Experts seek to prevent sidewalk collapses
By Cao Yin in Beijing, Zhou Huiying in Harbin and Zhang Xiaomin in Dalian | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-17 08:09
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A firefighter in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, goes down into a sinkhole to rescue people who fell into it after the pavement collapsed on Tuesday. Two people were killed and two were injured. Xiao Jinbiao / for China Daily |
After a series of sidewalk collapses across China, urban-planning experts are urging authorities to improve their management of underground-pipe networks by demanding detailed plans before giving a go-ahead to dig up a road or sidewalk.
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