China says Dingri earthquake damaged 79 schools, 3 required reconstruction

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(TibetanReview.net, Mar05’25) – The devastating earthquake which shook Tibet’s Mt Everest county of Dingri and several other neighbouring counties on Jan 7 morning, killing at least 126 people, and displacing 120,000, and damaging to varying degrees nearly 80 schools, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency Mar 5. This is the first time China has reported about schools having been damaged and their number as a result of the earthquake.

The report said that thousands of children were able to return to class to start the new semester, as builders raced against time in conducting reconstruction work.

Students from the 79 schools a...

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