Myanmar’s military government appears to be considering reviving a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project. Work on it was suspended more than a decade ago after protests over its possible impact on the environment.
FILE - Myanmar ’s ethnic Kachin man pans for gold in Myitsone in Myitkyina, Kachin State, about 1,600 kilometers north of Yangon, Myanmar , Wednesday Nov. 6, 2013. Myanmar ’s military government appears to be reviving consideration of a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project, work on which was suspended more than a decade ago after protests over its possible impact on the environment.
Environmental activists have said the dam would displace countless villagers and upset the ecology of the Irrawaddy River, one of the country’s most vital national resources,Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivorOther opponents questioned the arrangement in which China would take 90% of the dam’s power, while nearly 70% of Myanmar at that time had no access to electricity, according to the World Bank.
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