The delegations from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia have proposed extending the consultation process for the Don Sahong hydropower project in Laos by six months to one year. The proposal was made at a meeting of the Mekong River Commission Joint Committee in the Laotian capital of Vientiane to review the six-month consultation that ended recently. The previous consultation processes showed that the information provided by the project investor lacks statistics and measures to minimise the negative effects of the project, especially solutions to fish migration. The Don Sahong hydropower project is the second such project to be built by the neighbouring nation on the mainstream of the Mekong river. The dam is capable of supplying sufficient water for a 260 MW hydropower plant.
