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Nagdhunga Tunnel Construction 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: 376

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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: 552

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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: 517

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Environmental

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding environmental impacts that do not refer specifically to water, pollution, or biodiversity.

Complaints with this Issue: 418

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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: 365

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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: 170

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Water

Description: Complaint raises concerns about access to or availability of water. Concerns related to water pollution are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 203

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Sectors

Infrastructure

Description: Project relates to construction or improvement of large structures, facilities, or public works projects. Examples include roads and other transportation projects, sanitation and water treatment facilities, power plants, and industrial facilities.

Complaints in this Sector: 1184

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Country: Nepal

Complaint

IAM: Examiner for Environmental Guidelines (EEG)

ID: nepal_02

Date Filed: Aug. 7, 2025

Status: Monitoring

Description

Complaint by residents of Chandragiri Municipality Ward No. 2 regarding JICA's alleged non-compliance in the Nagdhunga Tunnel Construction Project (ODA Loan, signed December 2016). Requesters allege tunnel construction caused drying of 24+ natural water sources, loss of irrigation water, damage to 135+ houses and sinkholes, inadequate consultation regarding the change to blasting construction methods, and failure of the grievance redress mechanism. The Examiners found non-compliance with the JICA Guidelines regarding the planning stage of the water supply program.

Complaint Stages

Filing

Aug. 7, 2025

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Aug. 7, 2025

Registration

Aug. 7, 2025 -

Aug. 22, 2025

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Aug. 7, 2025

End Date: Aug. 22, 2025

Eligibility

Aug. 22, 2025 -

Oct. 24, 2025

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Aug. 22, 2025

End Date: Oct. 24, 2025

Dispute Resolution

Not Undertaken

Dispute Resolution

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Complaint not yet reached stage

Compliance Review

Oct. 24, 2025 -

March 24, 2026

Compliance Review

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Oct. 24, 2025

End Date: March 24, 2026

Has Compliance Report: Yes

Non-Compliance Found: Yes

Monitoring

March 24, 2026

Monitoring

Status: In Progress

Start Date: March 24, 2026

Closed

Not Closed

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