6 siueneep aivens
FL ot so gate a ODA/Wodd Bak cane oo Siri Sta nt
"Sen cp 195 pono Sadr Sar by RL a HR Wingo
von ofthe akon Hplncets roar ELA ern Rot Ee
Bet? Novrer 8; Wane ea 'A Raves of he BIA (ee
ep af he akon Fy Pe iO Ree 995; Bare
Ge, Dang Pre Capes Da Bais Do? He Ky
aren, anion 193
10h long Munna Ran-River Hydoponee: Min Report, CXR
Une nersnClayAong eea Bag, Dens
Ihe Bayh ol 7, No 61987, 28 “sees
1s. amas of Cw Lan Dan
10h snes ‘Dan ns Ua Basie.
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resi nt teat Dn Bac Ps Bon 8p
1a Nee ay Sr Sw, 230
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‘Temples of Doom:
‘The Human Consequences of Dams
"perma lt ear Se
tote ned a moe ea Hrel ilage rr Sety
ve ow nh gel he is of eng ad cat es ae
ro
“Ths ys, Pave, ert er Mai Thre me yt
sng and oe a le Out ten wold ae tee
ft ie tem dnt fom he er Weel po 0 fe ed ge
‘ond We col eath in he rer We goto ch ee Goth oe
Taos wih wc bil, Rbve woke spew ond es a
Uo et, a tata Rane Now ae foe a
"Raw tae w pnp ete fr al eu ale sd gots And te
se i Tie cae ey ow tg wh
“he soli Pact ie rm Mane. The a ee cal Soe
snes end pasty hich we vs ed basse ted
onc forth bu new So ee st th a od
{pena Fy honcho rome oe Ms se Past fue
Ener oe te! 3808 Odea de Nw we ne ny
Ate hugh Bitoni by he wed een gy bore hee ea
‘pending tne fo ee ba So yen wey ot sae We hes
{oy Banco whe our pecs rete bythe people no re
i le ese We ra lathe mae Pr fa ad
Ato you ser ering aro Ta Nantel we ul ete wen oe
‘aed he il all ae Th oe of the any eons
"We hives Bre ee om in land hee we sao ciien go
‘angry ees thugh ne ft mo te on ok The pom af no
‘wa red our menu ow oh eh ay i Me,
ng the pop tl tthe nd we cal a
"rom th lion ofa eer wren to he depen
Reve tthe ute Sao Pres 19
6s“ stuzsceD aLvERS
(Over the ls sic decades, the bules of dams have eid rom thie
Ios sod ade many tne of lon of people lon ll of thems
for and plieallypowees, Jange proporson of then fom i
Uigenous and other etic minties These legions of dim outen,
as they a eile ia Tada, hve io the great majority of eases, bx
‘conomiclly, cally and emoiorally Jest. Ia ean eases he
people have been ood out with ol? mininalcompenaition~ofes
one at all and tnay eaceseleeulicece faring ais ave that
teen eedoeed to king tat ¢ Uving at signe iboures or sla
delle
"Thowe dlplced by eserves ae only the rast vse victims of
the deiner finder and builders of lye dure Milons more have
Toe land and homer to the canal iegaton schemes, oan, powee
line ae inde dewlopment whic alow das ino way Many
tore ave not pyialy been dele foc their arn bt hve ot
he aces wo clean wats Sb, game, gasng ly dimbes fatwood
sod wil ut and veges inthe dammed rer and valley Others
‘Boveri hare ben deprived of the ana Rod which one ried
Sol frird thee ele and recharged thle eels, om, have
suffered fom she deter whieh dams and lage ign Proje it
the uopie almost ievly ring ip hee wake
Dammed Lies and Statics
“The mumber of people who ae forced ou of tec Nome by da i
sexggeing es homer, difeat to give een a resomly accuse
‘rome of the ttl who hate been cite athe indir and their
soveramentsponror have sucly botered 10 colle rele outs
Faaien Not surpeningly, gen thee sine, popaation denser and
umber of dans Inia and China have doped dace apleing
tore people thin any oer mason. Rerachsy fom he lai Socal
Insure in New Del eimate ‘contrary tat more than 4 ion
people have been diplaced by reservoir and sociated ington
Projects in pont Independence tnd’
"The World Bank aor Chinese gorecament Bigot to catia hat
102 mal people were dplced by seers Chinn betwee 1950
0d 19892 Thi gure icles the fou ages ged uae etl
