1km Long Belt Conveyer To Carry Soil From Hill To City Center Starts Operation In Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, JAPAN - MARCH 24: Giant rock crushing machine are in operation on March 24, 2014 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. While creating a new residential area on the top of the hill by lowering the hight to 50 meters, approximately 860 million cubic meters soil are reused to fill the city center to bank, raise the land level. One-kilometer-long belt conveyer starts operationThe 1.8-meter-wide conveyer, connects a 120-meter-high hill and tsunami devastated city center, enables to carry 20,000 cubic meters soil per day. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)