Villagers Still in the Dark About Lower Sesan Hydropower Dam
Thousands of villagers who will lose their land to the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng province later this year have not been told of the government’s plans for their resettlement and compensation, a new study released yesterday shows. Through interviews with 353 villagers who will be directly and indirectly affected by construction of the 400-megawatt dam, NGO Forum – an umbrella group of local organizations who published the report – found that nearly all those surveyed had only heard of the planned dam through unofficial channels. …