‘on recon Sanmensia With 410,900, Dantangon with 383,000 (pas
‘cue to nite the dam height and daplace a Cucer 22500 pone,
any of them oustees from the oie teseroi); Ninian wih
531,00; snd Doagpingh with 278000" Tei ery due owes the
Chioese goveenments reetdement stisics Give Chas’
Populi deasy and the huge numberof dans it has ball, bower,
‘TaMPLgs OF BOOK o
‘he semal umber of outer is ldly to be much gener than the
cl estimate Chinese dam cde Dal Qing Beever tht the tie
‘gre of Chioeredaenoutes is bevwcen 40 sod 60 lon
‘Dass guesed forth book give 2 tol of 2.2 milion dapland by
134 completed dans i eouniies for which information i vb,
cxcloing Chia and lads (ce Append 3) Tir less than pet
eat ofthe lige dims bak oumide Chins and Inds bu includes ost
of those with the lnget numbers of evictions A conserva
fae of worldwide dem eves (aling the Chinese goverient Sige
{fice value) would therfore beard 30 lion. A mote re
(Suma (sg a nse for Chi fr te utom cod of Da Qin
ange) weld be sound 6 lion = inore than the ene population
of he Usted Ring
ose eplcemens rai inca oly seri ousces ~ ot thee
tse often surpaned by thote deprived of nd and lvelbond by the
ther pans of am projects or by thi longtem cli effect:
‘Then people ae sty defined opens affected! and a ea ac
rarely eligble foe compensation (anda fl to show up ia eee
tment sans. imal, Fils which lone peor all of thei ad
bot not their hoose aeoften got abled a6 ep, ex tosh
the fos of even a small par of a poor houtehols ld ean make the
terence beeen sobsistence and sarin. People who farm o gene
thse vesicle wal ethout femal lepl its, the ee
‘with indigenous people and pastors in many pare of the wold,
‘ello ceive comnpenton fo the lon of land Those who tion
sy we she valey for hutig game or callecng wi trite and vege-
tales ime, folder ce Seewood ae even le Hy tne recognized
st fected, Famies may alo end up sanded on newly formed sands
‘or peninsulas thet nmol routes to nephew schoo and ues
Hooded by the reservoi
“The many, often unecogited, ways in which poople an lo thie
Jrehood ta huge dam projet ae well ase y Unda Sarat
Strovat Proee: SF}:
“+ Tighe hundred fai lst ht and the aew own for he
SSP commrcion workers Atbough nd agilon beg in 1961,
‘he fies wee ght er dete compensaon #3 yas ae
+ Tens of thousand of ada i’ indigenous people) coud be
own off er anal nd to me way fra wife sentry
supposed to iat thelr of wie tothe SSP secre
+ Thousands are being deprived of acces 40 cropland which the
government is turning ito sre plantons to “niga for
‘Rbmeged fore.os stuescen arvaRs
‘ens of thousands who grow cops, gather flood and Fodder,
tue employed on the fret and frmlad egtben one ote
he seeroir ousees ate slleing what ic kaown tr econdey
‘deplecemet
+ An estima 140600 landholders woud loe ate some of thie
land to SSP¥ network of irption canals with 25/0 cing
‘th es than fo bets, rare he in vale hoi,
+ Auge sen of faealnd nay wilages and even whol wns coll
‘creatinly be Hooded by the noel ckwnte effet, eee! by
the gatal te fp wer lee due #9 sedimentation i the per
reaches of the esrvoie
+ Dowasream, SP i planned to eat dhe fw of the Nastia
between the dam andthe sea for mot of the Jer, deoyag the
Unehood of thownads of Sing fis and ate ad ate
Ing the water soppy of up 9 «tion poops
When the Wodd Bank agreed mo lend the Inn goverment $450,
milion for SSP in 1985 the offal ema forthe tol mabe of|
families who would need to be compensated won 603. In 196 the
Inrest govevoment estimate of “affected aris was 41300 to be
Alipaced bythe reserva lane Ad ia the fain ae by othe
specs of the project ad the aamber ries wel ot te hua of
‘moons!
