June 29, 2004: "Burmese military government recently measured about 1700 acres land for confiscation in the middle part of Mon State and in southern Mon State Burma for building dam, the local Mon people said. In southern part of Ye township, the military government measured more than 700 acres land in east part of Ka-lort village near a water fall in 2002 where the government planned to build dam for hydroelectric power and water for cultivation, said Mr. U Shwe Tin a leader of land surveyor this area. ?I am not sure what is the government going to do in this land. But I heard from the government authorities that they will create plantation and farms in lower part of the proposed dam and take water from there,” Mr. Tin added..."