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Subject: dam-l URGENT! Sign on to support the villagers at Pak Mun
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*** SORRY FOR CROSS POSTINGS ****
URGENT SIGN-ON LETTER - Please sign on by 8am Friday May 19 East Asia time,
or 5pm Thursday May 18, West Coast US time. Send your name and organization
name to aviva@irn.org
Dear friends
Currently, more than 2,000 villagers affected by the Pak Mun dam in
Thailand have occupied the crest of the dam and the fish ladder. They are
demanding that the gates of the dam be permanently opened to allow the fish
to migrate upstream. Thai NGO SEARIN has asked that we send a letter of
support for the villagers to the Thai Prime Minister, urging him to ensure
that the police remain non-violent, and asking him to meet the villager's
demands.
We have just been notified that the Governor of the Province has given the
villagers until May 19 to disperse, so we need to sent this letter by
morning of May 19.
I hope you can sign on.
Thanks,
Aviva Imhof - IRN
________________________________
May 19, 2000
The Honorable Mr. Chuan Leekpai
Prime Minister of Thailand
Fax: 662-2803661
Dear Mr. Chuan
We write to express our support for the 2,500 members of the Assembly of
the Poor who are currently occupying the crest of Pak Mun dam and the fish
ladder. They are demanding that the Thai Government and the Electricity
Generating Authority of Thailand open the dam gates to allow the fish to
migrate up the Mun from the Mekong to breed as they did in former times. We
wholeheartedly support the villager’s efforts to recover their lost
livelihood and restore the ecology of the Mun River.
The villagers have vowed to remain non-violent. We are concerned about
reports that thousands of police have been ordered to stand by at the Pak
Mun site, and that villagers will be forced to move on Friday May 19. In
the past, a large police presence like this has lead to the use of violence
to disperse the protesters. We urge you to direct the police to respect the
rights of the protesters and to remain non-violent. There is absolutely no
justification for use of force against the protesters.
The World Commission on Dams Pak Mun Case Study shows that the Pak Mun
project is not performing well economically, and that it contributes only
marginally to the North-Eastern grid. In April and May, which are the most
critical months in terms of power system demand, the project’s capacity
over a 4 hour peaking period is only around 40 MW. Meanwhile, the study
shows that there has been a “dramatic decrease in fish species diversity,
fish abundance and productivity; lower fishing income for the households
and changes in fishing occupation, fishing pattern, food expense, and the
resultant social, economic and political consequences.” According to the
study, “it is now clear that the fish ladder is not accommodating seasonal
fish migration from the Mekong River into the Mun/Chi watershed.” The WCD
report concludes that “it is unlikely that the project would have been
built if actual true benefits would have been used in the economic analysis.”
With independent evidence now overwhelmingly supporting the villager’s
claims that the dam has caused more harm than good, we believe that it is
time your government took action to address the villager’s demands. The
cost of opening the gates and allowing the river to flow unimpeded is
marginal compared to the cost of lost fisheries that communities living
along the Mun River have borne over the past nine years. Furthermore, the
current oversupply of power in Thailand makes it technically feasible for
EGAT to forfeit the generating capacity at Pak Mun without causing any
interruptions to power supply.
For over 14 months, while the villagers have been living at Mae Mun Man
Yeun Number 1, you have remained silent. We ask that you now take
responsibility for meeting the villager’s demands at Pak Mun: open the
gates and restore the Mun River.
Respectfully yours,
Aviva Imhof
South-East Asia Campaigner
Endorsed by:
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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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