13. Continued… The Chief Secretary visited the affected area, met the Union, and agreed to demands. The cycle of non-implementation, agitation and subsequent agreement to some demands was repeated in 1997. Since then rehabilitation work has been carried out in cooperation between the Union and the government. The state has been providing about Rs.14.5 million (US$ 0.3 million) every year since 1998. A number of rehabilitation steps have been completed, including distribution of residential plots, allotment of drawdown land and construction of infrastructure as per the master plan prepared in consultation with the Union. On the whole the displaced people appear satisfied with the measures taken by the government and are cooperating in their implementation.
14. Social Impact Of Dam Construction The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China is more than five times the size of the HooverDam (U.S.), and will create a reservoir 600 km long to be used for hydro-power generation. Its construction required the loss of over a million people's homes and their mass relocation, the loss of many valuable archaeological and cultural sites, as well as significant ecological change. It is estimated that to date, 40-80 million people worldwide have been physically displaced from their homes as a result of dam construction and they have failed to rehabilitate them in a proper way.
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