Baram Dam

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Baram Dam
Site of the proposed Baram Dam on the island of Borneo.
Country Malaysia
Location Sarawak
Coordinates 3°22′59″N 114°34′4″E / 3.38306°N 114.56778°E / 3.38306; 114.56778Coordinates: 3°22′59″N 114°34′4″E / 3.38306°N 114.56778°E / 3.38306; 114.56778[1]
Status Proposed
Construction cost RM4 billion
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity, roller-compacted concrete
Impounds Baram River
Length 685 m (2,247 ft)
Height 162 m (531 ft)
Elevation at crest 180 m (591 ft)[2]
Reservoir
Catchment area 8,966 km2 (3,462 sq mi)
Normal elevation 178 m (584 ft)
Power station
Turbines 4 x Francis-type
Installed capacity 1000 MW

The Baram Dam (Baram Hydro-electric Dam Project) is a proposed gravity dam on the Baram River in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. The site of the dam is 250 kilometres (160 mi) inland from Miri, the second largest city in Sarawak. The dam is part of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy.

The dam will be 162 metres (531 ft) tall and its reservoir will cover an area of 39,000 hectares (96,000 acres). At least 20,000 people from 25 longhouses will be displaced when the dam is built.[3]

SAVE Sarawak’s Rivers Network (SAVE Rivers) oppose the construction of the dam. A protest was held at the site of the proposed dam when a "Manyau Dalleh" ceremony was performed, traditionally used to cleanse land and people after a calamity.[4]

The Baram MP Jacob Dungau Sagan, currently the Malaysian Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, was accused of supporting the project after obtaining RM63 million worth of contracts and timber concessions for the Baram district. He dismissed it as a political ploy ahead of parliamentary elections.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Manser Fonds, Bruno. "Baram Dam Expected Flood Area". Stop Corruption Dams.com. Retrieved 7 May 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Baram and Murum Fact sheet". DayakBaru. Retrieved 7 May 2012. 
  3. ↑ Then, Stephen (19 April 2012). "Staring into an uncertain future". The Star. Retrieved 2 May 2012. 
  4. ↑ Bujang, Mark (25 April 2012). "Baram Folks Protest at the Proposed Baram Dam Site". World-Wire (SAVE Rivers Network press release). Retrieved 2 May 2012. 
  5. ↑ Then, Stephen (1 March 2012). "Baram MP denies allegations". The Star (Sarawak). 

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