Dam drowns relocated villagers in misery

A Kho sits in his makeshift house, where he lives with his wife and two children, next to the Dak Drink hydropower plant, April 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Tran Hoa

After giving up their homes and farmland for a hydropower project, many villagers in Quang Ngai Province have seen their life descend from relative prosperity to downright misery.

Standing next to the reservoir created by the Dak Drinh hydropower plant in the central province are 14 makeshift houses inhabited by a community of Xo Dang ethnic people.

The stilt houses have provided shelter to families resettled by the dam project for almost 10 years now.

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