Taipower Builds Hydroelectric Power Plant in Wanli River

Taipower’s plan to build a hyrdoelectric power plant in Wanrong Township, Hualian County has been met by fierce opposition from many residents of Wangrong Township including Wanrong Village and Mingli Village who fear this development will turn into another Xiaolin disaster.  In September, Taipower came to Wanrong to hold a hearing regarding this proposed development. 

At the hearing, residents raised many questions expressing their anxiety in relation to landslides, environmental destruction and indeed the safety measures that locals feel are quite simply inadequate. Floodwater from the villages of Wangrong and Mingli pose serious dangers. Chief of Mingli Village expressed his dissatisfaction with the hearing, where Taipower mainly used questions from locals to explain the project, explanations that were anything but acceptable and unable to win the trust of locals. 

Taipower have said that although the villages of Wangrong and Mingli are vehemently opposed to this development, once the Environmental Impact Assessment is completed the development will go ahead as planned. They will of course continue to communicate with local residents to solve any issues that are raised.

Taipower Builds Hydroelectric Power Plant in Wanli River (by CJ National Dong Hwa University Media Dept.)

URL：http://www.peopo.org/news/64556
  

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台灣電力公司計畫在花蓮縣萬榮鄉萬里溪上游設立水力發電廠，造成大多數萬榮村、明利村與萬榮鄉民眾的反對，民眾害怕部落會成為小林村翻版。九月份，台電來到萬榮村舉行興建水力發電廠聽證會，居民質疑怕後山的石頭坍方、生態被破壞，甚至是擔心保護措施不夠之下，河川所留下的大水不只是萬榮村部落有危險，連帶著明利村、長橋里也跟著被淹沒，明利村村長劉添順提到台電人員說明時，幾乎是用民眾問問題，再由台電人員回答，他們的回答卻是民眾不能夠接受的，無法令人信服。萬榮村及明利村極力反對，但台電表示若通過環境影響評估之後，將會執行此計畫，並再次與村民做進一步的溝通。
     

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