NGOs call for discussion of Xayaburi dam at meet

A coalition of NGOs has called on Cambodia’s National Mekong Committee (CNMC) to push for the Xayaburi dam to be added to the agenda of a regional Mekong River meeting next week. Chhith Sam Ath, executive director of NGO Forum on Cambodia, said it was disappointing that the Mekong River Commission member states did not plan to discuss the contentious Xayaburi dam, which Laos began building in November, at its annual council meeting in Laos. …

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