PicStory: Building a water diversion project 1,840 meters below
A worker labors 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
NINGSHAN, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- With the temperature of over 40 degrees Celsius and 90 percent in relative humidity, workers labor in a tunnel of a water diversion project under the Qinling Mountains. Upon completion, water from the Hanjiang River, a major tributary of the Yangtze River, will flow through the 9,830-meter-long tunnel to the Weihe River, a tributary of the Yellow River, to ease water supply strains in central Shaanxi.
Workers labor 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A technician conducts examination at the construction site which is 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker washes himself at the construction site which is 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker washes himself at the construction site which is 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Workers take a bus to work under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker labors 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker has meal in the machine room of a tunnel-boring machine working 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker washes himself at the construction site which is 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker transports materials in a tunnel 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Workers labor 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Workers labor 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker drinks water at the construction site which is 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker labors 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker labors 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker takes a cart to excavation site in a tunnel under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker labors 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Workers transport supplies in a tunnel which is 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker labors 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker labors 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
A worker labors 1,840 meters below ground under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)■