Pubugou Dam

Pubugou Dam is a large dam on the Dadu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province (located in southwestern China). The total generating capacity of the project is 3,300 MW. Construction started on March 30 2004 and is scheduled for completion in 2010. [ [http://www.sricc.com/Yeji/20060721230713.html 四川大渡河瀑布沟水电站 ] ] In 2004, the construction site was overrun by 50-100,000 protesters, though the only eventual result was the delay of construction by one year. The protesters were upset about evictions stemming from planned flooding.

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