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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Myanmar's military government appears to be considering reviving an enormous China-backed hydroelectric dam project, work on which was suspended more than a decade ago after ...
BANGKOK, Thailand — Myanmar’s military government appears to be considering reviving a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project, work on which was suspended more than a decade ago after ...
GENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) - The powerful earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday damaged buildings and public infrastructure and there are concerns for the state of large dams, the Red Cross said ...
It sent buildings in many areas toppling to the ground, buckled roads, caused bridges to collapse and burst a dam. The head of Myanmar's military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing ...
Thousands are feared dead after a huge earthquake hit Thailand and Myanmar this morning, destroying buildings and sparking fears that dams could collapse, leading to catastrophic flooding.
Myanmar's military government has said 5,223 buildings, 1,824 schools, 2,752 Buddhist monasterial living quarters, 4,817 pagodas and temples, 167 hospitals and clinics, 169 bridges, 198 dams and ...
Bridge and monastery collapse and dam bursts in Myanmar Myanmar’s English-language state newspaper, Global New Light of Myanmar, said five cities and towns had seen building collapses and two ...
The death toll for the devastating Myanmar earthquake soared to more than ... bridges bucked and even a dam burst. One horrifying clip showed a 30-story building with a crane on top crumbling ...
The government plans to build check dams on northern rivers to filter out hazardous pollutants from mining operations in neighbouring Myanmar, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on ...
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