Giant conveyor belt begins operations in Rikuzentakata

Giant conveyor belt begins operations in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken on March 24, 2014, shows a giant conveyor belt in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, which was devastated in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The three-kilometer belt, beginning operation the same day, is designed to carry soil for a massive project to move residential areas to higher ground that will be less vulnerable to tsunami.

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