Deal #6521

Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected

Name of community

Ban Chim Village

Name of indigenous people

Hmong and Khmu ethnic groups ,

[Source: EIA report]

Comment on communities / indigenous peoples affected

The developers claim there are no villages located close to the construction area. Only Ban Chim village is located close to the reservoir of the project. There was no resettlement resulting from the project and only 43 households of Ban Chim village were affected due to land occupation which includes paddy land, upland land and garden.

Displacement of people

No

Comment on displacement of people

No groups of people were resettled

Negative impacts for local communities

Socio-economic

Comment on negative impacts for local communities

In the EIA report, it stated that if Nam Ngum 5 project had been constructed and completed before Nam Ngum 3 project, Xiangdet village would be also affected by Nam Ngum 5 project as a downstream impact. [Source: EIA report] However, some civil society organizations raised concern over the impact on fish migration as well as the irregular of water level that caused impact to the livelihood of local residents. [Source: RFA Lao]

Materialized benefits for local communities

Education

Comment on materialized benefits for local communities

The company contributed fund to build school at Chim village in Phoukhoun district, Lungprabang province Source: Muan.Sanook