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Luang Prabang Threatened by Proposed Dam

World heritage site vulnerable to earthquake possibility, Thai specialist says

Jun 30, 2020
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By: Tom Fawthrop

A leading Thai geologist is warning that a huge new dam proposed in an earthquake-prone region of northern Laos poses a high risk of endangering the famed UNESCO-World Heritage city of Luang Prabang.

The 1410-megawatt dam, expected to be Laos’s largest, is being developed by Thai construction giant CH Karnchang Plc on the Mekong River. It…

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