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CHINA TO BLOCK YANGTZE RIVER IN
NOVEMBER.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's cabinet has
approved a proposal to block the Yangtze River
on November 8 for construction of the world's
largest water control project, the Xinhua news
agency said on Tuesday.
Xinhua quoted Premier Li Peng as saying the
giant Three Gorges dam project had proceeded
smoothly in the past five years, the design for
blocking the river was feasible and the
resettlement of local residents had gone well.
A canal built to permit navigation on the
Yangtze after the river is blocked was due to
open to traffic in October, state media has
said.
The dam, scheduled for completion in 2009,
would create a gigantic reservoir on the middle
of the Yangtze -- China's longest river --
evicting one million local residents.
Critics of the controversial project say an
earthquake caused by the concentrated weight
of silt and water behind the dam could burst
the dam and lead to a catastrophic flood
wiping out thousands of towns and villages.
(c) Reuters Limited 1997
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