own the sve
“The who ein ila a phe of de wba wesy
tit somesnsdg To fh he capped Oar esc de
‘There te Then tem cae Te eaopnn oe
‘Ree conlonng we wow toe
‘Dect fee ets Anois of the
Sec Re Vey Apel 193
Some of the most seus long-term scl fete of dams are safted
ly the people who lve dowesteu To Ae, the low af the anal
Sood below dams har dees tains lain fang, sting
tod gesing, Kain Dam in Nigety for example, Aeecly paced
‘000 people, but ndvesely tfeced hundreds of thosende more who
ta formetygiaed their Evestock and grown cops on la ged
bythe ania food. Floodplain ym production report fll by
10,000 tonnes afc the di was comple in 1965 and dowastth
fish cache plummeted by 60-70 percent” ler, one ot the
ig sims Kai Da, according to Sash ELDin El Zata of the
UNDP/FAO Koi Lake Reseach Projet, wa ‘contol of ods of
TEMELES oF Boos %
the River Niger to ssen stan inundation. ant allow thereby
the expansion of sgacluce’™
Another Nigerian dar, Balotr, 09 the Sokota a eur of the
(Niger, reduced the are of dee geowa dowastcam by 7,000 bectaes
and that of dey season crops by 3000 heeuzes, Wika Adan, who
‘rrled a + conaltnt on ination projects in Nie ia the 1970s
{ye tat asthe dar alee oth the caning and he ene of oodng
the farmers ‘go longer lew what to expee om te Hood, a8 dee
‘Sly to match expected Boodag, sod and crop type inte dow
Dising the dey sesso, the fling water table me ht faces had
to aig hse els ever deeper, great ncreasing the tne and otcy
Sent on watering thei eros A trey inthe T8H0e Gnnd at te
‘ister of the dp sexon ligt in afc villages ad pen op
‘Bening Ta genera, ony the sicher Games sore
‘The desigpes of Bras Wosld Bonk funded Sobsudino Day,
which det Sooded oor sme 72000 people in the idly were
takes by surpise when she high dysaton ver levee coed hy she
Gum hastened vo ood shouands of eect of te fle some 899
Hlomezer down the Sto Pande svt The uate Inached an
‘emegancy operation w proses the Bona by bung a air of
‘ks an! pumping vaio, coavering 25000 cts of seaonally
Aooded ln 10 jearsound ington. ‘The projet ‘sees under
omsiderale time pressure an scl teasion, scoring to che Wold
Bins Operazon Evaation Depart diplacd owt 30000 share
‘roppers and other rua poor people While many of thee frie
swe presumably among the 211000 pple yen land om the ely
Iripsedpolders, ao ant wie ade to ele shove who ad ot
find land on the scheme andi is not Known “what hat become oF
ther. Farment reseed oa the dew gtd lands have ad to cope
Seth poor dine increasing vo sly an lick of uice on
legate farming techniques. The resting poor ye, ligarse
ad ladebednete have forced many funat 4 abandon the new
finde
‘Six years afer Sobeinho wis completed che gies were closed a
noher major Basan am, Tac othe Tecan, «aor iby
(of the Amazon. While jt under 24000 people were flooded ot by
“Tucaa appronimately 4,000 ving on banded of nan below the
lam hae had to endive Shy woe dacharged fom the rset and
the lows of the regular onde Aer the dam began operon, the
oumaly cleat Tocantins wat covered with ie aig scum, Nay
Deopleexpenenced severe osach problems afer dling the wate
Sd several childen died. Aldea nhatans sere ki aes
Sand women were plagued wich vaginal infections 2 severe that many
Thought they had contacted venereal ace The Fa nd shin‘which had formerly provided most af the people proc and income
‘analy dinppeare Crop produc aun plommere."
“The Final Blow: Dams and Indigenous People
Dams a not phoned wabuge gly deep sem On he
‘ly of Mo ote Spaced gets pope won sn cha
‘Ee hee cole be a cppornty o improve ing sane he
ome of pi nonin ah pan.
