Shanghai police rush to repair dyke

From: China Daily | Date: July 3, 2003| Author: LIANG YU, China Daily staff | Copyright information

SHANGHAI: A dyke by the Huangpu River broke and caused localized flooding yesterday in a second day of drama for city authorities.

On Tuesday morning, a building on Zhongshan South Street near the Huangpu River collapsed due to earth subsidence blamed on work on nearby cross-river rail tunnels.

Loose sand reportedly poured into the tunnels being built 20 metres underground.

The dyke, about 100 metres from the collapsed building, began slowly sinking on Tuesday night, accor...

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