Internal displacement/forced migration of the Kuki and other groups along the Chindwin River

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Description: "The Burmese military government, together with the government of India, is planning to build a giant hydroelectric dam near Tamanthi on the Chindwin River in northwest Burma?s Sagaing Division. The dam?s fl ood reservoir will be almost 1,400 sq km, the size of Delhi, and will permanently displace over 45,000 people, including the entire town of Khamti. Already over 2,400 people have been relocated at gunpoint from the dam site, without fair compensation. The Tamanthi dam will adversely affect the biodiversity and ecological balance of the entire Chindwin River, which, as the largest tributary of the Irrawaddy, acts as a major watershed for the whole country. Although the dam will bring about massive changes to the Chindwin, the entire dam building process has been shrouded in secrecy, and there has been a complete lack of public participation in decision making. Local indigenous Kuki people have been nourished by the Chindwin for generations, and are determined to protect the river from this destructive project. We therefore urge the Burmese regime and Indian government to immediately cancel the Tamanthi dam."
Source/publisher: The Kuki Women?s Human Rights Organization (KWHRO)
2011-12-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-01-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Kuki, Burmese and English
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Size: 1.54 MB 1.73 MB 798.13 KB
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