{ke pl ite Rowe to conta ang hry ava st
‘Neat dos by mowing sper ine mee vale
inet Rama, fect Polo, Ineo! ase
is Hoa tt evioarn Eig
Indigent and bal peoples and other marginalised tie mine
stake up « daproporconately lage pecennge of thore who lone ta
Artem A i pe wl ot al
ssced do aoc ake god rset tes In Ina according to gover
seat estes, 40 ee expt of al hoe who have been displaced by
hms 12 ais, who represent less an 6 per cen of the Indah
popula Almost all the ler dam schemes bit and proposed (a
the Pilppines ae inthe land of the couauys 47 alow lnigenoar
oople The majoty of the SAGDD people vied to make way fo
Niet gest dan, Ho Binh, came feta minony geo
would most of the 112,00 wo be spaced bythe even bigger Ta Bu
Dam plkoned fare downsteam
"The impact oF dams ypon ingenious peoples espeily ae
most of tee communis bate abealy sfered cenuies of expo
‘hon and daplcement, ad ther ema mourn vale, fore oe deere
reseraions ae often thei Us efge ffm cull obtain. The
trauma of resctderen lo exacted for indigenous eons
bce of the stone pale 0 the a ad Besine mane oF
‘he comms Bonde and cra pester which lp deine eh
rosites are dexroyed by dpacemear and bythe los of the corsmon
‘evouces on wich ther ewan i ated
Ta Brn, te roc upton cnsted by dann andthe ind of
‘ork ad ete which follows in thei wake ae been among the
‘nove destin of the rent ow suleed bythe of dienes
‘oop who have managed to srvve Europa clonniion, The de
frag sory ofthe Waa Avon eben te Ustad btny of
the Amacon lsc to that of other dace nate in Br
11905 i was ctinated tat the tbe numbered 6000. Eighty pets
Inte mata ad eae le only 374 Wisma Azo alive In 1987,
the gates of Babina Dam were cored, flooding two ile in whieh
Tie 107 ofthe rominng members of te ee and blocking esol
‘peream migation of the tare whore ear wpe of tc dit,
‘The Wai Aras are now fares thextened by pia to diver:
te sve Ala eo incest the flow ito Babin Resto chs
hipges’ aye Rogerio Gabel of the Amonia each inte INPA,
‘iw have scatstoptic effec yp the Ina, who depend upo
the Aliat both physiol sad cally (peal since the Usten
sus dumme). Te al Blow wil come with tesa of thi nd
By thosands of workmen, donens of hesny machine ad the echo
Postates and violence which aways sconpany such epertions™
“Athogh indenows areas may sem remotes spec popu
to planes in the cer, he np of tered unload foe which
fe Hooded by dans are arly the best lands in tet so aa 80
{auch more economy and elt inet thas st sve apes.
“The US-finded Kapri byropower dam in the Chitagong Hil Tact
south-east Bangladesh arplaced moge shan 10,000 people fom te
(Chale ene mionsy— one sath of the al Chane population =
tnd ooded around to fhe of dec ula land The esting ad
Shortge ad rsenmen ofthe govetnes helped spark off the body
Confit between he Buihist Chakra se Main Bengal sels which
has ved herein nce Kap ws completed 1962!
