New Report Pleads for Accountablility on First Anniversary of Laos Dam Collapse
On the first anniversary Tuesday of Laos’ Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy (PNPC) dam disaster, a new report from two NGOs found that nobody has been held accountable for the catastrophe that caused what has been described as Laos’ worst flooding in decades.
In Reckless Endangerment: Assessing Responsibility for the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy Dam Collapse, International Rivers and Inclusive Development International detail the disaster, explaining why it occurred, who is to blame, and how survivors are coping with displacement one year later.
“This report, it’s published on the one year anniversary of the dam collapse, and it’s looking at the situation particularly in Laos for the survivors of the disaster one year ago and their current challenges,” said Maureen Harris, International Rivers’ Southeast Asia program director in an interview with RFA’s Lao Service Tuesday.
