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Three Gorges migrants

An elder man is helped by his family members from the Three Gorges area in Chongqing to board a ship which would take them to their new homes in east China's Jiangxi Province August 16, 2004. About 1,480 people from Fengjie County, the first group of 3,100, would be relocated for the construction of the gorges water dam project. The rest would set on their migration journey later this month to Fengxing and Yifeng counties in Jiangxi. It is reported that a total of more than 1.2 million people would have to be relocated due to the construction of the gigantic gorges project on the Yangtze River. [newsphoto] An infant and his parents say goodbye to their old hometown and would start a new life in Jiangxi. [newsphoto] One of the two ships carrying the migrants begins sailing, down the Yangtze River to Jiangxi Province. [newsphoto]