Nearly 500 Families to be Displaced This Month for Laos’ Fifth Mekong River Dam

A new Mekong river dam in Laos’ Luang Prabang province will displace up to 465 families this month, the latest in the continuing trend of hydropower projects forcing villagers to relocate all over the country.

Residents of 10 villages in Luang Prabang’s Chomphet district must be prepared to move to make room for the Luang Prabang dam, the fifth in a series of nine dams proposed on the Mekong mainstream in Laos, two of which are now in various stages of construction.

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 RFA’s Lao Service
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/laos-luang-prabang-displacement-07122019165743.html

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Nearly 500 Families to be Displaced This Month for Laos’ Fifth Mekong River Dam

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