The side of the giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river in Yichang.
Posted on 11/08/2007 6:31:30 PM PST by JACKRUSSELL
(BEIJING) — A Chinese man is suing the government over the deaths of thousands of rare plants he had saved from being submerged behind the Three Gorges dam, state media said Thursday.
Xiang Xiufa, from Chongqing in China's southwest, moved about 24,000 plants from near the dam to a new botanical garden, the China Daily reported.
Businessman Xiang had hoped to ensure the survival of the plants, some of which were the only remaining samples of species millions of years old, the newspaper said.
But a government subsidy of 2.09 million yuan (280,000 US dollars) that was to have been passed on by the municipality's forestry bureau never reached him, it said.
Xiang claims the bureau's dereliction of duty caused 3,200 plants to die and he is seeking compensation through Chongqing's district court, it said.
At 2,309 metres long (7,600 feet) and 185 metres high (610 feet), the Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze river is the world's largest and has created a 600-square-kilometre (375-square-mile) reservoir.
The side of the giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river in Yichang.
So how long before this guy’s pushing up daisies?
So, do you think he said good bye to his ma first and gave her a few bucks for the bullet?
Rats.
I hate it when that happens.
He'll just have to try again.
I don’t know the over and under on this - but his family should start setting aside a reserve to cover the invoice they will receive on the bullet.
Read an article years ago that lawsuits are common in China, arbitrated by a local judge. Appeals were available, although monetarily costly.
“So how long before this guy’s pushing up daisies?”
No they won’t waste him like that. First they will work him to death in the coal mines (china’s gulag).
When he is worn out there he will become an organ donor.
Oh yeah! I forgot about China’s organ donor program.
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