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Village lives bulldozed for Kunlong mega-project
Construction site near Kunlong Dam (Photo-SHRF)
A major dam and highway project in Shan State is destroying the livelihoods of locals, displacing people from dozens of villages, leading to heavy militarization in the area and contaminating water supplies, according to a human rights group.
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) has expressed grave concerns over the impacts on locals of Burma’s first dam project to span the Salween River, and a new 100 km long highway linking Burma’s town of Hsenwi through the Shan town of Kunlong to the Chinese border.
“Over 20,000 people have been affected from over 60 villages. But if you include the future construction of the road project then it could be well over 100 villages.” Sai Hor Hseng, a spokesperson from SHRF said in a phone interview with ....

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