BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Traffic has been resumed on all rural highways connecting areas severely affected by the 6.2-magnitude earthquake in northwest China, the country's transport authorities said Tuesday.
As of 7 p.m. Tuesday, all the expressways as well as national and provincial trunk roads in Gansu and Qinghai are operating smoothly, and relief personnel, supplies and vehicles can reach the disaster-hit areas unimpededly, according to the Ministry of Transport. ■
