China evacuates people from quake-hit Tibetan town

The rescue headquarters on Wednesday decided to evacuate nearly 6,000 people after the entry highway was cleared.

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As of 3:40 pm, more than 2,000 had been evacuated, mainly to Lhatse county and the suburbs of Xigaze city.

More than 600 tents had been set up at the resettlement site in Lhatse for the first batch of displaced residents, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Several foreign tourists are also trapped in Zham Town, which is an important customs checkpoint.

Twenty five people were killed and 797 others injured in Tibet due to the catastrophic Nepal earthquake.

The quake toppled 2,535 houses and damaged 25,821 others across 19 counties, affecting nearly 300,000 people, among whom 52,433 were displaced.

A total of 85 temples were also damaged.