CRI听力:China Briefs Latest Disaster Relief Work in Quake-hit Tibet

The Chinese government has established a new resettlement site for people in Tibet affected by last month's earthquake in neighboring Nepal.

Kelsang Tsering, vice-chair of the Tibetan regional government, says the new site in Lhasa County is one of dozens they've set up in different parts of southern Tibet.

"The government of the Tibet Autonomous Region has set up 156 settlements in its ten counties and districts. A total of 63,989 evacuees are properly accommodated."

At the same time, the Tibet Military Area Command is working to help make life easier for the nearly 64-thousand people forced to live in the temporary shelter areas.

Zhang Li with the Command's logistics department says mobile shower units are now making the rounds.

"Each vehicle can provide service for eight people at the same time. We estimate that each displaced person can have a shower every two days."

The quake in Nepal two Saturdays ago leveled thousands of homes across the Chinese side of the border, leaving 26 dead and close to 900 others hurt.