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rs y, w esprea a ega ons o corrup on among o c as nvove w e proec ave ra sePremier Zhu Rongji warned those involved that their responsibility was "heavier than a mountain"negligence will bring disaster to our future generations and cause irretrievable losses". In 2000, 53President Jiang Zemin to delay full filling of the reservoir and relocating the local population until sreservoir was viable given the various problems. But construction continued, as did scandals inclnepotism and job selling.

D) Secondly, the project is thought to have cost more than any other single construction project inbillion. Supporters claimed that the plan is within its US$25 billion budget and that the projectgeneration. They further argued that demand would rise once a new national transmission grid is in pltime demand has increased, competition from cheaper, superior alternatives will have won the ratepThree Gorges power, or unless the government subsidizes the power. Critics also worry that other pras China concentrates all its financial resources on the project. Experts believe that the project facemany foreign financiers and governments, with some notable exceptions, have considered the dam to

E) Thirdly, the new reservoir will inundate many towns and cities, displacing between 1 and 2 millioffered in compensation for ancestral lands is less ferti le than those lost and may require use of unfapoor construction have delayed new housing or resulted in sub-standard buildings. Journalist andcriticizing the Three Gorges project, calls it "the most environmentally and socially destructive project i

F) Archaeologists and historians have estimated nearly 1,300 important sites will be submerged, dyears old. In addition, tourism associated with the Three Gorges as a physical and cultural attraction

G) Finally, but perhaps most importantly, many leading scientists predict the Three Gorges Dam remany levels. Little or no attempt has been made to remove toxic materials and other pollutants from ia huge potential health hazard. The relative lack of waste treatment plants in China also could meadam would go untreated directly into the reservoir. The dam may erode the fragile upper slopes of taccumulate as well as industrial pollutants, leading to increased silting of its mouth and pollution ofextensive logging in the area and may erode much of the coastline. Wildlife experts believe that manyof fish, waterfowl and that the endangered Chinese river dolphin, of which fewer than 100 individualthe dam's construction will destroy its present habitat.

H) Despite the dissenting voices, construction continues and the consensus is that China's leadersthe dam's completion to ever contemplate backing away from the project.

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