Three Gorges Dam: 4 Million

What is affected

	Housing private
	Land Private
	Communal
	Electricity, Sewage

Type of violation

Forced eviction
Demolition/destruction
Dispossession/confiscation

Date

12 October 2007

Region

A [ Asia ]

Country

China

Location

Yangtze Riverbanks, Yichang

Affected persons

	Total 1270000
	Men 0
	Women 0
	Children 0
	Indigenous

Proposed solution

Stop eviction. Authorities provide reparation for those dispossessed, injured and killed.

Details

Evictions_in_Cambodia.html

Development

Forced eviction

Costs

Demolition/destruction

Land losses

- Land area (square meters)

- Total value

Housing losses

- Number of homes

- Total value €

Duty holder(s) /responsible party(ies)

	State
	Companies and export credit agencies from Brazil, Canada, Germany, France, Sweden and Switzerland

Brief narrative

Source:T he Age, Australia, http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/dam-forces-another-4-million-out/2007/10/12/1191696176882.html CHINA is planning to move another 4 million people away from the controversial Three Gorges dam to prevent an environmental disaster, as the magnitude of problems with the world`s biggest hydroelectric project is revealed. The unprecedented relocation was approved last month by Beijing, but only made public yesterday as part of the planning strategy for Chongqing, which is west of the dam. The vice-mayor of Chongqing Municipality, Yu Yuanmu, said more than 4 million people living in hillsides along the dam`s 600-kilometre-long reservoir needed to be moved for the ecological safety of the area.

Costs

€ 0

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