Help arrives for Gansu quake victims

Dingxi-area residents get 10,000 shelters, 1,000 heating stoves

Thousands of shelters and heating stoves have been provided to victims of the magnitude-6.6 earthquake that jolted Gansu province in late July since Premier Li Keqiang visited the area two weeks ago and called for greater relief efforts to prepare for the upcoming winter.

About 10,000 shelters from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and more than 1,000 heating stoves from the Gansu Civil Affairs Department have been distributed to quake victims in Minxian and Zhangxian counties in the city of Dingxi, according to the department in a statement released on Sunday night.