FIVE thousand residents from Chongqing have been resettled in eastern Jiangxi Province to make way for the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River. 

　　The world's largest hydroelectric project requires the relocation of about 1.13 million residents from the Three Gorges Reservoir area, which is located in Chongqing Municipality and neighboring Hubei Province.

　　Some of these migrants, including 70,000 from Chongqing, are expected to move to other provinces.

　　For the past two years, migrants from Chongqing have been moving to the counties of Jing'an, Fengxin, Yongxiu and Shanjiang in Jiangxi.

　　Local governments have made electricity, water and roads accessible for the new migrant communities and other assistance has been offered to help them settle in their new environment.

　　Construction of the Three Gorges Project began in 1993, with estimated cost of 50.09 billion yuan (US$6.04 billion) by the time it is completed in 2009.

　　(SD-Agencies)