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Article

2 Mar 2010

Author:
Kachin Development Networking Group

China silent to appeals from across the globe to halt dam on Irrawaddy River

...the Chinese government has failed to reply to numerous public appeals from affected peoples...highlighting concerns including the forced displacement of 15,000 people and the likelihood of a disastrous dam break in an earthquake-prone area...The Irrawaddy-Myitsone dam is a 50-storey-tall project being built by state-owned China Power Investment Corporation (CPI)...Road construction to the dam site is going ahead at high speed...[CPI has not answered the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's invitation to respond to these concerns]