Hydropower commission probes Myitsone contract
The commission to scrutinise hydropower projects along the Ayeyarwady River has met with the Ministry of Electric Power and Energy to learn more about the contractual agreement with a Chinese state-owned firm underpinning the suspended Myitsone hydropower project in Kachin State. The commission held its second meeting August 30 in Nay Pyi Taw, and its members will soon travel to the sites of hydropower dams in Kachin State to interview local residents and observe conditions on the ground in the project areas. Irrigation expert U Cho Cho, who is a member of the commission, told The Myanmar Times on Sept 1 that the commission had begun reviewing the Myitsone agreement and was working hard to submit its preliminary report on time. The government, which formed the hydropower scrutiny commission on August 12, has ordered that its first report be compiled by November 11.
