Myanmar junta revives plans for China-backed mega-dam

Yangon (AFP) May 24, 2024

Myanmar's junta has revived plans for a $3.6 billion Chinese-backed dam in the north of the country that was suspended more than 10 years ago following huge public opposition. The project to build the 6,000-megawatt Myitsone dam in northern Kachin state was ended in 2011 under a previous junta. Its opponents said the dam on the Ayeyarwady river - which would have exported around 90 perc