"Their houses are now under 10 metres of water," said Nguyen Tranh, deputy chairman of the People's Committee of Di Linh District.
Some families have been housed in resettlement areas built by the Hydroelectric Project 6's Management Board, while others have received compensation in cash, he said. Tranh said it took more than a year to relocate families because they were not happy with the level of compensation offered by the project's investor.
Relocation of families was scheduled for completion last June but was delayed until this September.
The reservoir began to fill up on September 17 even though 80 households were still living close by.
Pham Van Cuc, deputy head of the Hydroelectric Project 6's Management Board, said work on the plant was already one year behind schedule. He said that if they had not begun to fill the reservoir, they would have lost about VND1 trillion (US$51.6 million) in electricity.
"The reservoir needed to be filled before the rainy season ended," he said.
However, he said that the management board had worked closely with local agencies to ensure residents were safe.
"Now the plant has successfully installed a rotor in group 1. When the reservoir is full the plant will be able to generate electricity," he said.
The Dong Nai 3 Hydropower Plant, which will be able to produce 180MW of electricity worth VND3,600 billion ($184 million), was scheduled to open in 2004. — VNS
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