Contract agreed to cut the construction cost by a third to ten point six billion u.s. dollars but matiya did raise some environmental concerns. straits of malacca and then the national route. then the international community must assume responsibility for keeping the seas clear and polluted but so far there s supposed to be the falls on the little steves the are the ones who suffer pollution and the have them in force to clean this sea and they shaw s it does not seem fair that the poor little was should be burdened with this responsibility others including the u.s. russia japan and india are worried that china is trying to build