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Since ancient times, the state has always attached great importance to canals and water conservancy projects, and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is one of the largest projects invested by the state.
The main reason for the stalling of the mainland's agricultural development is that the rainfall resources in the southern region are exhausted, while the northern region has difficulties in the growth of resources in all aspects.
As early as 1952, Chairman Mao said: "There is a lot of water in the south of China, but there is little water in the north, and it is possible to achieve the goal of no deficiency."
Since then, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has been put on the agenda, but it was not until the beginning of the 20th century that the construction of the western route of the first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project officially began.
This project is called the "nearly 500 billion south-to-north water diversion project".
So, since the construction of the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, nearly 500 billion yuan has been invested so far, has this huge project brought benefits for a long time, or has it cost the people and money?
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In 2002, the Three Gorges Project was officially completed and opened to water, which was a major event that the whole country rejoiced about, and it also symbolized the official opening of the Three Gorges Project.
After the Three Gorges Dam was completed and impounded, the total capacity of the reservoir area reached more than 23 billion cubic meters, which is equivalent to the water volume of 29 East Lakes in Wuhan.
In order to prepare for the arrival of floods at any time for such a huge reservoir, it is very necessary to discharge the flood water in advance, and the water storage of the Three Gorges Project can actually be completed with the help of abundant water resources.
According to the relevant arrangements of the state at that time, in order to make full use of the water resources accumulated after the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir, a canal called "Yao Canal" was built between Anyang City, Henan Province, and Handan City, Hebei Province, upstream of the gateway of the Three Gorges Project.
In addition, in 2003, the Three Gorges Project began to carry out the construction of the "South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the Little Three Gorges" water diversion project.
Henan and Hebei provinces attach great importance to the construction of this project, after all, the canal channel of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project starts from the current "Yao Canal", and both Henan and Hebei can benefit.
The canal channel of this project is mainly a water diversion project to transport water from the Three Gorges Reservoir to the areas of Anyang City in Henan Province and Handan City in Hebei Province, which is also known as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in the west route.
Through the construction of this project, a large amount of water diversion water can be injected into the arid and impoverished areas of Henan, Hebei and other regions, so as to solve the problems of local drought and water shortage, and serve as a major regional water resources subsidy area formed by the Three Gorges Reservoir.
Although Anyang City in Henan Province and Handan City in Hebei Province are poor areas with drought and water shortage, they are very suitable areas for farming.
According to experts, if the water resources stored in the Three Gorges Reservoir are supplemented in the future, then more than 800,000 mu of land can be used to increase the area for irrigation and planting.
At the same time, it can reduce the current situation of drinking water difficulties for more than 6 million people.
Therefore, Henan, Hebei and other regions want to take over the construction of water diversion projects, and these local ancestors are very much looking forward to this matter, and they have infinite hopes for it.
In 2003, the meeting on the construction of the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was officially held, and relevant experts and scholars made relevant reports on it: "After the Sanmenxia Reservoir is impounded, the stored water can last for a year of drought in the northern region."
After a series of efforts, in 2014, the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was officially opened to water and injected water diversion water into Henan, Hebei and other regions.
The investment is nearly 500 billion.
As one of the projects with the highest level of investment in water conservancy projects in the mainland, the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has begun to divert water to Henan, Hebei and other regions since the Three Gorges Project was impounded, and the cost has been very huge, and from the formal decision of the project in 2002 to the opening of water in 2014, the cumulative investment has reached nearly 500 billion yuan.
This is almost the product of the water conservancy project that the state has spent 13 years to build, and the construction funds of more than 500 billion yuan also include state financial funds, financial subsidy funds, bank loans and other sources of funds.
Among these sources of funds, more than 30 billion yuan of financial funds are mainly from the expenses raised by various initiating funds.
As well as financial subsidies, a total of more than 20 billion yuan, from the arrangement of state financial funds, etc., and bank loan funds from the China Development Bank, reached more than 100 billion yuan.
In 2014, after the official opening of the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, it encountered many droughts and other dry periods, in order to continue to divert water, the method of artificial increase was adopted, and at the same time, it also consumed financial resources, the original start-up capital was only billions of yuan, and now even the surrounding supporting project construction funds have reached tens of billions of yuan, so in the original plan, it is almost impossible to predict that there will be so many construction funds for construction projects.
Even so, there are many people in Henan, Hebei and other regions who are the beneficiaries, who have come out and said: "As long as the drinking water problem of the local people can be solved, even if it is expensive, it must be used."
It is precisely this voice of the people of the whole country that has enabled the completion of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which is also known as: "Casting lotus to divert water from the south to the north will benefit the future generations."
The benefits are still good for the people and money.
As the largest water conservancy project in the coastal areas of the mainland, the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project costs a lot of money, and after the construction of this project, can it bring benefits to the surrounding areas, so as to call it "beneficial for a thousand years"?
Or will it fall into a bottomless financial whirlpool after the construction of the project.
First, the state has to spend some money for the huge amount of money generated by the project, because after all, the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, as a channel between the northern and southern departments of the mainland, needs to consume a large amount of hydraulic resources, so it is trying to avoid using the hydraulic resources required by the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
At the same time, a certain amount of funds have been allocated for the maintenance of the canal channel, after all, the water flow generated by the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project accounts for more than one-third of the water resources of the entire Yangtze River basin, so it is very important for the management of the canal channel.
Second, if the surrounding people take water without the permission of the state, it will inevitably reduce the water flow of the canal channel, thus affecting the water consumption of the local people, which requires the relevant departments to conduct water quality testing in each region, and at the same time supervise the water intake in each area.
Third, as the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is one of the largest construction projects in history, costing nearly 500 billion yuan, it is easy to fall into the financial whirlpool, so for such a large project, the large and strong economy will be more able to maintain the construction of this project, and the various expenses brought by it.
At the same time, the construction of the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is also aimed at reducing the difficulty of drinking water and water shortage caused by drought in the northern region, and at the same time, it can also increase the irrigated area in the northern region, which will also help and benefit the development of agriculture to a certain extent.
Therefore, from this point of view, the benefits of the construction of the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project are still very many, but in the later maintenance and management, the state needs to spend more energy.
At the same time, in the future, the environmental protection departments of various regions should also strictly protect the local environment and adjust the relevant water flow according to the quality of water resources, so as to maintain the normal flowering of the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and also facilitate the management of water intake in various regions.
At the same time, in the future, all units and relevant departments should also pay the funds used by the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project on time to avoid the relevant funds being in arrears.
Epilogue:
It is not difficult to see from the benefits brought about by the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project that the construction of this project is of extremely far-reaching significance to the whole country.
In particular, it has played an important role in the development of the northern region, so in general, since the construction of the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, it has been more "beneficial for the future".