Guwahati, May 6 -- By NE NOW NEWS

Guwahati: Forty-nine civil society organisations and residents of Kachin state in northwestern Myanmar on Tuesday jointly opposed renewed efforts by Myanmar's military regime to restart the China-backed Myitsone Dam project, calling for its permanent cancellation.

In a joint statement, the groups criticised the junta's December 2025 order threatening legal action against those opposing the project. They accused China's state-owned company SPIC-YN and successive authoritarian governments in Myanmar of attempting to push the project forward in the name of development while disregarding public opposition.

The groups warned that the proposed 139.5-metre-high dam would inundate an area comparable in size to...