[3] Since the late 1990s, the Burmese Government proposed to build the Tasang dam but was unable to implement the construction plan until this decade because of civil unrest.

[1] The Tasang concrete-faced rockfill dam is designed to be 228 metres (748 ft) tall and house a hydro-power station with a 7,110 MW capacity to produce 35,446 GWh annually.

[4] Tasang's 870 km2 (340 sq mi) reservoir will bisect a large portion of Shan State, preluding serious social and environmental problems.

The dam's reservoir will dissect Shan State in half –almost to the Chinese border – and will negatively impact the local communities and ecosystems.

Myanmar's Junta is responsible for the relocations and there have reports of serious human rights violations including executions.