Despite Environmental Concerns, Xayaburi Breaks Ground
Lao officials and executives of a Thai construction company conducted a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday in Xayaburi to inaugurate the first dam to be built on the lower mainstream Mekong, putting to one side concerns that the dam could devastate fisheries in Cambodia and Vietnam. Prior to the event, the Council of Ministers said Prime Minister Hun Sen was only in agreement with the dam going ahead once more reliable environment studies had been completed to determine the dam’s ecological impact. …