‘One of te lent noun consequence of water developmen the
[US its impact om Natwe Atiunn A suites of the Nowh Dihots
rescration ofthe Three Aflited Tiber be Mandan, Hida and
‘Adland amos al of thei peedact and was foded by Gun
‘Dam. igh per cent ofthe tesrvao'spopation were dapced
‘The Thee Tes pesed the goverment fs compensation ell
permission so graze thei cae along the meine of the cet and
Fotis to harver he cnber i the sibmerpnce sone Ye ee
‘hese modest demands were refed, Me Reine desrbes the scone a
‘he Wassgan, DC, ofe of IneieSeseny Cap Krust he sing
ofthe auharsing the slut ofthe Thee Teel in May 1948
Sundog Hin Krag. wu ae Googe Gilets det of te
‘ul bins conn pimp Tae nce of he cou
foro coma i heey how Gila manage np ow he
fared tok goo Ty Ra see hf
Some fe hd ae tn
Se inindnae oel
Pack Mons of the Comer for Nain Amesionn Sea at Montane
‘Sate University bebeves dat Garton andthe oter rte onthe
[Misous ares major cnet tothe 70-90 por cot uneaplymnt
‘ites on the eon Ian tscratinos coytn the Cobunbia Bain the dam bd grt rine east Nate
Amiens his aoe bows the theft of ther land or wats, but the
“dstustion of the salmon Sbers om which the economy and mach
Of ther eure were based. On 17 Jane 140, seve tes there a
thet bing se of Kee Fl, spa to Be Booded by Grund Clee
Dam, tn hol s"cremony fee in pce ofthe ain celeb
tho af the spi amon fos arte spresennon ofthe renewal of
life Now fo mone daa bal enary di he ede goverment aree
‘0 py reparations wo he Colle Coateersed Tbe who lot ilies
bl salmon suns ate hcl sites to Graod Coulee None of thecal
Counc emis wh led the compennaion aim in 1981 edt
Nr of Congysrapsealn 1994 of one oF the ages pment ever
fade toa Nae American ea lupo payment of $54 maiion,
then anal payments of $1525 mlon to contnae for a longs
Grind Coulee pret power
Waiting for the Dara
{We ilo pt mane om your howe fe eden cme
yor oti il beyond he we al lee ee
Tuo ose Maier Moni Des spent a pubic meen
th sues seo te Fong Di
“The in of dems aly he ination of yet somes
{Seno ig ain ou cig ie A a a
mis propor pop the freon eet sue he Wi
‘trea oF freed pa vee Popeyes aa
‘Sine ogc lonng ns new sco ats eae rebate ing
fetes way be dsc ong before pope mone oto th a By he
fine eetlonan sa, the outer ae fen andy Wore OF
Shan poole Ie nghorng atc Tis problem it woe for dams
tan Dir pe of resto hr posston psd ln fe
Inge pees king many ecier fan tee rt conceo 0 om
ficdon The Tne Gorges Pret wns renga n 199, e
{at plan da ope Je Sngna moan 955 elie
constction hoger 195, nd Teetfent ono expected to be
Complete yet 2008" oe
Coupled wit he ogee wid of sevice ad nvertnent
is he unecrny of Sot Kang wero othe dn wl eal
ely fo sey bourey fmt sal works wa be breed
Cibo wil be cle Fc eompenaton, and bow ch compos
ton hey wee: Bren er comtrcton srt, hese wets
tpn be sled compensation le my ge neve ns over
the pul of pier comescton wa he afc en yin
TeMPLES oF poo n
decease according t design oe open changes me for tcc,
‘conome o plea sexone Sometines nada surveying means
tha he autores do not eva know how mach nd wil be Roe
sa dhe eee fll,
‘Once a dans is serag completion, the proces of maving people
from the aes to be Hooded ie equety hel ad accompa by
‘ence ad intnidation Thee pary hecane pepe sefse tole
Wier homes and pulybeease of poo planning which fal o cae
a comtrucson and tectement oceed au sale pace. The pce
‘of what was then the Bes colony of Novther Rhea she dead
abt vilges and wounded over thi ina coleontiton dosing the
‘poaty conecved nd taumna ridden cash programe’ to lett the
Linde har were Beco Kas Reserve Antioploge Baabeth
(Cobo deer the 1958 eevaton to a eetement eso sone of
‘he 57,000 Grebe Tonga people dsplaced by Kani:
‘he oe he sig ope re for Hace ik, ofr gh
[She blag of toes tid ofthe eat exch an wean
‘En oe ad The myo the eps nee mann Ty
gel ees cs hy mpd
