China:
700 mountains to be levelled to make way for new town
Chinese
developers are planning to flatten 700 mountains to make way for a
new town in the north-west of the country.
7
December, 2012
The
nation's most ambitious "mountain moving" project is slated
for a patch of desert the outskirts of Lanzhou in the Gansu province
and is estimated to cost £2.2bn, according to the Guardian.
But
developers hope the cost and effort will be worth it, with the new
metropolis potentially able to boost the region's GDP by £27bn by
2030.
The
ambitious mountain-flattening is already underway, despite concerns
over the effect it will have on the natural environment.
Lanzhou,
home to 3.6 million people, already has the nation's worst air
pollution and the region is notoriously arid, with water in scarce
supply.
But
a spokesman for the developers, China Pacific Construction Group,
told the Guardian that the project would divert water to the region
and promote reforestation.
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