China’s new mega tunnel to send water from Three Gorges to BeijingYinjiangbuhan tunnel, connecting to a 1,400km open canal, is expected to tak...
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Yinjiangbuhan tunnel, connecting to a 1,400km open canal, is expected to take 10 years to build and cost US$8.9 billion
China’s broader infrastructure plan is a move towards boosting food production by as much as 540 million tonnes
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Published: 2:30pm, 26 Jul, 2022
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The planned Yinjiangbuhan tunnel will drain water from the Three Gorges Dam, pictured, to the Han River, a major tributary of the Yangtze. Photo: Xinhua
The planned Yinjiangbuhan tunnel will drain water from the Three Gorges Dam, pictured, to the Han River, a major tributary of the Yangtze. Photo: Xinhua
China has launched a new tunnelling project to send water from the Three Gorges Dam to Beijing as part of a massive infrastructure plan to boost food production and the economy.
The Yinjiangbuhan tunnel will drain water from the Three Gorges – the world’s largest dam – to the Han River, a major tributary of the Yangtze River.
Reaching the Danjiangkou reservoir at the lower reaches of the Han, the water will head north as far as Beijing via the middle line of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, a 1,400km-long (870-mile) open canal.
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