4 hydropower projects in Nam Tra My has been supplemented into the planning

The Resolution has been adopted on basis of a fact-finding survey which showed that the 144 ha total land area 4 projects occupy is mainly productive but primeval forest and cultivated lands, and there is no problem of resettlement due to no any household must move.

According to the primary studies, the whole water source from these hydropower projects will not be directly discharged to the downstream but into the reservoir of Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant (in Bac (Northern) Tra My district), that why they will not cause flood for lowlands.

4 these hydropower projects having a total capacity of 78.8 MW and an investment estimation of around 2700 billion VND are as follow in detail:

-Tra linh 1 in Tra Linh and Tra Cang communes has capacity of more than 26 MW, average generation of 80 million kWh/year and occupied land area of 21 ha.

-Takle in Tra Nam commune has capacity of 11.6 MW, average generation of nearly 35 million kWh/year and occupied land area of 15 ha.

-Nuoc Lah in Tra Van and Tra Don communes has capacity of 11 MW, average generation of 39 million kWh/year and occupied land area of 52 ha.

-Tra Leng in Tra Don commune has capacity of 30 MW, average generation of 104 million kWh/year and occupied land area of 55 ha.

These hydropower projects, when completed will significantly contribute to socio-economic development of Quang Nam province.

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