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Subject: EGAT Aiding Pro-Dam Villagers
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Right to Water (right-to-water@iatp.org) Posted: 06/03/2001 By mritchie@iatp.org
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"fopthai" <fopthai@asiaaccess.net.th>
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Subject: LS: EGAT Aiding Pro-Dam Villagers
> Bangkok Post, June 1, 2001
>
> Egat aiding rival rally, say activists
> Public hearing set for June 23-24
>
> Kultida Samabuddhi
>
> The electricity generating authority is behind the protest at Pak Moon
> against the opening of the sluice gates, according to the Assembly of the
Poor.
>
> "We saw Egat officials deliver fuel and food to the group," Nantachote
> Chairat, a spokesman for the assembly, said yesterday. More than 50
fishing
> boats are blockading the river to stop the gates opening.
>
> While the dam's opponents, led by the assembly, want Egat to comply with a
> cabinet ruling to open the gates to allow fish to spawn upstream,
villagers
> who make their living from raising fish want the gates to stay closed.
>
> Mr Nantachote said Mae Moon Mun Yeun villagers, who demanded Egat open the
> gates, were told by officials their village would be set on fire if they
> continued their protest.
>
> "Egat is truly an independent organisation," he said, "even the Prime
> Minister could not restrain them."Mr Thaksin recently visited the dam site
> in Ubon Ratchathani. He insisted the spillways be opened, as agreed, and
an
> environmental impact study be made to determine the effect on the river
and
> fish stocks.
>
> But Egat has lifted only two gates to create a 20cm high opening so far,
Mr
> Nantachote said. That could not be deemed as opening the sluice gates.
>
> Senator Sopon Supapong, a member of a committee doing the environmental
> study, urged Chaturon Chaisaeng, PM's Office Minister overseeing Egat, to
> intervene. Amnart Chotchuang, Egat public relations director, denied Egat
> was supporting the fishermen. "Our officials are just familiar with them,
> the same as we are familiar with Mae Moon Mun Yeun villagers."Mr Amnart
> said the authority did not want to flout a cabinet decision, but opening
> all the gates would put the protesters at risk.
>
> "Egat is a state agency which works to carry out government policy. We are
> ready to open the gates as soon as protesters move from the reservoir."Mr
> Amnart said Egat had opened the two gates by just half a metre, and
adverse
> effects on villagers living behind the dam were already apparent. Also,
Lao
> people living along the Mekong river were worried that a strong current of
> water would destroy the river banks, he said. - A public hearing on
opening
> the gates will be held this month.
>
> Chaiyant Ratchakul, who chairs a fact-finding committee, said it would be
> held on June 23-24. Opinions gauged from the hearing would be forwarded to
> Deputy Prime Minister Pongpol Adireksarn, the dean of Ubon Ratchathani
> University's arts faculty said.
>
> _________________________________
>
> Bangkok Post, May 29, 2001
>
> Inquiry call as all gates still closed
> Egat seen disobeying cabinet resolution
>
> Opponents of Pak Moon dam in Ubon Ratchathani have demanded an inquiry
> against the power agency for failing to open the dam's sluice gates as
> required by a cabinet resolution.
>
> Yesterday they lodged a petition with the senate speaker and with the
> senate environment panel, accusing the Electricity Generating Authority of
> Thailand of failure to comply with a cabinet resolution for the authority
> to open the dam's eight sluice gates between May-August to allow fish to
> spawn upstream.
>
> The protesters, led by Lamduan Selathong of Assembly of the Poor, also
> accused Egat of causing disunity among area villagers.
> They claimed Egat was behind a rival group of villagers who were
protesting
> against the opening of the sluice gates.
>
> Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Friday ordered the Electricity
> Generating Authority to open all the gates when it was ready.
> Mr Thaksin said the cabinet resolution must be obeyed.
>
> Senate Speaker Manoonkrit Roopkachorn accepted the protesters' petition
and
> promised to forward it to the government.
>
>
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