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CONDITIONS AROUND THE PLANNED DAM SITES 55 1inch = 25 miles Map 15: Wet-Rice Farms in Eastern Papun District
56 DAMMING AT GUNPOINT wages elsewhere. Today, however, increased militarization, forced displacement, road building, restriction on movement and other abuses by the Burmese Army are threatening food security for local populations. Since the Burmese Army offensive in 1995, a total of 50 plots of paddy fields (487 acres in total = 0.76 sq.miles) in Pa Hai Village Tract have been abandoned until today. This has meant that rice production in the village tract has been effectively reduced by 19,400 baskets (a value of about 2.3 million bath annually, at a rate of 120 baht per basket). This does not include the decrease in dry hill rice production, which the local population largely depended on, owing to the fact that the hill areas have become “free-fire” zones. In Kor Pu Village Tract, between March and April 2004, during construction of a new road from Kor Pu to Paw Hta led by SPDC troops (LIB 379), 25 plots of land (51 acres) along Thee Ro stream and Mae Ye stream valleys were permanently destroyed by the road project. It is now extremely difficult for food supplies from Thailand to be transported into the area, since SPDC established a permanent presence there. Other income for cash is very limited due to the fact all villagers have to live as IDPs. Some villagers risk their lives by buying supplies such as medicines and other basic goods (mostly from Thailand) and peddling them among the IDP communities. Lack of food is one of the decisive factors in influencing IDPs to become refugees in Thailand. IDPs prefer to face extreme difficulties and dangers in order to stay near their home area, rather than in villages under the control of SPDC troops or in refugee camps in Thailand. Even when fleeing to avoid SPDC troops, they tend simply to move around their home area. Moving to another place such as a refugee camp in Thailand is only their very last resort, when they have no choice, usually meaning they have no food. An IDP woman in Bwa Der Village of Bwa Der Village Tract described life in former, more peaceful times: “Nowadays, earning a living is not as enjoyable as in previous times. We are always worrying when we plant our crops. Before [before Burmese troop operations in the area], ah, what a wonderful time it was! We helped each other plant-
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DAMMING AT GUNPOINT BURMA ARMY ATRO
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Rich men dam the water Flooding the
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements
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Acknowledgements We would like to t
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Burma facts • The Burmese regime
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Summary As Thailand proceeds with p
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Rationale Introduction This report
Page 16 and 17: INTRODUCTION 5 Dam and the Karen Hu
Page 18 and 19: INTRODUCTION 7 PHOTO:KRW (2003) KRW
Page 20 and 21: Dams and the Burmese military regim
Page 22 and 23: The Salween dam plans The Salween R
Page 24 and 25: The Wei Gyi and Dar Gwin dams in Ka
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Page 28 and 29: Political context of the dams in Ka
Page 30 and 31: Papun pre-1992: The Salween under K
Page 32 and 33: THE SALWEEN UNDER KAREN CONTROL 21
Page 38 and 39: Burma Army tactics to seize control
Page 40 and 41: BURMA ARMY TACTICS TO SEIZE CONTROL
Page 42 and 43: INCREASED BURMA ARMY PRESENCE 31 1i
Page 44 and 45: INCREASED BURMA ARMY PRESENCE 33 PH
Page 48 and 49: INCREASED BURMA ARMY PRESENCE 37 Fo
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Page 54 and 55: INCREASED BURMA ARMY PRESENCE 43 th
Page 56 and 57: INCREASED BURMA ARMY PRESENCE 45 PH
Page 58 and 59: Conditions around the planned dam s
Page 60 and 61: CONDITIONS AROUND THE PLANNED DAM S
Page 72 and 73: Recent developments along the Salwe
Page 74 and 75: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE SALWE
Page 76 and 77: Impacts of the dam It is certain th
Page 78 and 79: IMPACTS OF THE DAM 67 Villagers bel
Page 80 and 81: IMPACTS OF THE DAM 69 PHOTO:KRW(200
Page 82 and 83: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 71
Page 84 and 85: APPENDICES 73 have so much medicine
Page 86 and 87: Appendix 2: SPDC garrisons in Papun
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