At least 100 dead in one Tibetan township in wake of deadly earthquake

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Within the wake of the current earthquake that hit Dingri county in Tibet, no less than 100 individuals died in a single township alone, elevating doubts concerning the loss of life toll of 126 reported by Chinese language state media, Tibetan sources mentioned.

A number of villages underneath Dramtso township in Dingri county, referred to as Tingri in Chinese language, the place the magnitude 7.1 quake struck close to the border with Nepal, have been among the many worst affected, sources informed Radio Free Asia. The county is underneath the administration of the town of Shigatse within the Tibet Autonomous Area.

A Tibetan dwelling in India who was in a position to contact relations within the township’s Guring village informed Radio Free Asia that their group was one of many worst-hit areas. In Guring alone, Chinese language media reported that over 30 individuals died.

In the meantime, Chinese language authorities on Friday almost doubled their tally of injured within the earthquake to 337, however mentioned the loss of life toll stood at 126, as per their preliminary estimate on Tuesday.

However Tibetan sources mentioned they imagine the precise variety of casualties is way greater than the determine reported by the Chinese language authorities.

However Tibetan sources mentioned they imagine the precise variety of casualties is way greater than the determine reported by the Chinese language authorities, as a result of the inhabitants of Dingri county alone is over 60,000, and Lhatse county, one other quake-affected space, has an estimated 50,000 individuals.

<img src="https://www.rfa.org/resizer/v2/F2LD4QYSHVHKLLDGCP45FIIDPI.jpg?auth=751a40befb3078a7cfe10722a7ea40f720f8cff5282d14ca1395f11469a0cc42&smart=true&width=1500" alt="Rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake in Changsuo township, Dingri county, in southwestern China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2025." height="1085" width="1500" /> Rescue employees search for survivors amid the rubble of destroyed buildings within the aftermath of an earthquake in Changsuo township, Dingri county, in southwestern China's Tibet Autonomous Area, Jan. 7, 2025. (Jigme Dorje, Jigme Dorje/Xinhua Information Company/AP) The areas most severely affected by the earthquake have been Guring and Zingkar villages in Dramtso township, Kyiding village in Tsogan township, and Chulho township.

Moreover, Ngamring county, Sakya county and Dinggye county have been impacted by the temblor.

The earthquake triggered in depth structural injury, together with to a number of century-old establishments such because the Dingri Dramtso Serkar, Gonta Phug, Tso-nga, Tso-go and Dewachen monasteries in Dingri’s Chulho space, sources informed RFA.

Skepticism

Figuring out the precise loss of life toll is presently very difficult, mentioned a Tibetan resident of Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Area.

“All people is skeptical of the official loss of life toll, however we have now no technique to know the precise figures,” the particular person mentioned.