Construction of the dam was approved in 1992 despite strong opposition, eventually creating a 400-mile-long reservoir and forcing some 1.4 million people to resettle.

• 尽管遭到了强烈反对，大坝的建设方案仍在1992年获得批准，最终催生了绵延400英里的库区，140万人被迫迁徙。