Repair work underway for road collapse in N China (1/5)

Workers repair the damaged pipelines at the collapsed section of the road intersection of Bingzhou North Road and Bingzhou East Street in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Dec. 27, 2012. The backfilling of the collapsed section has begun, and the damaged pipelines for water and gas supply has been repaired and resumed operation on Thursday, a day after the road cave-in happened. The cave-in left a pit measuring around 3 to 4 meters deep, 15 meters long and 5 meters wide, while damaging pipelines for water, gas and telecommunication. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)