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Subject: LS: The Tasang dam- Quiet on the Salween, say locals
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Shan Herald Agency for News, 4 December 2001
No: 12 - 02:
The Tasang dam- Quiet on the Salween, say locals
The Burmese security unit from the projected dam site had already been
withdrawn since August, said villagers in the vicinity who came to the
weekly market at the border.
"There are only a handful of Burmese soldiers who are stationed upstream
at Sob Hwelong," said a source at the Wednesday-Friday market at BP-1,
between Shan State's Mongton and Chiangmai's Chiangdao.
A 37-strong Company-3, commanded by Capt Soe Maung Htay of LIB 520
(Mongpan) is reported to be at Sob Hwelong on the west bank. "Apart from
regular patrols between Hsala Crossing in the south and its outpost by
motorboats, no special activities," confirmed another.
Tang Palao on the east bank, where the Bangkok-based GMS Power Co. Ltd.,
under protection by IB 225 and IB 294, used to be active until late last
year, is empty save for the village, according to the source.
Sources from the area said the Tasang dam, after completion, would not
only supply at least 3,300 megawatts of electricity to the energy-starved
Lower Burma, including Rangoon, but also divert fresh water to Thailand,
quoting local armymen.
"But survey shows that the soil is full of cavities that it will cost a
lot to lay conduits," said one.
The dam is still believed to be in the last stages of pre-construction
planning that includes Detailed Design, Environment Impact Assessment
and a financial plan.
In the meanwhile, a new hydroelectricity plant is being planned to be
constructed at the Kengtawng Falls on the Namteng in the west. (Ref: 16
August report on Shan web http://www.shanland.org)
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