2 Yunnan dams cancelled for environmental concerns

Xinhua reported on June 11 that the government canceled several projects, including two hydro-electric dam projects in Northern Yunnan. The article, however, does not provide any information about these two dams. Which are these two dams and where are they?

The dams are called Ludila and Longkaikou projects, which are a part of eight dams planned on upper Yangtze (Drichu in Tibetan and Jinsha in Chinese). The eight dams are shown with blue pointers here . Ludila and Longkaikou are the two southernmost dams among the eight. These two dams are about 50 km south of Lijiang (Sartham) as shown in the Google Earth image below.



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