71.   Also under watch on Wednesday were dams at Arapaho Lake, Glen Lake, Saginaw Lake and Sunset Lake.

72.   Babbitt has presided over similar dam removals throughout the country, actions generally supported by conservationists who say the dams are an impediment to healthy fish populations.

73.   Bush, Gorton and the Republicans think the dams could be an even bigger wedge issue.

74.   Critics, however, say the dam will not be big enough to hold back the Yangtze and its tributaries at flood times.

75.   Countering allegations that the move was a kind of bailout of the private sector, Daim said the dam was a government project that was subsequently privatized.

76.   Defenders say the dam has been the subject of the most extensive series of environmental, financial and social assessments ever undergone in a developing country.

77.   Environmentalists contend the dam is too big and wasteful.

78.   Farms and orchards, archaeological sites and cultural treasures, whole cities and thousands of factories must be moved before the waters rise when the dam is finished.

79.   However, he said, the situation at the Klang Gates dam is alright.

80.   If the dam were to burst, much of the northern Red River delta area, including Hanoi, would be flooded.