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Residents in quake-hit Xizang getting relocated at mobile houses

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 6 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

Residents in quake-hit Xizang getting relocated at mobile houses

Residents make bed inside a mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning.

A resident moves in a mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

A resident transports supplies from a tent to a mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Kids play with a cat inside a mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A woman moves the supplies she received to the mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Residents transport supplies from tents to mobile houses at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Electricity workers work at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A resident transports supplies from a tent to a mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

An electricity worker works at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Residents transport supplies from tents to mobile houses at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Residents move in a mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Residents transport supplies to mobile houses at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A resident transports supplies from a tent to a mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Residents move in a mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

A resident transports supplies from a tent to a mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Quake-affected residents get daily necessities at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total of 107 quake-affected people, moved from tents to mobile houses on Friday in Gurum Village, which was severely hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck that Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. 

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250111/bac7d4c2d5f64a8eaeec85063f242324/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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