Myanmar: Plea for Halt to Dams in Myanmar 'Conflict Areas'

Mar 30, 2016 | Shan Human Rights Foundation
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A new report launched today by Shan community groups calls for an immediate halt to the Upper Yeywa dam and other planned hydropower dams on the Namtu River, citing ongoing conflict,  serious environmental and social impacts and lack of informed consent of impacted villagers. The report “Save the Namtu River,” exposes the complete lack of transparency around plans to build four dams on the Namtu (or Myitnge). Together with the existing Yeywa dam, the four new dams will block half the length of one of Shan State’s most well-known rivers, irreversibly impacting its ecology and the lives of tens of thousands of people relying on it.