Battle against poverty being won in Tibet

Major investments in infrastructure and new homes improve life for villagers. Palden Nyima reports from Lhasa.

Access to fresh water used to be a major concern for Tibetan villager Migmar.

She had to take a 40-minute round trip on a tractor every two days to haul water home in a container across rough terrain. Taking showers and doing laundry were luxuries for the community leader and her fellow villagers in Saga county in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.

Fast forward three years, and Layak village, 180 kilometers from the county seat in the southwestern part of Tibet, now has taps that provide potable water at the "top of the world".