Three Gorges dam to displace 1.4 million -Xinhua (Reuters)

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Three Gorges dam to displace 1.4 million -Xinhua
02 Oct 2006 11:22:02 GMT
Source: Reuters

BEIJING, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The number of people relocated to make way
for China's massive Three Gorges dam could top 1.4 million, above
previous estimates of 1.13 million, Xinhua news agency said.

More than 1.2 million people have already been resettled, Xinhua said,
citing Pu Haiqing, head of the Office of the Three Gorges Project
Construction Committee under the State Council, China's cabinet.

The $22.5 billion hydro-power project will be completed a year early
in 2008, creating a reservoir 175 meters deep, Pu said.

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