dam-l LS: Clarification on Pak Mun compensation

[owner-irn-mekong@netvista.net]

>From: "searin" <searin@chmai.loxinfo.co.th>
>To: <owner-irn-mekong@netvista.net>
>Subject: Re: Villagers get B132 from EGAT
>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:16:26 +0700
>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200
>
>Dear Aviva,
>
>Please note that this budget EGAT paid to the Kamnan and Headman Group, who
>back up by EGAT and state official, not for the real people affected by Pak
>Mun Dam.
>
>Regards,
>
>SEARIN
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <owner-irn-mekong@netvista.net>
>Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 4:06 AM
>Subject: LS: Villagers get B132 from EGAT
>
>
>> This is from April 8 - I forgot to forward it earlier.
>>
>> PAK MOON DAM
>>
>>
>>
>> Villagers get B132 million from Egat
>>
>> Project causes drop in river fish stocks
>>
>> Ubon Ratchathani
>>
>> The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) yesterday paid
>> 132.6 million baht in compensation to another 2,210 fishermen affected by
>> construction of the Pak Moon dam.
>>
>> The money was handed over at a presentation ceremony in Phibun Mangsahan
>> district hall, presided over by Prapas Bunyindee, deputy Ubon Ratchathani
>> governor.
>>
>> Under the compensation package, worth 132.6 million baht for 2,210
>affected
>> people, Egat will pay a one-off 30,000 baht to each fisherman and 10,000
>> over three years to each affected villager.
>>
>> The Pak Moon dam has been blamed by local people and activists for a sharp
>> drop in the fish population in the Moon river.
>>
>> Supin Panyamark, Egat deputy governor, said fishermen would receive no
>more
>> compensation after this latest package.
>>
>> Mr Supin said total compensation approved by Egat has now reached 488.5
>> million baht for 6,165 cases. Some 3,955 affected fishermen have already
>> received 90,000 baht each.
>>
>> Egat has already spent 499.9 million baht on liabilities, road upgrades
>and
>> infrastructure construction in affected areas.
>>
>> The total sum of compensation now stands at 988 million baht, or about 20%
>> of the project's total cost.
>>
>> Mr Supin said negotiations for 15 rai of land for each affected villager
>> were under way between the Egat and representatives of the affected group.
>>
>> This compensation was mostly requested by villagers from other provinces,
>> he said, adding that less than 20% of the claims were from Ubon
>Ratchathani
>> villagers.
>>
>> Sources said the group, led by the Forum of the Poor, had been gathering
>at
>> the dam site in Khong Chiam district to demand compensation.
>>
>> Vanida Tantivitthayapong, adviser to the Forum of the Poor, said affected
>> villagers would stay at the site until their demands were met. She said
>the
>> government was dragging its feet in alleviating the plight of the poor.
>>
>>
>>
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>> Aviva Imhof
>> South-East Asia Campaigner
>> International Rivers Network
>> 1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley CA 94703 USA
>> Tel: + 1 510 848 1155 (ext. 312), Fax: + 1 510 848 1008
>> Email: aviva@irn.org, Web: http://www.irn.org
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>



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Aviva Imhof
South-East Asia Campaigner
International Rivers Network
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley CA 94703 USA
Tel: + 1 510 848 1155 (ext. 312), Fax: + 1 510 848 1008
Email: aviva@irn.org, Web: http://www.irn.org
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