Villagers take Shafie to task over Papar Dam project

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Taskforce Against Kaiduan Dam spokesman Diana Sipail speaks at a rally to protest against the Papar Dam construction last year.KOTA KINABALU: A grassroots movement that has been protesting against the RM3 billion Papar Dam project is up in arms after caretaker Chief Minister Shafie Apdal announced recently that it will go on. The Taskforce Against Kaiduan Dam (Takad) said the mega project, which spans four villages in Papar and nine others in Penampang, would destroy the way of life of more than 3,000 villagers. The group maintains that the Papar Dam is a rehash of the old Kaiduan Dam project initiated by the previous Barisan Nasional government, which they had also protested against. Its spokesman, Diana Sipail, said Shafie had gone against Warisan’s previous election pledge of scrapping the project entirely. “The residents of Ulu and Hilir Papar and other villages along the rive…