Page 44 - 2015年全国水利发展统计公报

Yuan郾 A total of 8郾 36 million urban and rural population and 8郾 07 million man鄄feed
big animals and livestock suffered from temporary drinking water difficulties due to
water shortage caused by these droughts郾

In 2015, the funds allocated to flood control and drought relief amounted to 2郾 91
billion Yuan, among which 2郾 36 billion Yuan for extraordinary flood defense and
550 million Yuan for extraordinary drought郾 The flood control works protected 1郾 134
million ha of cultivated land and 77 cities from flooding郾 The efforts of flood control
and disaster reduction generated 42郾 2 billion Yuan of economic benefits郾 Safe
drinking water was provided to 6郾 91 million people in rural and urban areas as well
as 6郾 53 million big animals and livestock for alleviating temporary water shortage郾
The area with anti鄄drought measures reached 16郾 556 million ha that prevented a
loss of 22郾 6 billion kg of grain郾 The accumulative input for flood disaster relief was
3郾 44 million person鄄time, 10郯 000 vessel鄄time, 153郯 000 shifts of transportation and
165郯 000 shifts of mechanical equipment郾 The consumed materials valued 1郾 31
billion Yuan郾 The person鄄time of emergency evacuation was 6郾 28 million郾 The
person鄄time of rescue from flooding reached 490郯 000郾 The labor input for drought

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