Chapter 3: A flood of troubles
Stop the Hutiaoxia dam!
(September 26, 2004) Endorsed by Green Earth Volunteers, Institute of Environment and Development, Green Island, Global Village of Beijing, Friends of Nature, Partnership for Community Development, Global Environment Institute, Alashan SEE Ecology Association and Beijing Brooks Education Centre.
Kenya to crack down on corruption
(July 21, 2004) Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has announced the creation of a national committee to fight corruption.
Nu River residents get a shock from the Manwan dam
(June 29, 2004) Farmers who would be displaced by the controversial Nu River scheme were shocked at how people resettled a decade ago have fared: ‘We don’t like to see a situation where dams make power companies and governments richer, and poor people only poorer.’
Landslides cause havoc in Three Gorges area as heavy rain forecast
(June 16, 2004) Dozens of landslides in the Three Gorges reservoir area have claimed the life of a train driver, destroyed hundreds of houses and forced more than 40,000 people to flee their homes, the Chongqing Evening News reports.
Accident plunges dam area into the dark: report
(January 16, 2004) Villages near the Three Gorges dam were plunged into darkness after a transmission tower was toppled in a construction accident last week, the Anhui-based Jianghuai Morning Post (Jianghuai chenbao) reports.
Dam on dangerous ground
(December 18, 2003) Two civil engineering professors at Wuhan University believe that earthquakes in the Three Gorges reservoir area are a real cause for concern, and call for more resources to be put into investigating the region’s seismic problems.
New newspaper probes resettlement-budget shambles
(November 21, 2003) Xiong Deming became a media star in China recently after the Premier himself suddenly appeared in her village and pledged to help her husband collect back-pay owing from a local contractor.
Landslide threatens 1,800 residents in Three Gorges area
(September 16, 2003) An old landslide threatens a primary school, a school for the disabled and 1,800 people living near the old county seat of Yunyang.
Hidden problems with China’s dams
(August 1, 2003) A respected Chinese publication investigates why more than one-third of the country’s dams and reservoirs are considered dangerous, and quotes a top hydropower engineer as saying, "There is something wrong with the whole management system."
Minor tremors rattle Three Gorges during reservoir filling
(June 26, 2003) ‘The real danger comes from active faults in the vicinity of the dam site,’ which is located near six fault lines, a senior engineer warns in a recent Chinese newspaper report.
Geological threats loom over new towns
(June 12, 2003) Residents of Badong, Wushan and Fengjie are working around the clock to strengthen the foundations of their new towns, which are being built in a geologically fragile region prone to landslides and riverbank collapses.
News flash: Cracks in the dam have reopened, senior inspector says
(May 30, 2003) As China prepares to begin filling the Three Gorges reservoir on June 1, a senior member of the project inspection team has acknowledged that some of the cracks that were repaired at great expense on the upstream face of the dam have reopened.
Investors beware: Sacred cow is a white elephant
(May 9, 2003) Investors should be very wary of involvement in the Three Gorges dam, which requires constant government protection and coddling, and lacks inherent value and economic viability.
China’s dam-safety monitoring system ‘in chaos’
(April 25, 2003) Although dam failures have brought about ‘unforgettable nightmares,’ the monitoring of dam safety in China is hampered by a severe shortage of funds and personnel, a Chinese newspaper reports.
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