A worker stands in front of the Lower Sesan II Dam as it was put online yesterday in Stung Treng province. The controversial hydropower structure is expected to provide a boost to the Kingdom’s electricity supply but is also expected to cause significant damage to fisheries. Hong Menea
Tue, 26 September 2017
The floodgates of the largest and most controversial dam project in the country’s history officially closed yesterday at an inauguration ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who took aim at environmentalists, ambassadors and NGOs in a wide-ranging speech.
During his one-hour address, the prime minister said the Lower Sesan II Dam, near the border with Laos in Stung Treng province, would lower electricity costs and put the Kingdom on its way to hooking up every village in the country to the electricity grid by 2022. Tiếp tục đọc “Sesan dam goes online, while PM dismisses environmental concerns”
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