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Coal tar leak affects river

FUPING (CHINA): Clean-up crews set up 24 dams by Thursday in a north China river to intercept the spill of 60 tonnes of coal tar amid measures to minimise pollution threat on a downstream water reservoir. They also trucked cotton batting, sponge, straw and 50 tonnes of active carbon to absorb the coal tar in Dasha river, according to local Governments of Fanzhi county of Shanxi Province and neighbouring Fuping county of Hebei Province. The dams were built to slow down water flow, so as to win time for treating polluted water. Clean-up crews also dug holes in the ground near the river and diverted spill into them. Local officials said more work is needed to ensure that the reservoir will not be contaminated. — Xinhua

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