Xiluodu dam, China's 2nd largest hydro-electric dam, is built along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. This dam is also due to be the world's third-biggest hydropower project.However, such a big massive dam projects lately got the alarm bells rang after builders brought forward by moe than two years their deadline for finishing the Xiluodu dam. A sum of 1.4 billion yuan earmarked for resettlement has yet to be disbursed. The project was schedules to start in 2002 but was postponed for 15 months. Other issue on relocation for more than 61,000 people since its launch in 2003 are some of the controveries and often riddled with corruption.
Some statistics on this project :
- Cost of construction : 68 billion yuan ( S$14.4 billion )
- Power generation : 60 billion kWH
- Height : from 278m revised to 285.5m
- Maximum water level : 600m deep
