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Chendu -- China struggled to keep roads open to providek+LWqXdUSzsP22d*8D7Pdsku4WA+ a lifeline for quake survivors, while t%k)kbSbkOb9Ds+mCIqMohe government said Wednesday that rebuilC%h!w^XE-acoD&j^ding after the disas$mU#%kk#*+#Md9%JJeN)rkcDrFter would be "arduouT%aoMDHSTkKaks."

bjnZKK1PT3rP0A!!&4ZuO9The magnitude 7.9 qu#R&iQlB %m*7tS*IaF&&OP**%%B4uake that struck May yr7dOk9JW@!#bKfV8UB12 sent dirt and rocBXFLbHQL6f0O$# m@b FtBs8e) hx$Sks tumbling into valleys, blocking roads0Qqqc$orNfR!6$ukN#+ZKhi00hG^4Xlv*c to hinder relief efforts and clogging rivers that have deves1rK1loped into fast-risiAng lakes.

"We are racingQ5S5j2o#4Q@P against time to rep@N0O6LIUair damaged infrastructure," said Mu Hon1i87gyYJ1YD0f+FzQdl5t#*ZaxkN4g, a deputy directorN@S$1yhr)lTHNk)h%29#F0ad0*TXq-uRW at the National Development and Reform zURv0t+gZ$AZO^vyTwXDnKI IW*cbetCommission, the coun6BlCMXzRjK@w*Ad955elSe1u2Gxtry's top economic pcvv!Qce7%uU1Qq0RKwVxmOOhdlRlanning body, addingbN&jE@k7&r0bHHwHc$ that some roads were only reopened on a7v1O$VYFKHwFP temporary basis.

"The hLKayyF7+FPOUyZfq-lw6Ix-Cv-igh risk of mudslides and landslides makes our efforts more BAadifficult," he said.5QBD$2OJ%3y55

Rebuilding infrastructuYp$+W(mJ1pd4xwD(bnD0uHsP^JJbpAre is just a part of the recovery effortr3Gw&s%qND05n(opwC5009$b that government officials said earlier 5k 3Ile(-il&x(CS-would take three yeazFa$a*OiAu^4lWdsN@hWn(7a (h@igM6+Xrs in hard-hit SichulJ7@%ffp1Ppan province.

"Due to theI(yyuukoDH-79VKX$F3I immense magnitude oONDFJwf#$A%a3C02@Byjj2-y1VPq1j +f loss resulted from+@3wg JHLlF&JdwMk3OGt4-)-5mAI23aPs@ the quake, production recovery and reco5*2)1kpH1Fj@p(qnstruction of the quB1VM6yKHDwj6eyXMAaake-hit region will u-4M qq@Wdx$OHNP72qWobe arduous in the ne3PxB5!jar future," the comm$CPpylGb@fHLyH+f4HNL7Wbission said in a stabqDc6qA^EAnlT8+6XvHtJPer#x-3d3hf#Ottement.

In the disaster cUU8WoiXq8zone, 158,000 peopleU have been evacuated and dozens of villa5UVf-UUg8$iOoCOges emptied in case RQwCJmBqwRtt2QGyj7the earthquake-creatqivto^XW*tZEz(9ed Tangjiashan lake 49zhKIMbXP2++Vp4UURbD))7qAcJ&fIbursts before soldie^a#w5**t(+BQeuM7WHyufj4 Drs and engineers canRkV! drain it.

Troops used e55)VekX8F0Mi476p5r7z4^2xxj!%xrJxplosives to clear debris and helicopter08eOO(%#w0sRdl+Ts to airlift heavy m$NXrxO(lEJL^fLQtCoving equipment to dsFcUCig drainage channels from the lake, located about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) aboveC5jSyNAp#oyb5diyxX5EsPNk+Gz)9 the devastated town of Beichuan.

Forty machines, including excaUMj%1vGt)zvX+F7w4@h#DztGfkvators, were at the r3vaPdwZBClsite, which was unreachable by road, andGExHmEEdz^n hundreds of troops 61jWW@1nXp&$!zlIltCDare working around t$&c7GDr+bDn70T-D0-+TR(ig RprsDHO#^(Ehe clock to dig the channel, the officia KngWyI7NfKYl Xinhua News Agency)fQlcid5o! voTZ%9v30zUsWT1iGW reported.

Yang Hailiang, the official headiEV*u78CDbPB7W#ak-abSQO%h2nPJ^UX^a*LJ1(Nng the operation, sax@uNFyTuMNEid the teams were ma5EAa*Hw0- PmjsaS7s^^hkTA@xpq$u-I1Ct-x8xking good progress tbK$&hanks to clear weath0M3vdeFLjYeXer, and that they wec4*H8sky^^-^N^m^^M5-Gw$mcl+b1A$Ore one-third of the n6-xway through the job,9R6Vy!MYjj8pnc4XYexi Xinhua said.

At the rivl4!erside Tongkou village downstream from tA)m448itMMx*8sARghNche lake, residents hG@1-Pn)ave been moved to a camp up the hill butY were returning eachA38pSt day to tend to theiLgF)Xrt$Aa--YNVxOQ^PIYF4aUPJ4%k3ur fields.

"If the water i&BnKEax+!QX*cOq&MDyJu8PbgQvcomes down from the burst dam, somebody NQ(kIp6sBSVrg3-zIy$fxVm7r1UmKBwill launch a firewo72#1WC1zkG*@h8WLYmeOX@xrks signal to give us warning so everyboPu*jNiVsbGsMRgdy can run uphill," reQMfwTU!kP^sUMZh3k0utIKi$$6OYU0jjIzd^said villager Wang HiiYGc&178q+^(ongyun. "Without seeing the warning, we lrxewill keep on gathering our crops."

Premier W6YiiGGqp&9 &5*8quk$miw1r5en Jiabao told a meet0GCbKyy#mbA%rwiF0dICCf@JB)Y2^!oFr+ting of the State Co&d2RYwezo((e)hPMl9&$p1uncil, China's CabinUyp()Z^wNKY7gbbu!s hG&xDXcUsdzJ851CAp7et, that handling th0h)IybjKBQR E0+Ymrmbx0!V4Yhbiq*be danger from the swO)-7WP5q#A%Ab26hAm0MYjelling lakes was thenvQQ8tkO#9dqjnPrLpG(C#bOfk5 "most pressing taskM5-wsUuRX0Cb!%#yrJJs I)XkV+v^" in the disaster recovery effort.

The goverQ4@Rm7jSTnment has allocated 200 million yuan (US$28.6 million) to dezA-1zJT@TqPal with the swellingiqNW^8MpqUBVfwUq%ztPQ)K lakes, Xinhua said.VtB2lR2ZLfK*%-n^)eXx Of 34 lakes created7UW6LeRzB8!(vy6&fXnEiO5bTv7NX&^rWzg by the earthquake iRRwBPVJHcCM zh*-Q&d!bH5ta Dn the mountainous prthl U9*pn@q (ovince, 28 were at risk of bursting, acc&Xk^T3zKJCyGVPLnSording to the agencyWIk+eF*w+6U@3#IdGulN.

Meanwhile, the number 3Pm#i8EliV6P1&gcSt4!!NLof confirmed deaths from the quake climb$jed toward an expected toll of more than OT5GpF -$%l&^CzFM$gHrfY4$)&WI88H80,000. The State Council said Wednesday( that 68,109 people Pwere killed, with 19,851 still missing.