Farmers, relocated for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, arrive at a newly built village in Xuchang, in central China's Henan province Sunday August 16, 2009. Chinese authorities began Sunday relocating the first batch of rural residents totaling 10,600 in central Henan Province to make way for the Danjiangkou Reservoir, one of the three routes of the massive water diversion project. More than 320,000 people in Henan and neighboring Hubei Province will move away for the Danjiangkou Reservoir. The water diversion project, consisting of the eastern, middle and western routes, will divert water from the country's water-rich south, mainly the Yangtze River to the dry north. [Xinhua]

A farmer, affected by the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, carries his belongings to a new village in Xuchang, in central China's Henan province, August 15, 2009.[Asianewsphoto]