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dam-l 216 LAID OFF DUE TO RALCO PARALYSIS
CHIP News for November 17, 1998
>SOURCE: EL MERCURIO
>SOURCE: LA TERCERA
-- 216 LAID OFF DUE TO RALCO PARALYSIS. Construction
>company Besalco, building Endesa's Ralco dam, dismissed 216
>workers Monday due to paralysis of the project and its uncertain
>re-initiation. Ralco, Endesa's US$500 million hydroelectric dam
>project, has been opposed by some Pehuenche families that would
>have to be relocated due to the flooding of 600 hectares of
>Pehuenche land creation of the dam would cause. Proponents say
>the dam is necessary to cover Chile's rising electricity needs.
> Construction on Ralco has been suspended for three-and-a-
>half months as the company and environmental and indigenous
>groups look for a solution to the situation. Endesa General
>Manager Jaime Bauza said last week that if construction does not
>begin within the next 30 days, Ralco would definitely not begin
>operations in the year 2002. He called on Conadi to rapidly
>approve the 83 land barter contracts that have already been
>signed by Pehuenche families.
> Conadi Director Rodrigo Gonzalez said that this Thursday the
>national Conadi advisory board will meet and establish the criteria
>to resolve the land barter contracts already signed.
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