China Dam Project To Uproot Millions More

The Wall Street Journal ^ | October 12, 2007 | By SHAI OSTER

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(BEIJING) -- China's government said it will move an additional four million people away from the Three Gorges Dam over the next 10 to 15 years because of environmental damage -- nearly three times the number initially displaced by the building of the world's biggest hydroelectric dam.

The announcement by China's official Xinhua news agency is further proof of unforeseen consequences from what was supposed to be China's crowning engineering achievement.

The Three Gorges Dam was built to showcase China's ability to tame the devastating floods of the Yangtze River and provide clean electricity. Instead, it is coming to represent China's mounting environmental problems and the dark side of the nation's surging economic growth.

Already, 1.4 million residents have been relocated to make way for the dam. On Thursday, China's state media said the government plans to move an additional four million residents from the reservoir area created by the dam because of worries about pollution fouling up the new lake's waters, as well as landslides that have made life hazardous for millions who live nearby.

"The reservoir area has a vulnerable ecological environment, and the natural conditions make large-scale urbanization or serious overpopulation impossible here," said Chongqing Vice Mayor Yu Yuanmu, according to Xinhua.......

......Construction of the dam, which cost at least $22 billion and was begun in 1994, still isn't complete......

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”Made in China” Ping.

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[restornu]

just shows when Satan has his minions rule that is why no one can be honest in dealings or tread their own fairly!

[fuente]

Nope, just a bigger and more brutal TVA.

[GonzoGOP]

I'm just trying to figure out how they are going to keep it from silting up. There is so much mud in the Yangtze that it will only take a few generations for them to loose a good chunk of their water retention ability. They are having a similar problem in Egypt, but the Nile doesn't carry nearly as much silt as the Yangtze.

But at least they are building. When was the last time the US took on a major construction project that wasn't just an excuse for the Kennedy clan to rip off the tax payers?

[Right Wing Assault]

I'm just trying to figure out how they are going to keep it from silting up.

Zachery!

[HangnJudge]

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Excuse me. It’s “Ed Zachery!”

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Excuse me. It’s “Ed Zachery!”

[BerryDingle]

Socialism fails every time it’s tried.

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What about those 10 foot “settlement” cracks that have appeared on the face of the dam? Not sure that I would want to be anywhere near this baby, especially during one of those monsoons.