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Mizzima
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Myitsone Dam project in Kachin State has been suspended, but Tanhpre villagers who were forced to relocate have been ordered to sign a pledge not to return to their villages.
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Eleven Media GroupReported by Thar Gyi Myat (Sittway) Translated and Edited by Win Htut + MYA
A three-man team of Chin National Party including Chairman U Zo Zam and Secretary Salai Kye Obis Htaung conducted a study of Kalardan river route during their r...
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Mizzima News
(Mizzima) – Water in the Mekong River has dried up at locations in three districts in Thailand, and the dry season has just started. A local official blamed a series of Chinese dams for the lack of flowing water.
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Mizzima
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burmese parliamentary leader Shwe Mann has reassured Chinese officials that Sino-Burmese relations will not be affected by overtures from Western countires, including the U.S.
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The Irrawaddy
China Power Investment Corporation (CPI), the major investor in the suspended US $3.6 billion Myitsone dam project in Burma, has reportedly embarked on a public relations campaign in Kachin State in the hope of restarting the project in th...
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Bangkok Post
CHIANG MAI : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's adviser on water management has proposed the construction of a dam on the Salween River to solve floods and droughts as well as to produce electricity for the country.
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The Irrawaddy By WILLIAM BOOT
Amid all the expansive talk of Burma being on the cusp of an economic boom, with special business zones, ports, railways, factories and half a million tourists queuing at the door, there’s one very vital ingredient missing...
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Palaungland.org
The local people in Namtu have to pay extra tax for using electricity by the order of the Namtu’s Ministry of Electricity in Northern Shan State, Burma. They also collect a fee of one thousand Kyats monthly for maintenance of the Meter ...
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KIC
Karen people in Theyetchaung Township, Tavoy, in southern Burma, claim they will be forcibly evicted from their homes by government authorities to make way for the construction of a dam.
Htee Ler Klay (also known as Da Thway Kyauk) villagers say tha...
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ALJAZEERA
Large dams threaten the planet's riverine lifelines and action must be taken soon.Last Modified: 10 Jan 2012 12:30Berkeley, CA - Rivers act as the planet's circulatory system. Like our body's circulation system, the planetary one doesn't work v...
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Mizzima
Rangoon (Mizzima) – The No. 2 Electrical Power Ministry Minister Zaw Min said on Monday that a 4,000-megawatt coal-fired power plant project to built in the Dawei special economic zone in southern Burma will be cancelled.
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Eleven Media GroupReported by Editorial Staff Translated and Edited by Myint Win Thein + MYAÂ Â One of the important events in Myanmar politics in 2011 was the decision of the president to suspend the Myitsone Hydropower Dam Project. In addition, the dec...
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Eleven Media Group
Reported by Phyu Nu Translated and Edited by Win Htut + MYAÂ Â Thailand will build a dam on Taninthayi River that can generate hydroelectricity, it was learnt. This dam will be built by Italian-Thai Development Public Co., Ltd that is...
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Times of India
SILCHAR: A number of social organizations on Saturday staged a one-day sit-in demonstration in front of the Cachar deputy commissioner's office demanding the proposal to construct the 1500 MW Tipaimukh hydro-electricity project on Barak Ri...
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DVB
An announcement that electricity prices in Burma will rise 50 percent in 2012 has sparked alarm among small business-owners and families who claim the government is seeking to profit on the exploitation of the country’s poorest.
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Eleven Media Group
Reported by Phyu Nu Translated and Edited by Win Htut + MYAÂ Â It is in Dawei of Taninthayi Region that deforestation is on the increase. As a result, there have been changes in waterways of Taninthayi area, it was learnt.
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DVBProtests have been staged outside of the Indian parliament building in New Delhi over India’s financing of the Tamanthi dam project in Burma, which environmental groups warn could displace up to 45,000 people in the country’s northwestern Sagaing d...
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The TelegraphNew Delhi, Dec. 8: Indigenous communities of Chandel district in Manipur and Sagaing division of Myanmar stood up for a common cause here today — to prevent formation of a reservoir the size of Delhi on the Chindwin river in Myanmar.
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The Sangai ExpressNEW DELHI, Dec 8: Kuki Women and Burma exiled communities today organised a peace protest rally at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi against Tamanthi dam, a hydroeclectric project on the Chindwin river in Burma’s Sagaing division. Â
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Mizzima
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Two hydropower dam projects on the Shweli River in northeast Burma will displace 30,000 acres of arable lands, affecting local residents’ tea plantations, paddy fields and forests.
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