China releases water from dams to ease Mekong River drought, promises more help
VIENTIANE/BANGKOK - China on Thursday said it was helping its downstream neighbors cope with a prolonged drought by releasing more water from its dams on the Mekong River, adding it would consider sharing information on hydrology to provide further assistance in the future.
The drought over the past year has severely hurt farming and fishing in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam, and many blame China’s 11 dams on the upper Mekong - which China calls the Lancang River - as well as climate change. “We also agreed to strengthen such cooperation within the framework of LMC to ensure the rational and sustainable use of water resources,” he said.
On Thursday, an analysis by Fitch Solutions Macro Research said dam-building was already changing livelihoods and would have profound implications in the coming decade.
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