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Project on Rebirth of Tarim River to Start Soon

Sources from the local water resources department said that a huge project designed to make the Tarim River, China's longest continental river, to regain its water flow on the lower reaches will start later this year, with a total investment of 10.7 billion yuan (1.29 billion U.S. dollars).


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Sources from the local water resources department said that a huge project designed to make the Tarim River, China's longest continental river, to regain its water flow on the lower reaches will start later this year, with a total investment of 10.7 billion yuan (1.29 billion U.S. dollars).

According to the sources in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 57 small projects mainly on reinforcing dykes and building sluice gates along the river have passed the examination by the Ministry of Water Resources. These projects will involve an investment of 1.266 billion yuan.

Sources said that last year, some projects aiming to improve the ecological environment of the trunk streams of the Tarim River were finished so that 70 million-cubic-meter more water was transferred from the trunk stream to the lower reaches, putting an end to the 30-year-old dry-up of the 300-kilometer waterways on the lower reaches of the river.

In addition, the local water resources administration will also take other measures to improve the eco-system along the river, including encouraging water saving by collecting charges for water and banning unplanned exploration of wasteland and unduly pumping of water.

A huge comprehensive management project on the valley of the Tarim River, a desert river in southern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was approved by the State Council, Chinese cabinet, on March 1, 2001, as part of the program for development of west China.

Dry weather and unreasonable use of water and land resources led to unfettered worsening of fragile eco-system in the river valley, with stream and lakes drying, woods dying and desertification enlarging.

The deteriorated eco-system restricts Xinjiang's social and economic development, and also posed threat to environment of larger region of northwest China.





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