Lao Plan to Build Another Big Mekong Dam Dismays Villagers, Concerns Thais

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Lao Plan to Build Another Big Mekong Dam Dismays Villagers, Concerns Thais

By Radio Free Asia

 

A general view of the future site of the Luang Prabang dam is seen on the Mekong river near Luang Prabang province, Laos, Feb. 5, 2020.

 

Laos is preparing to build what will be its seventh of nine planned large-scale Mekong river mainstream dams, the latest project in its controversial economic strategy to become the “battery of Southeast Asia,” sources in the country told RFA.

 

The 728-megawatt Phou Ngoy Dam, with a projected completion date of 2029, would join the currently operational Xayaburi and Don Sahong dams as well as the Pak Beng, Pak Lay, Luang Prabang and Sanakham dams, in various stages of planning. Two others, Pak Chom and Ban Koum, are on the horizon after that.

 

“The initial environmental and social impact study for this dam has just been approved, however, the project still needs a lot more study,” an official of the Energy and Mines Department of Champassak province in the country’s deep south told RFA’s Lao Service on Dec. 23.

 

Full story: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/lao-plan-build-another-big-mekong-dam-dismays-villagers-concerns-thais

 

-- VOA News 2021-01-01

[ross163103]

With Chinese backing........as I've said in the past; be careful who you get into bed with. Do you think the Chinese care about the environmental and social impact(?); three gorges dam comes to mind.

[oznomad]

On 1/2/2021 at 12:08 AM, ross163103 said:

With Chinese backing........as I've said in the past; be careful who you get into bed with. Do you think the Chinese care about the environmental and social impact(?); three gorges dam comes to mind.

Chinese backing?

Laos doesnt build dams. China does.