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Balakot Hydropower Development Project

Issues

Community health and safety

Description: Complaint raises concerns related to public health and safety including incidents of or an increase in accidents, release of hazardous materials, and spread of diseases. Concerns related to retaliation and/or violence are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 363

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Consultation and disclosure

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding inadequate or absent consultation about or disclosure of project information, including project impacts and/or mitigation plans.

Complaints with this Issue: 537

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Displacement (physical and/or economic)

Description: Complaint raises concerns about physical relocation, loss of shelter, and/or loss of assets that relate to income or livelihood.

Complaints with this Issue: 494

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Due diligence

Description: Complaint raises concerns about inadequate or absent prior investigation of project impacts.

Complaints with this Issue: 486

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Livelihoods

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts on the means by which people make a living, including wage-based income, trade and bartering, agriculture, fishing, foraging, and other natural-resource based means.

Complaints with this Issue: 345

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Other

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts that do not fit in one of the other categories. Complaints about which there is no publicly available information regarding the issues raised are also included.

Complaints with this Issue: 219

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Property damage

Description: Complaint raises concerns about specific harm to property, including buildings, land, or property value. Concerns related to physical or economic displacement, pollution, or community health and safety are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 169

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Retaliation (actual or feared)

Description: Complaint raises concerns about incidents or risk of harm against those who have raised concerns about the project perpetrated by the project company, government, public or private security forces, or other individuals acting on behalf of project proponents. Retaliation may include discrimination, slander, threats, denial of services, unfounded judicial proceedings, and termination of employment. Concerns regarding specific incidents of violence are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 71

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Violence against the community

Description: Complaint raises concerns about incidents of violence against community members or activists perpetrated by the project company, government, public or private security forces, or other individuals acting on behalf of project proponents.

Complaints with this Issue: 51

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Sectors

Energy

Description: Project relates to energy access, legal frameworks regarding the energy sector, and development and operation of energy infrastructure, including power generation and electric and gas distribution and storage. Projects specifically related to the extraction of oil and gas are not included.

Complaints in this Sector: 353

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Project

Name: Balakot Hydropower Development Project

Investments: ADB 49055-007

Client:

Support: Loans

Country: Pakistan

Complaint

IAM: Special Project Facilitator and Compliance Review Panel (SPF CRP)

ID: 2024/3

Date Filed: Feb. 21, 2024

Status: Active

Description

The complainants assert that the provisions outlined in the Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan (LARP) for the project were not followed, among other issues.

Complaint Stages

Filing

Feb. 21, 2024

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Feb. 21, 2024

Registration

Feb. 21, 2024 -

Feb. 26, 2024

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Feb. 21, 2024

End Date: Feb. 26, 2024

Eligibility

Feb. 26, 2024

Eligibility

Status: In Progress

Start Date: Feb. 26, 2024

Dispute Resolution

Not Undertaken

Dispute Resolution

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Complaint not yet reached stage, Eligibility in progress

Compliance Review

Not Undertaken

Compliance Review

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Complaint not yet reached stage, Eligibility in progress

Has Compliance Report: No

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

Not Undertaken

Monitoring

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Complaint not yet reached stage, Eligibility in progress

Closed

Not Closed

Timeline