DUSHANBE, May 22, Asia-Plus  -- Tajikistan is sending a consignment of humanitarian aid to China for victims of the devastating earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan province on May 12, Asia-Plus has learned from Nematboy Abdurasoulov, the head of the international cooperation department with the Committee for Emergency Situations (CES), which is carrying the humanitarian aid to China.    

According to him, five heavy trucks KamAZ loaded with tents, foodstuffs, drinking water tanks and other relief supplies are going to China today morning by the road Dushanbe-Kulob-Darvoz-Khorog-Murgab-Kulma.   

According to some media, some five million people were made homeless by the May 12 earthquake.  The death toll currently stands at 41,353, with another 32,666 missing.  Almost 250,000 people have been injured.  Referring to representative of the Chinese government, Russia’s Prime-TASS reported that damage caused by the Sichuan tremor has amount to some 4.3 billion US dollars.