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Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project (P096124) – (Third Request)

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: 336

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Cultural heritage

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts on any type of tangible or intangible cultural heritage, including significant sites, unique environmental features, cultural knowledge, and traditional lifestyles.

Complaints with this Issue: 113

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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: 440

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Due diligence

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

Complaints with this Issue: 456

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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: 366

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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: 319

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Pollution

Description: Complaint raises concerns about releases of pollutants related to the project, including hazardous or non-hazardous chemicals, minerals, metals, pathogens, odors, noise, vibration, radiation, light, and heat.

Complaints with this Issue: 219

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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: 46

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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: 187

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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: 325

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Regulatory Development

Description: Project relates specifically to development or reform of legal frameworks, including laws and regulations.

Complaints in this Sector: 167

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Project

Name: Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Investments: WB P096124

Client:

Support:

Country: India

Complaint

IAM: Inspection Panel (Panel)

ID: 159

Date Filed: July 12, 2022

Status: Closed Without Outputs

Description

The Requesters allege they are suffering or may suffer harm from the World Bank-financed Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project in India due to non-compliance with the Bank’s safeguard policies on Physical Cultural Resources, Involuntary Resettlement, Environmental Assessment, and Safety of Dams. They allege that their village and a 1,000-year-old temple in their village, which has significant cultural and historical importance, is at risk of being severely damaged due to the project activities, including the dumping of muck. They also state that their cultural identity is at risk of being lost. Furthermore, the Requesters allege the compensation for resettlement is was inadequate. They claim that resettlement activities have caused a loss of livelihood and income. They allege that 16 households were forcibly evicted. They further allege that the water supply at one of resettlement locations is limited to 2 hours/day. Additionally, the Requesters allege that the Project design has not accounted for extreme weather events and disasters in the Project area, which they claim may cause economic and physical harm. They raise concerns relating to the safety of the Vishnugad Pipalkoti dam. They state that alternative sites for the muck dumping were not adequately analyzed

Complaint Stages

Filing

July 12, 2022

Filing

Status:

Start Date: July 12, 2022

Registration

July 12, 2022 -

Aug. 19, 2022

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: July 12, 2022

End Date: Aug. 19, 2022

Eligibility

Aug. 19, 2022 -

Oct. 21, 2022

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Explanation: Outside of mandate, Alleged bank action did not occur; Outside of mandate, Inadequate link between bank action and harm alleged

Dispute Resolution

Not Undertaken

Dispute Resolution

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Case closed in earlier stage, Complaint was originally found ineligible or not registered

Compliance Review

Not Undertaken

Compliance Review

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Case closed in earlier stage, Complaint was originally found ineligible or not registered

Has Compliance Report: No

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

Not Undertaken

Monitoring

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Case closed in earlier stage, Complaint was originally found ineligible or not registered

Closed

Not Closed

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