Before reseevoilswete filled in she Soret Union, eis were fn
forced to tke part nthe buring and destin often ose
trad and churches andthe exomaton of tlie coffin When
‘me ofthe 21,000 Nats indice dspace y Mex Nigel Aleman
Dam in the ite 1950s retoal o mons employes Co the Papasan
{Ree Commsion set Exe their homes. ‘The ary hat elle in
seve tins to quell tbe ring one in Teds cmemsdie
Harrowing ses hae recent appeared in Eglah of the evxions
‘fundies of ouside of people to mae ny Tor Chis Xuan
Dam. Although thereon programme wit rppond to hive teen
reveals x tee ls tony plete. The OED stay chim only fat% SLENcED aivens
‘Tiole AA The weston of at mbes
Dam a
ere Some mae
‘on om
im aul 13800 095) 19200 0582
min Ccaomie f00 581) 5500 4986)
Alero hans 4500 0959 SAE 0965)
‘ade Poet Ton ——63600.0986) 150800 (999) 1
“wn
(Gor Meus ka 0 92) LD STO IID
Trpaon
(Ksmanta teguioa sa RON (THOM AIH 15
Upper Kesh)
uci dob nga am CH) BHU IIH
‘Mater engton)
SeeSwonr tad S300 9985) san BH) 4
Upper tad ak GR) 4 HO IHN 3
omere Kenge Ln (1965) 7a60 0995] 5
an A200 1989480 9957
Finke 10 69% 4060 QOH 5
“cae som 99%) 900 a7) 6
it Zatey 138.988 1800 C984) 1
matey
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marie oF p00s 85
‘the an incomes of »cample of 200 Eis ig a ato it
had en, Yee ar many at one in fie ofthe dnplacd fic, owt
than from the Kare eth minor di not pss opal eden
ppess and were nee elighle for lind! or hows pos atthe see
tent tes The Word Hank bas sozed the feof hee fs at
laut some of whom have been fered ito fring legal
Internaconaly important wildife saneuary nexsby>" OF the 1949
files who dit move wo the seulement vilges, tore thn 20 per
‘ent nd lft he aes by 1989, four yeas afer the dam was completed,
these of the survey used by the ORD. The ate of thee fae
‘So unecocet™
‘Arenge inflation adjusted incomes of the 20 files sursyed,
‘aps the OED, roe fom $118-255 per captain 1979, to $200 pet
‘Spi in 1988, Yee the predem income figtes te ly to be
Spuious The people dipiced were lngely sbsinece tc firme
Ad the esimate of thee preioar income is bised on what che OED
‘nis was icant and wecable nfornton onthe sla of the
fee they grow Bring the fame income oo the wie of it
gall prdoeon,frtermors, ftw tk int acount te ety
Senifeane conbuton whch common property sesooresr mage 0
‘ht bvelnonds
| "The conchsion that tke OED finding of impeowed incomes it
largely convenene stata! aefict = rinforced by theese? OR
‘peepons Pures bused inthe appenics ofthe OED report show
‘hat four out of ie of the sect surveyed in 1989 Considered
‘emseles economically wore nf thin before raetdement Only 14
[pr cea thought tat dr itomct wee higher then before he rn
ties butt The OED sdaite thar seers complained ft wie tore
‘expensive w lve in she ean atest in te ogo! illo
fad that five eas afer dapaeemeat the cutee conned to bold
moos and protests to demand beter compensation, Despite
tte Kino Laem ouster obvios uahappines, he OED conchdes tat
A thee incomes hae inctate, therfore thc ving sands have
“prone, sod that ‘the reererient outcome was sasacon’”
"ola up Khao Lae ait only dir rscdemene races sey
fades ow desperate the snaton a heres of the Worl Bass
‘escent pentions. The Would Bank consent im iit ow
efence that whe ectcrentresoede pooe that ot the poets
Jn which it oot involved seven wore, While thee I no sited
‘idence to backup this ci, ee cet unely that the veo of |
‘esting ving standaeds an selesenpet i on verge any beter it
‘a Wold Bank projec.6 srursexp avers
Dams and Disease
sol here be ses a ed wih din off fom he ra he
Sat wa and eta we, en ie fp il Be ay 208
‘he rf ce ec lt ater a be people ak be
‘Set, sgt de the, psgne of the people at sw
(weg aes ond nig pos
Hippies Teese on ra la 40 92
1s aoc ony ssc who get sk and de becane of dams AS they
focal tr ccslopealcontions and tigger age popalition move-
