{"id":300739,"date":"2018-07-24T13:50:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T13:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=300739"},"modified":"2018-07-24T13:50:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T13:50:11","slug":"hundreds-missing-several-feared-dead-as-laos-dam-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/hundreds-missing-several-feared-dead-as-laos-dam-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds Missing, Several feared dead as Laos Dam collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-300740 aligncenter\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flood-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/flood-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/flood-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/flood-696x423.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/flood-690x420.jpg 690w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/flood.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/>Hundreds of people are missing, and several feared dead after the hydropower dam in southeast Laos collapsed<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the officials, the accident in the southeastern state of Attapeu has released five billion cubic metres of water, sufficient to fill more than two million Olympic swimming pools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As per the reports, lot of people are feared dead in this accident and hundreds of people are missing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Numerous houses which were located in the southern part of the district also swept away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The officials have begun the rescue operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The hydropower dam project, which is estimated to be worth $1.2 billion is being built by Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy Power Company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Construction of the dam began in the year 2013 and was expected to complete in the end of 2018, with plans to start operations in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to sources, the companies involved in the project are Thailand&#8217;s Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding, South Korea&#8217;s Korea Western Power and the state-run Lao Holding State Enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The project was expected to export 90 percent of its electricity to Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of people are missing, and several feared dead after the hydropower dam in southeast Laos collapsed According to the officials, the accident in the southeastern state of Attapeu has released five billion cubic metres of water, sufficient to fill more than two million Olympic swimming pools. 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