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non-governmental organizations also
the bank of reservoir greatly reduces
join voluntarily or at the request of the
the reservoir’s capacity in flood storage.
government in convincing squatters,
The main purpose of this reservoir
so that there won’t be any violations
revitalization project is to advise these
to human rights during the process of
illegal dwellers to leave. In order to carry
resident relocating.
out the project in a smooth way, the government does not simply drive these
3. Government invest in low-rent
people away. Instead, it tries to invest and
housing building and rent out to
build a number of affordable housing to
the reservoir immigrants at a low
provide shelters for these immigrants in
cost
reservoir. After these immigrants move
Pluit Reservoir is originally used
into the affordable housing, the first three
for flood storage, but the inhabitation
months are free. After that, they only
of a large number of immigrants along
need to pay USD one per month as rent.
â–Ą the Favorable Green Environment after the completion of Pluit Reservoir