Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Management Action Plan: Fourth Progress Report on Management Action Plan

...Cash assistance for fuel and fodder: To support local women (who are primarily engaged in collecting fuel and fodder for their families), the Project offered cash compensation for five years to mitigate the temporary loss of access to community forest or Van Panch...

Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Management Action Plan: Second Progress Report on Management Action Plan

...compensation. At the time of the Bank’s last mission in September 2016, a further 3 families had agreed to compensation packages, and were in the process of formalizing these agreements. Only six families are still in negotiation with THDCIL on resettlement compensation. Out of these six families, four are living in other cities in India and are therefore not dependent on their Hatsari landholding for their livelihoods. The two families that...

Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Management Action Plan: Third Progress Report on Management Action Plan

...compensation packages with the property owners, but has not made further progress over the past year. Of the 17 families of Hatsari, 11 have reached an agreement with THDC regarding relocation, and 6 families remain in discussion with THDC on compensation packages. Negotiations remain ongoing with these remaining six families but no agreement on compensation has been reached. The reasons for lack of progress in this area are not entirely clear, but appear due, in part, to the following factors: ...

Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Management Action Plan: First Progress Report on Management Action Plan

...compensation and R&R assistance. However, Hatsari rejected the package. THDC put forward several enhanced relocation and compensation options, but these too were rejected by the Hatsari households (17 families). As a consequence, THDC changed the location of the switchyard, the alignment of the adit to the tail race tunnel, and the approach road to the surge shaft so that the Hatsari land would not be required for the Project. However, concerned about the impacts of construction nearby, THDC has...