NGOs threaten to sue over Don Sahong dam

7 November 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Land / Rivers and lakes / Social development / Water resources
3S Rivers Protection Network / 3SPN / Don Sahong dam / Laos / Malaysian aid / Mega First Corporation Berhad / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / MFCB / MRC / Save the Mekong Coalition / Thailand

Environmentalists and NGOs are threatening to sue developers of a controversial hydropower dam, claiming the project would cause irreversible damage to the Mekong River.

The Don Sahong dam, a 260-megawatt project proposed on a site less than two kilometres north of the Cambodian-Lao border, is expected to begin construction this month.

Members of Save the Mekong Coalition gathered yesterday at a conference urging a moratorium on the dam until further studies could be conducted. …

On Friday, the coalition sent a letter to the governments of Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand seeking intervention and cancellation of the project. …

 Sen David and Laignee Barron
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