Myanmar: Govt Compensate Victims Displaced by Shwegyin Hydropower Project

Jul 26, 2016 | Eleven Myanmar
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Union Minister for Electric Power and Energy Pe Zin Tun, said yesterday that the government will give compensation to people who were displaced to make way for the Shwegyin hydropower project. He spoke in a session of the Lower House of parliament. Responding to a question posed by MP Saw Tha Lay as to whether the government has a plan to take responsibility for locals, the Union minister said the ministry will coordinate with local authorities, the farmland management and statistics department, the forest department, village administrators, villagers and MPs to fix compensation rates and analyse data to ensure accuracy.