Active Fault Line Threatens World’s Biggest Hydropower Project, Chinese Geologists Warn The news that an active fault line is threatening the world's largest hydropower project in Tibet should send shivers down the spines of engineers, policymakers, and environmentalists worldwide.
A highly active fault line since the Pleistocene era, the Paizhen Fault poses a significant risk to the structural stability of nearby dams, roads, bridges, tunnels, and reservoirs.
The researchers' warnings about slope reinforcement and retaining protections to mitigate landslides and collapses have echoes in the fashion industry's own fragility.