 The respective rivers are transboundary and any diversion would affect India and Bangladesh in South Asia, and Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam in Southeast Asia.In 2008, construction costs for the eastern and central routes was estimated to be 254.6 billion yuan ($37.44 billion).The government had budgeted only 53.87 billion yuan ($7.9 billion), less than a quarter of the total cost, at that time.