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Hundreds of people are missing after a dam failure in Laos, Southeast Asia. The dam of a hydropower plant under construction in Attapeu province, in the southeastern part of the country, exploded on Monday night (local time) and flooded the region with five billion cubic meters of electricity. water, reported Tuesday the Laos news agency. People would still be missing. More than 6,600 people are homeless, reports the news agency "Laos News Agency". Six villages in Sanamxay District were flooded. The reason for the failure of the dam is not yet clear
There is no report yet.
The accident occurred according to the information close to the border with Cambodia in the Sanapelle district. Several houses were destroyed, according to the agency report. A government official in the capital, Vientiane, told AFP on the phone that there was still no official report on the disaster. "We collect information," he added
The dam is scheduled to be completed in 2019
The dam was built by the Xe Pien-Xe Namnoy energy company, PNPC. It is a joint venture between the Thai group Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding, Korea Western Power and a Laotian public company. The foundation stone of the $ 1.2 billion ($ 1.02 billion) expensive construction project had already been laid in 2013. According to the PNPC website, the hydroelectric facility is expected to produce 410 megawatts of electricity. electricity in 2019.
Thongloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister of Laos, has postponed all its deadlines and will visit the affected area, according to BBC News. Ecologist Warning
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Several hydroelectric plants are currently being built or planned in the communist country led by the authoritarians. Laos wants to become the "energy cell of Southeast Asia". Most of the energy produced in its hydropower plants is exported by poor, internationally isolated countries to neighboring countries, particularly to Thailand.
Environmental organizations have long warned against the negative effects of damming in Laos. In particular, they criticize the impact on the flora and fauna of the Mekong and warn of the serious consequences for the local population, for example by massive relocations
(sil / afp)
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