China speeds ahead with Myitsone dam despite civil war in northern Burma

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By: Kachin Development Networking Group

Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:19

Seven hundred Chinese laborers are working day and night shearing off hilltops, laying tunnels, and building embankments at the Myitsone, the source of Burma’s Irrawaddy River, in a race to complete the country’s largest dam on schedule despite ongoing armed conflict in the area. Burmese version of press release List of supporting articles related to Myitsone project Fighting erupted between Burma’s Army and the Kachin Independence Army on June 9, breaking a seventeen year ceasefire and spreading to ten townships. Widespread bombings, including on the main supply route to the site, and clashes near the Myitsone caused workers to flee back to China, but by July they had returned and full scale construction had resumed++++ Read more++++ English+++ Burmese++++