Sany has sent truck cranes, excavators, vehicles and five rescue teams to aid in recovery efforts in earthquake-ravaged Sichuan Province in southwestern China. Within 75 minutes of the 7.0-magnitude quake that struck the Lushan County area of Sichuan Province April 20, killing more than 190 people and injuring 11,000 others, Sany sent its first team to the area, becoming the first non-governmental organization to participate in relief efforts.
Sany sent 17 truck cranes, 10 excavators and 20 vehicles to Lushan County. The excavators have been used to clear roadways buried by landslides. Truck cranes are being used to install prefabricated housing units for families whose homes were damaged by the quake. A truck crane is also being used to hold up the metal façade on a stadium building that continues to be rattled by aftershocks. The stadium is being used as an emergency shelter.
“The work of removing the danger so high up had to be implemented immediately,” said Zhu Wenkui, Sany deputy general manager who has chronicled relief efforts from Sichuan Province. “After the county headquarters gave the order to remove the danger, Sany equipment and staff got in front of the task.”
Sany excavators and road rollers are being used to level hundreds of acres of land to facilitate erection of tents for temporary shelter. Sany vehicles are being used to distribute rice, instant noodles, water, toiletries and other necessities. More than 100 Sany rescue workers are part of relief efforts, including some who served in the same capacity in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people.
Sany is based in Changsha, Hunan Province. Its U.S. headquarters are in Peachtree City, Ga.
