New Delhi (Mizzima) – Villagers in Tan Hte village near the hydropower project site at the confluence (Myitsone) of May Kha and May Likha, tributaries of Irrawaddy River, the main waterway and lifeline of Burma, have been forced to give their consent to relocate by signing on a consent paper by Myitkyina township officials, a Kachin social group said.
The Kachin Development Networking Group (KDNG) has called on the Chinese government and China Power Investment Corporation to stop the Myitsone Dam project at the confluence of the Irrawaddy in Kachin state. KDNG say the dam will pose hardships for locals and their livelihoods.
Ethnic Kachin people are sorely disappointed with the Chinese government’s silence over the appeal to halt the construction of the dam project in Northern Burma, which threatens the livelihood of tens of thousands of local people and will lead to massive destruction.
Ethnic Kachin people are sorely disappointed with the Chinese government’s silence over the appeal to halt the construction of the dam project in Northern Burma, which threatens the livelihood of tens of thousands of local people and will lead to massive destruction.
NAY PYI TAW, 25 Feb-To implement Upper Thanlwin (Kunlong) Hydropower Project, the Department of Hydropower Planning under the Ministry of Electric Power No. 1 and Hanergy Holding Group Limited (Hanergy) and Goldwater Resources Limited (GRL) of the People’s Republic of China signed a Memorandum of Agreement at the Ministry of Electric Power No. 1, here, yesterday evening.
The government has been urged to hold talks with Beijing on the impact of Chinese dams on the upper Mekong River following recent sharp drops in the river's water flow.
