China’s Three Gorges Dam in trouble – news video report
The Three Gorges Dam (長江三峽大壩) is a hydroelectric river dam that spans the Yangtze River in Sandouping, Yiling District,Yichang, Hubei, Wongsuichow, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world’s largest electricity-generating plant of any kind.
Melissa Chan of Al Jazeera News reports from Hunan Province that China’s controversial Three Gorges Dam project is in trouble. A lack of rain and other problems are delaying the opening of the dam – designed to be the world’s biggest flood control and hydropower facility. After more than a decade of construction, the country’s largest infrastructure project is scheduled to become fully operational this month, except for one major problem, a lack of water. The lack of water means that the dam’s water level is still below its peak height at 175 metres (574 ft) over sea level (110 metres or 361 feet above the river level downstream), which means the dam cannot generate the maximum amount of electricity. The shortage of water, compounded by China’s worst drought in years, has adversely affected tens of millions of people who live along the river, especially the fishermen.
A new government report says that China’s Three Gorges Dam project has doubled in cost. It will now require $25-billon more than the initial cost of $25-billon to resettle people displaced by the project and to fill the reservoir with enough water.
Watch the following news video, China’s Three Gorges Dam in trouble, for more of Melissa Chan’s report.
China’s Three Gorges dam in trouble – Al Jazeera’s video report 20 Nov 09:
Similar Posts:
- A wild ride down China’s Yangtze River – National Geographic video
- China defies global economy trend – video news report
- China’s empty city: new “Ordos” – video news report
- China Oil Spill Reaches Key Water Source
- Laos dam raises livelihood concerns – video report
Hey, thanks for the video but i would like to know the various types of opinions from the takeholders, if you know any video i can get my hands on that has the peoples opinions that would be great