Deal #5817
Myanmar
Created at
2017-11-21
Last update
2021-10-05
Last full update
2021-10-05
Consultation of local community
Community consultation
Limited consultation
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Mixed reaction
Comment on community reaction
Of the 29 households surveyed by Physicians for Human Rights, 23 were not
satisfied with the compensation they received, and 23
were not satisfied with the relocation process.
Displacement of people
Number of people actually displaced
4 500
Comment on displacement of people
Estimated number: in phase one 68 households have been relocated, for phase two it is planned to relocate 846 households. Assuming five persons per households results in ~ 4500 affected people
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation, Socio-economic, Cultural loss, Displacement
Promised or received compensation
Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
According to PHR: Offered compensation: Government supplied house in the relocation site or 2.5 Million kyat ($2500), and varying amounts of money for fruit trees and animals. People who owned farmland were given the cash equivalent of sic years of harvest