This was announced by vice-director of water resources department of Heiluntszyan Chinese province Xu Xinping.
Dam is constructed by Chinese side near Fuyuan settlement, which is situated on Chinese side of Kazakevichev channel.
Supposedly, dam will close access of polluted waters from Sungari river to south water supply points of Habarovsk.
"Construction is at most important stage now", - informed Xu Xinping, who is a member of dam construction committee.
By second half of Sunday 171 meters of dam have been built. It is more likely than the length of dam will be more than 400 meters, as it was planned before.
With progress of constructional works "amount of difficulties also grows". In particular, as channel constricts, flow velocity increases, and more constructional materials are needed.
Certain problems were caused by water discharge from Chinese reservoirs - as a result water level in the river has risen. 570 millions cubic meters of water were discharged to river, which allowed the reduction of benzene concentration.
"There are more difficulties than we have supposed", - said Xu Xinping.
At present moment dam is constructed on a 24-hour basis. About thousand of people work on construction in 3 shifts.
"We try to finish dam construction before benzene spot will reach Fuyuan", - said Xu Xinping. He also confirmed that after spot passes Habarovsk, the dam will be dismantled.
At present moment the spot of toxic chemical compounds is located near Tuntsyan town. By forecasts, it will reach Fuyuan within a day or two.
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