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  Villagers get ready for long march

  Call for dam gates to be permanently open
Bangkok Post, October 8, 2001


  The Assembly of the Poor will lead 70 villagers on a march from Ubon
  Ratchathani to Government House tomorrow to demand the Pak Moon dam sluice
  gates be kept open permanently.

  Thongcharoen Seehatham, a leader of the group, said the 70 male and female
  protesters would walk 15 kilometres a day until they reached Government
  House. The march was expected to take over 50 days.

  He said the march was aimed at highlighting the plight of people living
above the dam, whose demands have been ignored by the government. They could
not fish anymore because the dam prevented fish from the Mekong river
migrating upstream to spawn in the Moon river. ``The people have asked in
vain for the government to solve the problem. They are losing their way of
life forever,'' Mr Thongcharoen said.

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand reportedly closed all eight
sluice gates on Saturday to start power generation. The move was taken after
a tentative four-month opening period ended. Cabinet ordered the gates
opened for four months while officials studied the environmental impact of
the dam.

Ubon Ratchathani governor Chaisit Hotrakit said he would try to convince the
Assembly of the Poor not to stage the march but admitted be could not stop
the protesters if they were determined to go. He also said he would follow
progress of the environmental study by Ubon Ratchathani University.

Residents would have to respect the findings since the study was conducted
under standard procedures, he said.


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