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300,000 More to Move for China’s Three Gorges Dam: Report

Source: China Digital Times (CDT)

January 21st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China

The Times of India reports that 300,000 more people will be moved from the area surrounding the Three Gorges Dam:
The English-language China Daily said the relocations were aimed at preventing pollution from adjacent communities contaminating the reservoir, and at protecting residents from possible seismic dangers.
The report quoted government officials in the huge municipality of Chongqing in southwestern China. The dam, the world’s largest hydroelectric project, is located in central Hubei province, but most of its reservoir is in Chongqing.
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