Authorities in northern Laos have barred non-governmental organizations from meeting with villagers relocated to make way for a Thai-backed, lignite-fired power plant under construction in Xayaburi province, according to a representative from a foreign NGO.
More than 2,000 villagers from 450 families in Xayaburi’s Hongsa district had to make way for the U.S. $4 billion project, a joint venture between two Thai electricity companies and the Lao Holding State Enterprise, a wholly Lao government-owned company.
NGOs and rights groups say they want to provide information to the villagers and listen to any grievances they have about the Hongsa Lignite-Fired Power Plant, which will burn the coal-like fuel to produce electricity mostly for export to Thailand.
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