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Villagers are wary of plans to dam a river to ensure Panama Canal’s water supply

Villagers are wary of plans to dam a river to ensure Panama Canal’s water supply

  • Proposed dam would secure the water needed to ensure the canal’s uninterrupted operation at a time of increasingly erratic weather
  • But it also would flood villages, where about 2,000 people would need to be relocated, and curb the flow of the river to other communities downstream
By AP ·