Yunnan set to allocate $4 billion to clean lakes

Water diversion, anti-pollution ditches planned to upgrade quality

Yunnan province will spend 24.6 billion yuan ($4 billion) to upgrade the water quality of nine lakes and their ecological systems this year, with more than half that sum, 12.6 billion yuan, earmarked for cleaning the famous Dianchi Lake in the provincial capital, top officials have said.

Li Jiang, executive vice-governor of Yunnan, said the province will try to restore lakes in the plateau province, and this will include measures such as water diversion and anti-pollution ditches for waste discharge.