Residents in Three Gorges Reservoir Area Apply to Move outMore than 60,000 people living in the reservoir area of the Three-Gorges Project under construction have applied at the local resettlement bureaus to move to other Chinese provinces.The figure is 10,000, or one-sixth, more than the planned figure, said an official with the Chongqing Municipal Relocation Bureau. According to the construction plan, about 1.17 million people in Hubei and Chongqing will leave their home in the Three Gorges Area. Nearly one million live in Chongqing. To date, some 200,000 people have moved out of their homes in Chongqing. The number of emigrants exceeded 10,000 last year. An estimated 50,000 people are expected to move out this year. About 40,000 people will be settled in 11 Chinese provinces. Up to this week, 30,000 resettlers have contacted with the counties they will settle in. |
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