China Starts Work of Preventing Geological Disasters in Three Gorges Area

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Sunday, December 30, 2001

China Starts Work of Preventing Geological Disasters in Three Gorges Area

The work of preventing geological disasters in the Three Gorges area has started, the vice mayor of Chongqing Municipality said Saturday. A total investment of more than 3 billion yuan (361 million U.S. dollars) has been allocated for the work to prevent geological disasters and guarantee the safety of the Three Gorges Power Project.

The work of preventing geological disasters in the Three Gorges area, where a massive power project is being built, has started, the vice mayor of Chongqing Municipality said Saturday in Chongqing.

Gan Yuping told a news conference that a total investment of more than 3 billion yuan (361 million U.S. dollars) has been allocated for the work.

An investigation carried out by the Yangtze River Water Resources Committee in July this year shows that 1,302 zones along the Three Gorges have hidden geological dangers, such as landslides.

There are 202 such zones in Yichang, with a total landslide area of 23.1 square kilometers, the investigation shows.

The plans by the Ministry of Land and Resources for the prevention and treatment of geological disasters in the area will guarantee the safety of the Three Gorges Power Project, a multi- purpose water conservation project on the Yangtze River, from this year until 2003.

Three Billion Yuan Invested for Geologic Hazards at Three Gorges

The Chinese government has decided to pool some 4 billion yuan of funds for treating geologic hazards at the Three Gorges in the next three years to ensure the safety of the world's biggest water conservation project being built at the region.

The treatment of geologic hazards, especially landslides at the river banks, has been considered an important part of the whole project which has drawn great concerns from the central government.

Premier Zhu Rongji recently made a remark on the significance of the hazard treatment stressing that it is a crucial project, which concerns the safety of local people's life and property as well as the benefits of their posterity.

A report made by the Yangtze River Water Resources Committee in July suggested that there are all together 1,302 hazard-prone areas in the dam area.

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