Funds for environmental projects for Tibet railway well spent
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-06-28 16:22
China's auditor general on Tuesday said more than 1.54 billion yuan (US$
192.5 million) earmarked for environmental protection projects along the
Qinghai-Tibetan railway, was free of "serious inappropriate use."
In his state audit report read to the legislature on Tuesday, Li Jinhua, head
of the National Audit Office, said the financial statements relating to the
environmental protection program along the railway "passed project assessment as
almost all investment was put to good use."
In 2005, Li's office launched the audit of the environmental protection
projects of the rail line that runs 1,142 kilometers from Golmud in Qinghai
Province to Lhasa in Tibet.
The railway begins trial operations on Saturday.
The auditing was based on an investment plan for the Qinghai-Tibet railway
construction issued by the National Development and Reform Commission, and the
Qinghai-Tibet railway environmental impact evaluation report, which was adopted
by the State Environmental Protection Administration and the Ministry of Water
Resources.
The railway builders budgeted 1.54 billion yuan, or 4.6 percent of the total
investment of the rail to environmental protection projects.
As of the end of June, 90 million yuan had yet to be spent.
The environmental protection projects included the construction of 33 special
passageways that allow wild animals to cross the railway.
By June 2005, all the passageways had been completed.
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