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Conservation group asks for dam assurance

| Publication date 16 May 2011 | 08:00 ICT

Conservation group asks for dam assurance

CONSERVATION group International Rivers has asked the Lao government to confirm that construction has halted and equipment has been cleared at the proposed site of a controversial US$3.8 billion hydropower dam in northern Laos. Officials said last week that the 1,260MW Xayaburi dam project on the Mekong River had been delayed pending a new review into the dam’s potential impact on the lower Mekong. International Rivers said in a statement dated Friday that it welcomed the decision to reconsider the project.

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