BEIJING: Beijing has completed a water diversion canal that will provide emergency supplies to the August Olympics, state press said on Tuesday, despite ongoing shortages crippling much of northern China.
"In order to amply safeguard the security and the quality of the Games, the construction of the north-south water diversion project has been completed without glitches," the Beijing Evening News quoted city water bureau chief Jiao Zhizhong as saying.
"We have established the basis for diverting water to Beijing," he said at a Tuesday meeting on addressing the capital's water shortage.
China has built a 210 kilometer canal from Shijiazhuang city in Hebei province to Beijing. The canal will begin operating by April, which will help the 30 percent water demand increase which is expected during the Olympic season.
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