四川14万贫困人口将获得清洁用水

四川14万贫困人口将获得清洁用水

Southwest China's Sichuan Province vows to make safe drinking water accessible to about 140,000 local residents living under the poverty line this year, the provincial water resources department announced Thursday.

中国西南部四川省水利厅周四宣布，今年将向大约14万生活在贫困线以下的当地居民提供安全饮用水。

The local government allocated 808 million yuan (116.7 million U.S. dollars) by the end of 2018 to provide 421,500 impoverished people in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture access to clean drinking water, according to the department.

该部门称，到2018年底，当地政府拨款8.08亿元(1.167亿美元)，为凉山彝族自治州的42.15万贫困人口提供清洁饮用水。

Of the underprivileged people with no access to clean drinking water in the province, about 103,700 are from the 11 deep poverty-stricken counties in the prefecture, accounting for 67 percent of the province's total impoverished population.

在全省无法获得清洁饮用水的贫困人口中，有10.37万人来自11个地级市贫困县，占全省贫困人口总数的67%。

More than 400 million yuan will be invested in the safe drinking water projects in the 11 counties this year, the department said.

该部门表示，今年将在11个县投资4亿多元用于安全饮用水项目。