Laos rebuilds collapsed dam in country's south


The new saddle dam at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project in southern Laos' Attapeu is made of concrete - Vientiane Times

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): The Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project in southern Laos' Attapeu province has rebuilt a saddle dam at the reservoir after the previous one collapsed two years ago, causing a devastating flood.

According to local daily Vientiane Times on Friday (Nov 27), project officials told that a new dam had been built not far from the original structure which failed, unleashing a wall of water that submerged numerous villages in downstream Sanamxay district in Attapeu province, some 560km southeast of Lao capital Vientiane.

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