Baram dam gets go-ahead

-groups of natives in ulu baram in central sarawak staging blockade camps along the main road leading to long kesse when the baram dam is to be built as a form of protest against the dam project that will affect 20,000 people. peter kallang pic

MIRI: The state government has unofficially given the “green light” for the construction of the controversial RM4bil Baram hydro-electric dam project.

The only major thing left is the approval of the yet-to-be-tabled Social Impact Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment reports of the project.