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Subject: Two stories on hydro in Burma
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Right to Water (right-to-water@iatp.org) Posted: 08/18/2001 By kevinyli@pacific.net.hk
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Shan Herald Agency for News, August 16, 2001
A New hydro-electricity plant to be built near the Salween
A new hydro-electric power station is to be constructed 30 miles
northwest of the Tasarng Bridge over the Salween, said sources fleeing
from the area.
"It would be near the Fahpa Waterfall on the Teng River that is some
40 ft high," said one source from Kengtawng, Mongnai Township.
A Burmese survey team, led by U Thaung Htun, was there on 12 August.
It was estimated that 250 kw of power would be generated during the
rainy season and 75 kw in the dry season.
It was not however known when the plant was to be constructed that
would house two 100 kw generators.
Logging, as a result, has been going on the area, some 850 square
miles, since March. The contractors are reported to be Law Hsinghan of
Asia World and Mahaja of Homong.
Meanwhile, operations at Tang Palao, the projected dam site north of
Tasarng, appeared to have ceased altogether for two months, said
refugees who rafted down the Salween.
"We saw only a sergeant by the name of Aung Myint with a handful of
soldiers from IB 225 at Tang Palao collecting fees from the
wayfarers," said one. "No security forces were seen on the west bank
either."
The GMS Power, based in Bangkok, had been active in the area,
conducting feasibility studies, from 1997 until late last year.
According to Japan-based Mekong Watch, the installed capacity of the
proposed dam, would be 6,400 mega-watts, while the scale of the
project would be $3 billion "for technical aspects only."
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Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com), August 7, 2001
Villagers forced to leave for dam building in Sagaing Division
Government's plan for building a dam and hydroelectric power station
has
made hundreds of villagers homeless in Bu-Da-Lin Township in Sagaing
Division, according to reports coming from Upper Burma. The Burmese
authorities have ordered the villagers in five villages of Bu-Da-Lin
Township for a hydroelectric plan in the area. As a result, villagers
have been leaving their villages and staying in the empty farms far
from
the villages.
These five villages situated on the eastern bank of Chin-Dwin River
include Moataw, Thaminchan, Innbat and Laymyay.
According to some villagers from Thaminchan and Innbat, Secretary (1)
of
the ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Lt. Gen. Khin
Nyunt came to the area in January this year and explained the leaders
of
five villages about the government's hydroelectric plan which will be
implemented with the assistance of China. They said that government
has
promised them to give expenses for their resettlement and
rehabilitation
in a nearby area.
The electric and construction materials were brought into the area in
May this year and technicians have already arrived for the work along
with soldiers for the security. Last month, the soldiers who are
stationing now in the area ordered the villagers to move from the
villages, giving ten-day notice. Showing as an example, the soldiers
bulldozed some houses in Thaminchan village.
At present, the villagers are leaving from their villages and some are
living in their own farms, which are quite far from their original
villages. Mizzima has learnt that those who do not own farm have to
live
in empty wild land without any shelter.
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