nen dane tea poesfl agen othe spre of ase, especial fa
Wropie ad esisopcl ac, and ip poee when hey ae 2c0m
ped by ican schemes While propelyfnded aed implemented
ic aah seances en tdce ~ hough ot erete~ da
re
elated eae such mutes ate very uch the exepon exes than
the re
"The Sstheah ik fom a dam project begins withthe asl ito
a remote ates of lege numbes of contraction workers moet of them
oor uni! buses who, pein opal couse, comely
ity wide range of lectus des seh a oberon, els,
Infuess lshmsnisy ayia and AIDS. Some of the dienes, oF
tine of dean cid by the constuction workers ae iy co be
ew tothe am foion apd lel people oy have ile many to
them
“Acts maxims, 38000 woeers wee employed on the constscton
of Tap Dum nthe borer of Bp and Panga, wy te end
ff 198, 2/00 people let or jing the Workforce enh day
‘Recording the Weld Heats Orpniason:
“The incoming wri en tik als nr he pepo of ney
Eee ET Fini a na sm i tet
cc tety iptv) tod tral nese ons
[yt ating oped develpmeot of cen. Thelivng cnr
{Getoe se tho odor to posta tad rome, wi # Heh
ory of sen namin doen
“The HIV vias Deve to have Besa nsedaced into the southern
_Afcin Kington of Levoio by constuction werkers on the $3 billion
dhimand denon Lototho Highlnde Water Projet. HIV is noe
inking ads at Teal common 1992 random tests found
‘heen 20 chm oon wen vo cl
tres around T in 12) peope fom the same age group in nea
Tigee “Grave concern ow warned st the cout is dese (0
(hpesace pid se in HIV, wired ap srl io 1998 Ames
Metcal Assocation oun. Toctesed suvellaner, hel edoestion
wutrass oF boom ”
‘pportunites ond aggresive prevention acts at she Kase Dam
‘emricton ste we inpenire to att the spread of HIV ftom
‘castruction workers 2 neat lagers
‘Workers on dam tesa face the nik of deth ad nary due
the dangerous working condons inten in oct dam projet The
Workd Bank's Zodusey aod ney Depurtient adnate that other
eats are untortmlycommon tn a unling daring tad
‘athmoving actives" More than 100 workers wete tiled st Kes,
sat eae 154 ced bling nits Nagujossagar Demand in Colca
{in 198 more thas 200 ver wee fot in hake dons eonstrction
ofthe Guavio Dam® EangoisL Lempert a scine membet of the
French Commitee on Lange Dams tales tha stogeter some
100,000 workers ave eed bang dam and maay hundreds of
thowsands have been seriou ine
Schistosomiasis: ams and sais
“Te mui oa why ds inion seme spend ewe at
the crete hbase wich sy sed her ania at seve
2 tector for waterborne dae parses ative The ogres
Ot the dob iecdence of he lng seme shies
Gitar) i dey connected wih se coonrucdon of am and
Ingen pojecs Tse tae both nlwed the dae eas
tras whe te prey eno and ince ts seer whe
ites akedy » prion. A IDT? UNgunosed conte on he
toanenal prohiens of iigaton ccd tat lesson by
‘Sitsemins of raga sheer n sands 30 coment
thse a0 need to pe enue. he nonaion of ses it
‘io whe the ven ct eveponl™
“In 1947, ag esinael 114 mon Foope wordvde wee infeed
vith sdhstvoms ice the the masher be grown eo sound 250
Tilo, dept he develope th 96a ended cae
smu (he cfcnencn of whch new appease be sing
tol mumcous caret ty to cone the dates Scorn
Senin more tan T cues Ie epcy soe mAs a
ilo a problminpr of the Nile Fas the Panes, Chin
the Care an, irony Bee
“The ro mat conan pcs ofthe farm own histones
‘ich int peopl Seo hemor nd ea to tbe
Mile En) nd mow (und tA Suh Ace The
4g of the worms ctr wae coun ln hana exaea se he
‘Bes up by anu of the apes Dl aad Begpa ede ie
Sul, the adit eas uch adh ons to ener
Beak lows the wey, were hey ne to ro he sd keeof squcplans When pope bash gst he plant the ra
ity pence ci sin bd ec thee Nonineea
‘One in har brant the rae mare malt wor
suomi ones inne toe Bader to mprodcs «ge pa
‘olucing upc 300 eg aay for ound eh weeks The ce
Prove eye eth aiy sen The 8 mae! orm
{Tick a ine tor ps0 35 yea epee in Se inet Some of
the ep ne ec in fea or ne forthe ele be agen
