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Chinese Dam to Displace 4M More People

Landslides, pollution around reservoir at Three Gorges Dam

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 13, 2007 7:28 AM CDT

(Newser) – China will move at least four million more people—including many who've already been moved once—as the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project, nears completion at the end of next year. The new relocations were announced amid reports that the dam was causing landslides, soil erosion, polluted drinking water, and seepage from submerged industrial sites.

A local official was quoted in the state media as saying the relocations were necessary to "protect the ecology of the reservoir area." Senior engineers on the project have spoken out recently to urge action on what one called "ecological deterioration caused by irrational development." Landslides crashing into the reservoir have already caused huge waves that have eroded the shoreline.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the Three Gorges Dam Project discharges water to lower the water level in the reservoir in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province Tuesday, June 19,... (Associated Press)

A Chinese boy looks out from a hole where he claims he has been living with his parents after being relocated from their hometown in Tong Gu three months ago but were not given proper housing in the new... (Associated Press)

Map locates China's Three Gorges Dam project; 1c x 2 5/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 66.7 mm (Associated Press)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, cargo ships navigate to pass a ship lock during trial navigation at the Three Gorges Dam, the world's biggest hydropower project, in central China's... (Associated Press)

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