New Delhi (Mizzima) – To facilitate construction of the Myitsone hydropower project in Kachin State, residents of two wards in Tan Pare village near the site have been ordered by junta authorities to relocate by the end of May, Kachin Development Network Group’ (KDNG), which monitors the project, said.
“There are six wards in Tan Pare village and No. 1 and 2 wards have been directed to relocate by the end of May. The order was conveyed to the villagers by the Burmese Army and Asia World Company, one of the implementing agencies,” KDNG Chairman Awng Wah told Mizzima.
The six wards in Tan Pare account for about 1,100 people living in 187 houses, situated 26 miles north of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State. The villagers earn their livelihood by gardening, farming and providing services to tourists. The Myitsone hydropower plant is being built at the edge of the Tan Pare village.
Tan Pare villagers are to be relocated to houses built by Asia World Company in Kyin Khan and Lone Ka Zuap villages, over 20 miles north of Myitkyina. These houses are low cost 20’x20’ buildings with high clearance from the ground. About 100 houses have been built here.
The local authorities had told the villagers to relocate to the new place but the date was not fixed. After at least 14 bombs exploded at the project site in Myitsone on 17 April they fixed the deadline to relocate.
The regime plans to relocate about 60 villages for the Myitsone project. At the moment it has ordered Ward 1 and 2 in Tan Pare village, which are closest to the project site, to relocate first.
Twenty two village elders from Tan Pare village submitted a 10-point demand to the authorities on 28 September 2009 regarding the relocation order. They asked to be allowed to choose the location and claimed compensation and damages for relocation. But the authorities turned a deaf ear.
The Chinese CPI Company and junta’s No. 1 Ministry of Electrical Power signed an agreement in May 2007 to build the largest hydropower plant in Burma with a generating capacity of 3,600 MW.
While the exact investment in the project is not known it could touch 3.6 billion USD. The power generated will most likely be sold to China where Burma could earn USD 500 million annually, a KNDG report released in 2007 says.
Source :http://mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/3901-households-near-myitsone-ordered-to-relocate.html
“There are six wards in Tan Pare village and No. 1 and 2 wards have been directed to relocate by the end of May. The order was conveyed to the villagers by the Burmese Army and Asia World Company, one of the implementing agencies,” KDNG Chairman Awng Wah told Mizzima.
The six wards in Tan Pare account for about 1,100 people living in 187 houses, situated 26 miles north of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State. The villagers earn their livelihood by gardening, farming and providing services to tourists. The Myitsone hydropower plant is being built at the edge of the Tan Pare village.
Tan Pare villagers are to be relocated to houses built by Asia World Company in Kyin Khan and Lone Ka Zuap villages, over 20 miles north of Myitkyina. These houses are low cost 20’x20’ buildings with high clearance from the ground. About 100 houses have been built here.
The local authorities had told the villagers to relocate to the new place but the date was not fixed. After at least 14 bombs exploded at the project site in Myitsone on 17 April they fixed the deadline to relocate.
The regime plans to relocate about 60 villages for the Myitsone project. At the moment it has ordered Ward 1 and 2 in Tan Pare village, which are closest to the project site, to relocate first.
Twenty two village elders from Tan Pare village submitted a 10-point demand to the authorities on 28 September 2009 regarding the relocation order. They asked to be allowed to choose the location and claimed compensation and damages for relocation. But the authorities turned a deaf ear.
The Chinese CPI Company and junta’s No. 1 Ministry of Electrical Power signed an agreement in May 2007 to build the largest hydropower plant in Burma with a generating capacity of 3,600 MW.
While the exact investment in the project is not known it could touch 3.6 billion USD. The power generated will most likely be sold to China where Burma could earn USD 500 million annually, a KNDG report released in 2007 says.
Source :http://mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/3901-households-near-myitsone-ordered-to-relocate.html
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