Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake By Xinhua Writer Zhou Xiaozheng
DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan Province, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Despite damages to a key part of it incurred by the devastating May 12 8.0-magnitude earthquake, Dujiangyan, the 2,200-year-old water conservancy project near Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is still functioning well to protect millions ofquake survivors from the threat of summer flooding.
"The earthquake caused damages to the fish mouth part of Dujiangyan, but after necessary consolidation efforts, we are sure that the project will function as perfectly as before in water diversion and flood control," a local water conservancy official told Xinhua on Sunday.
Meng Kunjian, head of the Dujiangyan monitoring station under the Sichuan Provincial Water Resources Monitoring and...





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