SABANGAN, MT. PROVINCE : Indigenous people here stopped the construction of a 14-megawatt hydroelectric plant at Barangay Napua, fearing it would destroy their ancestral homes and pollute the environment.

The plant is a project of Hedcor Inc. that received a 20-day temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the regional hearing office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) on May 2, 2014.

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