Local scene's in Yichang, this is the old and less prosperous part of China. I was surpised to find the poor quality of housing, the air was heavily polluted and many of these people were living in very basic housing. The lucky ones were moved to the new modern government buildings down the road. I think many of the migrants were originally from the lower fields now flooded by the dam and their heart was in farming. You can see below a migrant worker, farming and working in his home made field growing vegetables. I was concerned about the pollution because the vegetables were so close to the live rail track. I even saw a train go by.
I expect the local community have no choice about their living conditions or say about the pollution. One day of breathing in the pollution was enough. I discovered on my way to the airport a massive factory and pollution was being pumped out. I hope the government in future introduces change to protect the environment that is impacting on the living conditions for all the families and people living there. I did hear form someone that the government was planning to introduce new regulation for factories to introduce filters. I feel they should act sooner to avoid serious consequences in the future as this is likely to affect people's health and the environment.
Living conditions are basic, they don't have a choice and this is when the inequalities open you up to the other side of China away from the glitz of Shanghai or Beijing.
Local scene's in Yichang, this is the old and less prosperous part of China. I was surpised to find the poor quality of housing, the air was heavily polluted and many of these people were living in very basic housing. The lucky ones were moved to the new modern government buildings down the road. I think many of the migrants were originally from the lower fields now flooded by the dam and their heart was in farming. You can see below a migrant worker, farming and working in his home made field growing vegetables. I was concerned about the pollution because the vegetables were so close to the live rail track. I even saw a train go by.
I expect the local community have no choice about their living conditions or say about the pollution. One day of breathing in the pollution was enough. I discovered on my way to the airport a massive factory and pollution was being pumped out. I hope the government in future introduces change to protect the environment that is impacting on the living conditions for all the families and people living there. I did hear form someone that the government was planning to introduce new regulation for factories to introduce filters. I feel they should act sooner to avoid serious consequences in the future as this is likely to affect people's health and the environment.
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