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Is it time for China to upgrade its drainage systems?

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-07-08 14:37

pnp (Expat in China)

Many modern, prosperous cities are badly flooded whenever there is heavy rain, and lives and properties are lost unnecessarily. There were a number of cases of pedestrians falling into flooded manholes and drowned, and motor vehicles damaged, with their number plates washed away, etc. Yes, it's high time the government pay urgent attention to this matter before more lives and properties are lost!

Is it time for China to upgrade its drainage systems?

A man rides a bicycle on a flooded road in Wuhan on July 23, 2015. [Photo/VCG]

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