China: 20 provincial land failures Hunan

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In less than 4 months, from September 2012, on a large agricultural land formed 20 large soil failures, which led to cracking of the walls of buildings, channel changes and pollution of many rivers. It also entailed a blockage and complete destruction of a number of water wells, used for irrigation of more than 500 acres of farmland. Also soil subsidence deprived more than 4000 people of normal drinking water. Currently, around all the failures there is a fence and warning signs, local government constantly report to the capital of the county about the changes. Scientists connect the formation of failures with technological activity person, namely with coal mines located in the area, coal mining which has been conducted for many years. Now government commission finds out where and when it was violated safety precautions resulting in a system change groundwater.

A photo from open sources

A photo from open sources

Translation: Vace Source: News.qq.com

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