Tibet Military Command 西藏军区

By 3 p.m., Tibet Military Command officers and soldiers had completed search-and-rescue checks of 475 households in seven villages in Maru Township.

CCTV.com News (Xinwen Lianbo): Emergency rescue operations following the magnitude-7.0 earthquake in Baqing County, Nagqu, Tibet, are progressing in an orderly manner. Power supplies throughout the earthquake-hit area were fully restored at around 8:30 p.m. last night (October 24). As of 3 p.m. today, officers and soldiers of the Tibet Military Command had completed search-and-rescue checks of a total of 475 households in seven villages in the Maru Township area, while also providing medical assistance. Village No. 2 in Maru Township was severely affected. Today, construction of the first batch of 60 prefabricated housing units was completed locally, and residents began moving out of tents and into the units this afternoon. All of the remaining 180 units will be completed tomorrow morning. Rescue personnel are also continuing to provide regular hot meals and hot water to affected residents, meeting their basic food and water needs and helping the earthquake-hit area restore normal production and daily life in a stable and orderly manner.