Compensation underway for southern Laos' dam collapse victims

Rescuers recovered 19 bodies and hundreds remain missing after a dam collapse swamped several villages in Sanamxai, Attapeu province in southern Laos in July 2018.- AFP

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Compensation is underway for local villagers and businesses impacted by the 2018 collapse of an auxiliary dam of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project in southern Laos' Attapeu province, local daily Vientiane Times quoted a deputy prime minister as saying on Thursday (July 9).

Addressing the recent ordinary session of the National Assembly (NA), Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone said authorities of the southern province on April 10 signed a deal with the project developers on the compensation and rehabilitation. The total compensation and rehabilitation costs would amount to more than 828 billion kip (about US$91.7 million).