From bhat@cs.columbia.edu Wed Jun 23 00:39:43 1993
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 00:39:34 -0400
From: Dinkar Bhat <bhat@cs.columbia.edu>
To: wcsbeau@ccs.carleton.ca
Subject: Dam info


Hi,

You had requested info on dam projects around the world. I found one in
the NY Times (June 22)about the Three Gorges Dam which is expected to be the
world's largest dam. I will give you brief info about the dam which is
reported in the newspaper. --- The dam to be built over the famous Yangtze 
river (also called the river of sorrow due to its periodic floods) 
is expected to be the world's largest hydrolelectric dam with a capcity of 
17,680 MW, will create a lake 350 miles long and will displace an approx 1.2 
million people.  Its chief proponents are the Communist party which expects the
dam to fuel the industrial revolution. Its opponents who obviously have been
overcome are the local people who fear the valley will destroy native culture,
farmland and the wonderful scenery that exists and make the valley a colossal 
mud pie.