70,000 People Relocated for China's water diversion plan

70,000 Residents of China's Hubei Province have all relocated to new communities because their residences will be underwater after the creation of the South-North water diversion project. An additional 10,000 people will also have to be relocated to make way for the project.

The South-North water diversion project will be taking water from the Yangtze River which is the largest in China and make routes to get water into drought prone areas of China. These routes include an eastern, middle, and western route. The creation of the middle route will force another 330,000 residents to relocate.

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