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Tsering Dhundup
DHARAMSHALA, July 4: A new hydropower dam confirmed by Chinese authorities on the upper reaches of the Machu River (Yellow River) in eastern Tibet will force the displacement of residents from at least twenty villages, according to a new report released by Free Tibet and Tibet Watch.
According to the report, the Tsiha Gorge hydropower dam, to be built at the junction of Badzong County in Golog Prefecture and Drakkar County in Tsolho Prefecture in the Tibetan province of Amdo, marks the latest in a growing series of dams on the river.
This latest project, approved by Qinghai provincial authorities, will follow the Yangchu Dam, completed last year, which itself led to the destruction of a religious community and the removal of Atsok Monastery from the list of recognised heritage sites.
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