Deal #6546

These ethnic minorities were displaced during the construction of the said dam project

Data source: "People were unable to participate in the planning of the so-called 'focal sites'”

After resettled affected people to a new relocation site, villagers claimed that the project owner did not follow as they promised. Instead, before relocation, project owner said that the land would be allocated for about 1 ha per family, but in reality, they only got o.5 ha. So that villagers felt very dissatisfied. [Source: RFA Lao] In 2007, EGAT began planning a power transmission line from Nam Ngum 2 Dam in Laos to Udon Thani in Northeast Thailand. At first, a community action group sprung up to fight the line’s development, but recently their membership numbers have dwindled into the low teens. [Source: Isaan Records]

Location of conflict: Xaisomboun district

No less than 6,100 people from 17 villages were displaced during construction.

6,100 displaced; 9,000 directly affected by reduced fish stock; reported evidence for human rights abuses in the procedure of how evictions occurred.

1 hectare per family

0.5 hectares per family

Improving the infrastructure such as roads, irrigation systems, and electricity lines. Skills training for resettled villagers with the with the goal of bringing each family's annual income to USD 1,800 per year by 2020 [Source: Company document ]