The world's largest hydroelectric dam has many consequences

Three Gorges, the largest hydroelectric dam in the world, has caused many implications. China acknowledges a project that has long praised the world wonder.

The State Council of China acknowledges many environmental, social and geographical issues in a statement issued after a meeting about the future of hydropower works chaired by chairman Wen Jiabao.

' The Three Gorges Dam has great benefits, but also causes some problems to be solved immediately for people relocation areas, ecosystem protection and geological disaster prevention ', information report said.

A couple living on the river bank must migrate to serve the construction of the dam.
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According to the announcement, the dam has affected regional waterway traffic under the dam, irrigation and water supply. The announcement stated that the government will increase efforts to ensure the lives of resettlers, address environmental pollution and ecological risks, but do not specifically mention any new policies.

The Three Gorges Dam, priced at US $ 22.5 billion, was started in 1993 on the Yangtze River. It started producing electricity in 2008. Currently, the government still considers it a large source of clean energy, and is a work to tame the longest river in the country that often causes flooding.

But critics have long voiced warnings about environmental, social and other losses. Specifically: 1.4 million people have been evacuated to serve the construction of this controversial dam. In addition, the construction of the dam also caused many cultural relics to be buried under water.

Experts and Chinese officials have warned about the risk of many seismic disturbances, including landslides and overflows when the reservoir of water smashed into the geology of the area.

A worker is cleaning up garbage in the Yangtze River area near the Three Gorges Dam.
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Environmental experts have warned the water tank to become a source of pollution, polluted water and undermining water quality. In August 2010, the Chinese government said it needed billions of dollars to deal with environmental damage along the river, including the treatment of sewage systems.

The torrential rains that caused big floods in 2010 rolled a large amount of waste into the river, requiring a lot of effort to clean up. Chinese media reported that the amount of waste in many places was so large that it could travel on the river, threatening to block the dam.

Currently, China is relying heavily on hydropower in its energy policy to meet rapidly growing electricity demand. So the country has built dozens of dams in the process of being built or being designed.