The Sanakham hydropower plant, with an estimated cost of $2.073 billion, will be developed by Datang Sanakham Hydropower company, a subsidiary of China’s Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd.
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Laos to undertake prior consultation for Sanakham hydropower project
Lao PDR will undertake the Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) prior consultation process for its Sanakham hydropower project, the sixth proposed project on the Mekong mainstream. The run-of-river dam will operate continuously year-round and produce 684 megawatts of electricity.
Lao Dam Disaster: UN Rights Experts Call For Justice Two Years On
“Governments, as well as companies and banks, stand to profit handsomely from the hydropower project, yet the communities who lost everything have received only broken promises,” the experts report.
Survivors of PNPC Dam Collapse in Laos Flee Deteriorating Relocation Centers
Nearly two years after the worst dam collapse in Laos in decades, thousands of survivors have fled from temporary relocation centers as conditions in the centers go from bad to worse,
Southeast Asia’s hydropower boom grinds to a halt as COVID-19 stalls projects
The government of Laos has already ordered a temporary halt to all hydropower construction in the country, after a mining company worker tested positive for the virus.
Bushfires destroy 100,000 hectares of forests
According to initial reports, the bushfires destroyed 116,678 hectares of forests in Namha National Protected Area and other protected forests.
Local Workers on Lao-China Railway Say They Have Gone Without Pay For Months
The Chinese employers who were working on the project when the disease outbreak occurred went back home without paying the workers.
Three Arrested in Laos for Illegally Mining Gold on Land Leased by Chinese Company
Authorities in Laos’ Luang Prabang province arrested three rural villagers for trespassing after they tried to mine gold on land granted in a concession to a Chinese company, RFA has learned.
Air Pollution From Brushfires Chokes Rural Villages in Northern Laos
Brushfires in Laos’ northern provinces spewed smoke and fine particulates into the air, causing respiratory problems for downwind residents, who say that the government failed to warn them.