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Landslides at controversial China-funded Indonesian dam kill at least three people
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Landslides near a construction site of a $1.5 billion Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam on Indonesia s Sumatra island have killed at least three people, the disaster agency said on Friday, amid fears that more may be missing.
The dam has faced criticism from environmental groups because it is in the heart of the Batang Toru rainforest, home to the Tapanuli orangutans, a unique species of the endangered great apes that was discovered in 2017.
The disaster mitigation agency said in a statement that the death toll stood at three after the landslides struck on Thursday following heavy rains and an official said it was still assessing whether more might be missing.
Basarnas intensifies efforts to evacuate landslide victims in Tapanuli 1st May 2021
Process underway to retrieve bodies of landslide victims in South Tapanuli. (ANTARA/HO)
Currently, 21 Basarnas personnel have partaken (in the evacuation process) Tapsel (ANTARA) - The National Search and Relief Agency (Basarnas) has deployed additional personnel to evacuate landslide victims around the Batang Toru hydroelectric power plant (PLTA) project site in South Tapanuli Regency of North Sumatra Province. Currently, 21 Basarnas personnel have partaken (in the evacuation process), Head of the Emergency and Logistics Division of the South Tapanuli Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Hotmatua Rambe, stated here on Saturday.
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MEDAN, April 30 Two children are among three people confirmed killed by a landslide at a Chinese-backed power plant on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, authorities said today, with fears that the toll would rise. Heavy rains pounded the area in North Sumatra yesterday evening, triggering the.