“Tost tat enain sad arn he bod, cing ition to vou
rans lestal rooms the most es Of ther fms
oie doen
‘The worms and hi eggs prodice an enormows sage of ile
“The mort common eet nt gener md fac and nnn, Othe
‘poms range fom iaoe tal sin ifetos, o Hreening,
Noedace ly doey fae al cancer Tal ees he ected
person nae see sep tober dees Io reas -whee
{Sisco icon feo ater ca ech 10 per eno he
tala _ 7
“Te ener ong the eget of tuple eeroie ad ington ca
seo esos stm eave eo a
Tl and Biplane se, Reserves and ign ache ao
fron Ince human cont wih soi ad planed water
Sic frmcn and bow nok oad ond the nla aro,
thc ier wich thane sad he ses in them, td the
‘ile playin heme ne tou of tee mec thot
Stes sped ling near wate nc hte ae pail roe to
iccoalgy and tapng = fed. The deopmet of prea
ington chenes menos da people te exposed 1 ichionoae
‘Sig yea hay oul when he
leyenda on leona inl th sna ond he ony Pe
‘uct betwen a od sae war Gg he short an eon”
Schistosomiasis hr eed Egypae sce Pores, but
coh is ey tr sas bi The ble 2
Sees ge of the Liw Anya Dum in he ely vere
{cou and i mecd comenlan of et om sao! Rood
iat enced ogrion wih carl deen need
incenc of uinny shina oor lags soreyed in Upper
rp tom a nim of 11 po cot in 1934 co up wo 75 per eet
{kee yea ice Sie the 0m, fewer npc pe mneon
Su belt ce bs sowy seed cosa scons te
Since th consucton of he High Aveda Das reve ines
fof the mach move dangerous intend! sekinosomias be nica
Seas ope nthe Nie Des, pos ease the ieee
icy of teri he Jl fvoar the Bape so which ey
TEWoLES oF Doom %
Smal, ove the Balt species, which ty Sham The oes
‘of he dood which once sp the oa cut ey aad the expen
of feshatr wegen in the new lation canal ao elped the
‘Bosphars sais"
“a Ghana, al eeseroits~ lange and small — have come infexed
‘vin Bab ss Around the test Vota Reser, anny sor
macs cs rocketed rom les than 10 pe ent in ives wiliges
‘in 1966 10 aroun 90 pee cen in cilen Fing net the new itercit
Jn. 196. Ia some vilgs adhcent to the reservar, evry penn as
Infocus! acstoromiacs has not cceurced around the tae
‘i ahough in wllages downstream rom Akron, nce the walle
ova Kong, ore san oe bid of ges te infced wih
7A conslants study funded by the US Ageney for Internationa
Developinen conde in 1982 tht the planned Diss Damn the
sty ofthe Seneal River andthe ato expansion vf ated
$eemigh aoe nceae li shistvorai tes fat hae
‘nly he unary for was presen in the hw Senegal Basin) ™ Ay
he bung and he expansion of iia aot everywhere ee st
‘Wet Ass bad cramatealy intitle spend of schemes t
‘stad ro ste how this conlson ws eaten eat 1988, 18 rate
after Data wat caplet, the Bet carer of an vou severe sad
(Bcao. set foem of inti cht wee found By 1994,
{ats of infon wth this pe of tcheosomin ia corns cat
the lower Senegal iriation schemes ranged fom 25 to 82 pe ent
In Ass the domamant form of schitoomaae ix ftestia and
‘sed by i: pin ohich sla nie abt oS es aug
{shea elec te often tote severe In he Philipines, where 8
ipeiam is the moe pole health problem on eration che,
[rope with schirorominsi ae ested to be unable vo work for up
fo 42 days oot of very yea” Condon ia Intin Jo not peat
avon oe the spe of ssosomiss i maar oly ing
ten veld in one smal wilage in abrasrn sare Howey, tent
te fs tha the infection could be brought eo na by the lrge
‘umber of Indes atonls working in sodemc nce, especial the
Mile tasc™ 1 te disease Sere ee Rod in Ind with pe
tea under canal inigason, dense population and poor heals ee i
fasrecnte, the rele would be a pub heath doseee™
“Acempts sound the word 0 conta schivoxeis hve met with
limited soces,ofen managing to conti, but oe eat th dese
‘A programme on Vola Reserva, supported by the WHO ued UNDE,
‘uhich lvohed spaying malscees and esting infected pple
Faved the inadence of sehitormssherscen I9TS and te end of
the programme a 1981, bot ial lt lmow roi ofthe people