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the largest dam in the world

2.3 km long and 185 meters high , bisects the Yangtze River

inaugurated the largest dam in the world

Feast for the turbines already in operation but 1200 villages have been submerged and displaced more than one million

- E 'was officially inaugurated the largest and most contested piece of architecture in the world, proudly called the "Great Wall" of the third millennium. After thirteen years of work, and a year ahead of schedule, was completed in China's Three Gorges Dam. The press and media have celebrated as the symbol of development and power of China, an incredible amount of record numbers. But beyond that divide the river divides this work, to some extent, the whole country, given the human and environmental costs that resulted.

FIGURES - 2.3 km long and 185 meters high, bisects the continent's longest river, the Yangtze (6,300 km) in the central province of Hubei, and create a reservoir of 1084 km square. The final cost twice as fixed at the beginning, and 'equal to 21 billion €, while for the workforce, who came from all over the country, it took 25 000 men. Some turbines are already operational, but once everything is completed and the plant will operate at full capacity, ie in 2009, the hydroelectric complex will produce about 85 billion kilowatts of energy per year, through the use of 26 generators. An electric potential to be reckoned with for a country like China in search of non-polluting sources to satisfy a growing thirst for energy of 10% per year and that still depends on coal for 70%.
CRITICISM - Fin beginning, though, the criticisms are not missed. Environmentalists, journalists and intellectuals have repeatedly raised his voice against the high human and environmental costs of the dam, and many times they were silenced. Until a few days ago, when the work was presented to journalists, many farmers have rushed to the scene to denounce the forced evictions that have been forced and the conditions they are currently. When the poor promised compensation never arrived, the houses are too small and insufficient field, said to journalists. Even today, the central government has announced its intention to support the local economy over the next 20 years through subsidies, con l’intenzione evidente di calmare le proteste.
1200 VILLAGGI SOMMERSI: 1,1 MILIONI DI SFOLLATI - Più di 1200 villaggi sono scomparsi sotto le acque, come Zigui e Zhongbao, oppure sono stati ricostruiti qualche chilometro più in là. «Il problema degli sfollati è molto importante, anche dalla sua risoluzione dipende il successo del Progetto delle Tre Gole», ha dichiarato alla stampa il general manager del Committee for the Construction of Three Gorges Project (Cctgp), Li Yongan. Fino ad oggi sono state spostate 1,1 milioni di persone a cui si aggiungeranno altre 800 mila persone in autunno, quando il livello dell’acqua aumenterà ancora.
20 maggio 2006