PNPC Dam Collapse Survivors Reluctantly Accept Lowball Compensation Offers

Nearly one year after the collapse of a saddle dam that caused a disaster described as Laos’ worst flooding in decades, struggling survivors are reluctantly accepting compensation for about 50 percent of their total property losses.

The disaster occurred on July 23, 2018, when a saddle dam at the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy (PNPC) hydropower project collapsed following heavy rains, inundating 12 villages and killing at least 40 people in Champassak and Attapeu provinces, leaving many more missing.

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 RFA’s Lao Service
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/laos-pnpc-compensation-50-percent-07102019134051.html

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PNPC Dam Collapse Survivors Reluctantly Accept Lowball Compensation Offers

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