Some 600 Dingri earthquake displaced Tibetans moving into new homes

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(TibetanReview.net, Aug08’25) – China said Aug 7 that more than 600 victims of the devastating 7.1-magnitude earthquake which hit Tibet’s Mt Everest county of Dingri on Jan 7 this year will move into new homes in the coming days. While China put the number of casualties from that earthquake at 126, with more than 27,200 buildings damaged and 3,612 homes collapsed, independent reports said up to more than 400 had died.

Residents of Zingkar Village in Dingri’s Dramso Township will move into new homes on Aug 15, China’s Tibet news service tb.tibet.cn Aug 7 cited the village party committee secretary Pasang as saying, speaking to visiting Chinese journalists. All the 126 homes in the vil...

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