
Glorifying Bakun to promote Papar
LETTER | The promise of the Bakun Dam has remained an empty promise.

LETTER | The promise of the Bakun Dam has remained an empty promise.

Dry taps or murky domestic water is not the only outstanding issue suffered by those who were displaced to make way for the controversial Bakun Dam. Although there has been a chorus of complaints about the dirty water supply recently, the authority should also seriously and urgently draft an overall action plan to solve the many problems existing in the resettlement area.

Three delegations from the Baram Conservation Initiative returned from their study tours on Sunday with aspirations for community-based conservation for the Baram region.

A year after their land earmarked by the government for the Baram dam was given back to them, the Baram villagers gathered to celebrate their victory and solidarity in defending their river and land.

The Auditor-General’s Report concerning the Murum dam’s excessiveness is yet another proof of a well-established fact that mega dams are bad investments. Therefore Sarawak should stop constructing mega dams but launch into alternative energy sources.


