China to spend £7bn cleaning up algae-choked lake

China has announced a multibillion-pound plan to clean up a severely polluted lake where an algae infestation forced the suspension of water supplies to millions of people this year.

The 108.5 billion yuan (€9.9bn) plan to clean up Lake Tai, in a densely populated area north-west of Shanghai, should take five years, said a statement dated Friday and posted on the government website of the nearby city of Taizhou.