Cause-Effect
The Bakun Hydroelectric Dam Project
Malaysia has been making the headlines for the past decade for undertaking many mega projects such as the construction of Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), KL Tower, KL International Airport (KLIA), Kuala Lumpur Central and many more other projects. One of the controversial projects is the Bakun Hydroelectric Dam in Sarawak. This project was put on hold several times as its effects on the environment need to be studied thoroughly .This project was completed in 2007. This dam was built in the Sarawak state to produce enough electricity to support the needs of the people of this state. As it is one of the isolated states in Malaysia, it cannot get enough electricity supply from any other parts of country. This project was initiated not only to produce electricity for Sarawak but also to supply electricity to Peninsular Malaysia using undersea cables. Hence, it can be said that this project is crucial for future developments in Sarawak.
There any many problems that arises as consequences of this project. One of it is the loss of habitat of animals residing in the dam area. As this dam takes up a massive land area, jungles at this area need to be cleared to give way for this project. Animals would be forced out of their habitat when this project goes on full swing. The area would be flooded with water when the dam is operational and this would be a death sentence for animals that are still living there. Another thing that we should keep in mind is that the dam area is populated by 12 protected animal species and 93 protected plant species. Once the dam is operational, this animals and plants species would be inevitably forced into extinction.
3 comments:
Thanks, Uwa, for posting this paragraph.
Thanks for this information. I just know about this project today. Anyway,i'm neutral about the construction of dam in Malaysia,because even without hydroelectric in Malaysia,the typical power station also not environmental friendly.
Ahh... This is interesting. Other than just environmentally controversial, from what I think, this project is more 'politically' controversial. Well, off-the-book that kind of controversial. That'd be a longer story of course.
Anyway, I think this is clear and precise. Nice. I didn't even know this project has already completed. Thanks for the info!
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