On August 21, 2019, residents of Tarlong Village, Thipaw, and surrounding villages gathered together and protested by hanging vinyls against the community’s fortune-telling ceremony and the construction of the Upper Ye Village Dam. As a result of the construction of the Upper Ye Village Dam, the entire Tarlong village and the houses and farmlands that the residents depend on for survival. Historical places, stupas, All livelihood areas will be flooded.