Exodus making way for water

Residents attend the start-up ceremony of the resettlement program to make way for the massive South-to-North Water Diversion Project in Xichuan County of Nanyang City, Central China's Henan province, on Thursday, June 17, 2010. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

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The resettlement of more than 64,900 residents began on Thursday in Central China's Henan province to make way for a massive project that will divert water to arid regions in North China.