Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Baram Dam (Baram Hydro-electric Dam Project) is a proposed gravity dam on the Baram River in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. The site of the dam is 250 kilometres (160 mi) inland from Miri, the second largest city in Sarawak. The dam is part of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy.The dam will be 162 metres (531 ft) tall and its reservoir will cover an area of 39,000 hectares (96,000 acres). At least 20,000 people from 25 longhouses will be displaced when the dam is built.SAVE Sarawak’s Rivers Network (SAVE Rivers) oppose the construction of the dam. A protest was held at the site of the proposed dam when a "Manyau Dalleh" ceremony was performed, traditionally used to cleanse land and people after a calamity.The Baram MP Jacob Dungau Sagan, currently the Malaysian Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, was accused of supporting the project after obtaining RM63 million worth of contracts and timber concessions for the Baram district. He dismissed it as a political ploy ahead of parliamentary elections.. }
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- Baram_Dam abstract "The Baram Dam (Baram Hydro-electric Dam Project) is a proposed gravity dam on the Baram River in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. The site of the dam is 250 kilometres (160 mi) inland from Miri, the second largest city in Sarawak. The dam is part of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy.The dam will be 162 metres (531 ft) tall and its reservoir will cover an area of 39,000 hectares (96,000 acres). At least 20,000 people from 25 longhouses will be displaced when the dam is built.SAVE Sarawak’s Rivers Network (SAVE Rivers) oppose the construction of the dam. A protest was held at the site of the proposed dam when a "Manyau Dalleh" ceremony was performed, traditionally used to cleanse land and people after a calamity.The Baram MP Jacob Dungau Sagan, currently the Malaysian Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, was accused of supporting the project after obtaining RM63 million worth of contracts and timber concessions for the Baram district. He dismissed it as a political ploy ahead of parliamentary elections.".