Dam collaps : Hundreds missing

Several individuals are missing and an obscure number dead after a dam under development fallen in south-east Laos, state media revealed.The crumple at the hydroelectric dam in Attapeu territory late on Monday sent blaze surges through six towns, Lao News Agency said.

In excess of 6,600 individuals have been made destitute, it included. Pictures indicated villagers stranded on the tops of submerged house and pontoons conveying individuals to wellbeing. "The calamity has guaranteed a few human lives [and] left several individuals missing," the organization detailed.

Construction of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam began in 2013 and it was due to begin commercial operations next year.
The main Thai stakeholder in the project, Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding, said it had received a report from the dam's operator that a "saddle dam", measuring 770m long and 16m high, had collapsed.
It said continuous rainstorms had led "a high volume of water" to flow into the reservoir.
"Currently, Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Company Limited and related agencies have evacuated the people who reside around the area," the statement added.

A representative for SK Engineering and Construction, a South Korean organization with a stake in the task, told the BBC a little supply dam - not the principle dam - had been halfway lost because of "sudden substantial precipitation".

"Despite everything we don't have the foggiest idea about the correct reason, however we trust parts of the upper piece of the dam were lost... furthermore, water flooded from the supply dam," he said.

Natural gatherings have beforehand communicated fears over Laos' hydroelectric program and its potential effect on networks and environments downstream of dams.

Executive Thongloun Sisoulith has put off government gatherings and gone to the influenced region in Sanamxay region with senior authorities to screen help endeavors, state media said.Neighborhood experts have engaged government bodies and different networks to help give crisis help to the casualties, for example, apparel, nourishment, drinking water and medical facility