Dam on Mekong's tributary may force 5,000 people to relocate, but government says it will benefit people.
Al Jazeera
Last Modified: 22 Apr 2012
The Mekong River and its tributaries are Southeast Asia’s main
waterway flowing through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and
Vietnam.
There are a number of dams built in the upper Mekong basin, including
five in China, to generate electricity. But a second dam on river
Sesan, a tributary of Mekong, is threatening the livelihood of people in
Ratanakiri area of Cambodia.
Activists say the dam will flood more than 30,000 hectares of
farmland, forcing around 5,000 people to relocate and severely affect
fishermen across the Mekong basin.
The government says it has conducted all the relevant environmental
surveys and believes the positive impacts outweigh the negative.
Al Jazeera’s Stephanie Scawen reports from Ratanakiri.
1 comment:
That's right! Steung Traeng is our first province where Mekong
is flowing through,why I always think that Kratie is the first
one instead!!
Too much Rumduol Kratie in my mind perhaps. No Khmer
song about Steung Traeng yet?! May be I should write one to
give this province justice!.
About the dam,if the government press ahead with it,it needs to
take care of the displaced people first. They are not the prime
beneficiary of this project anyway why give them so much
hardships? No threats,no forces against them please.
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