from China News Service visited multiple resettlement sites in Baqing County and found that there was an adequate supply of daily necessities such as rice, flour, oil, brick tea, and tsampa.

Nagqu is located on a plateau with a cold climate. The average altitude of the epicenter of this earthquake is nearly 4,800 meters. The daily diet of local herdsmen mainly consists of beef, mutton, tsampa, butter, etc. On the 25th, at a disaster relief material distribution event in Village 11, Maru Township, Sonam Tsodra, a father of three children, said that the village had previously distributed tsampa, and the main items received that day were flour, rice, brick tea, milk, and cooking oil. Because he has a several-month-old baby at home, he also received a can of milk powder.

Official information from Nagqu City shows that as of 17:00 on the 24th, a total of 20 categories and 60,518 pieces (sets) of relief materials had been deployed to the disaster area, including 4,758 tents, 2,000 prefab houses, 2,250 cotton coats, 2,344 stoves, in addition to Tibetan robes, jackets and other materials.

In response to the heating needs of local herdsmen, Nierong County, which is adjacent to Baqing County, assisted the disaster area with 20,000 bags of cow dung, and Suo County assisted with 80 tons of coal. For example, the county assisted with about 80 tons of cow dung, and traditional winter fuel was also guaranteed.

At the resettlement site in Gangche Township, the reporter saw that the tents were equipped with tsampa, thick bedding and stoves. Local people said that on October 24, she and her family installed a stove in their tent, and that day the family cooked their first meal after the earthquake. The vegetable and fruit shops in the township are also open normally, and the vegetable supply and prices are normal.