The provincial People's Committee announced the proposal Wednesday. Whether the proposal would go through or not would be decided at an upcoming session of the provincial legislature, the People's Council, the committee said. The six hydropower projects proposed to be scrapped are: A Vuong 4, Song Bung 3, Dak Di 4, A Banh, Cha Val and Dak Pring 2 that would take up more than 371 ha of land, including protective and production forests. Among these, the Cha Val and Dak Pring 2 projects, both in Nam Giang District, have already been approved for investment. The 19.2 MW Dak Di 4, which would take up 155 ha of land, including 31.6 ha of production forests, began to be considered for investment back in 2003. But due to numerous delayed deadlines, the investment consideration was scrapped in 2017. Quang Nam currently has 46 hydropower projects with a total capacity of 1,816 MW in its plans. Of these, 22 have already become operational, eight are under construction, 12 are ready for … [Read more...] about Disasters prompt Quang Nam proposal to scrap six hydropower projects