Residents relocated to new settlement for environmental protection in Lhasa

Source: Xinhua| 2018-06-18 22:22:09|Editor: Lu Hui
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Villagers sit in a coach which will carry them from Nyima County of Nagqu to a new settlement in Lhasa during a relocation program with environmental purposes, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 17, 2018. A total of 1,102 residents have been relocated to a new settlement in Lhasa to make their old neighbourhoods accessible to wild animals in the Qiangtang National Nature Reserve. Completed on Monday, the relocation marked the first such program carried out for the sake of environmental protection in areas at high altitudes in Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Chogo) 

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