Complaint > Power Development Project

Eligibility: 87-Eligibility Report and Recommendation (English)

...cash compensation, the methodology used to identify affected people, the amount of compensation provided and methods of payment. The Requesters, especially the ones whose lands have already been acquired due to tower pad construction or have houses in the RoW, told the Panel team that their livelihoods depend on farming their small plots of land, and that providing them with cash compensation without offering them alternative land would adversely affect their livelihood. The Panel team heard sev...

Complaint > Power Development Project

Management Action Plan: 87-First Management Progress Report

...compensation and other assistance in line with the updated RAP. OP/BP 4.12 NEA will continue to deliver the In progress Land outstanding compensation payments  Compensation amounting to NPR 27.8 million (62.6 percent) Acquisition and as set out in the updated RAP, with has been paid to the affected persons losing land and Compensation funds deposited in the Special structures, and the remaining pa...

Complaint > Power Development Project

Registration: 87-Notice of Registration (English)

...cash compensation." According to the Request, complainants want the transmission line to be realigned or that they be offered substitute land or ''fair and adequate compensation." Moreover, the Request states that land-based resettlement options should be preferred for persons whose livelihoods are land-based, and cash compensation may not be an appropriate compensation strategy in such cases. Inadequate Study ofAlternatives The Request states that complainants have repeatedly requested ...

Complaint > Power Development Project

Management Response: 87-Management Response (English)

...cash compensation for lost assets may be ap- percent of those affected requested cash compensation and propriate in certain limited circumstances. The self-relocation. ARAP claims that, “76 percent of the relocates prefer cash compensation considering that In addition to compensation, the Project includes the fol- such mode of payment will be easy in han- lowing ong...

Complaint > Power Development Project

Filing: 87-Request for Inspection (English)

...compensation, noting that, “[h]ouses(...) are evaluated at replacement value considering construction materials used” rather than productive potential and locational advantages.196 According to OP 4.12, payment of cash compensation for lost assets may be appropriate in certain limited circumstances.197 The ARAP claims that, “76 percent of the relocates prefer cash compensation considering that such mode of payment will be easy in handling.”198 However, Complainants have never mentioned cash comp...

Complaint > Power Development Project

Management Action Plan: 87-Second Management Progress Report-29 August 2017

...Compensation amounting to NPR 207.8 million (92 percent of the total compensation for this section) has been paid. This represents compensation for 132 2 land plots out of 159. Funds for compensation (plus 10 percent contingency) for the remaining 27 plots have been deposited in Special Purpose Accounts. This compensation has not been claimed, but will be ...

Complaint > Power Development Project

Compliance Report: 87-Investigation Report-Nepal Power Development Project

...Compensation. On the issue of relocation and compensation, Management states that the main dispute relates to compensation of land holders in the ROW whose land is not being acquired but would be impacted by the passing of the power lines over their land. These landowners are demanding compensation at 100% for land not acquired but impacted by the ROW. Management notes that the Government announced a compensation package which approved “compensation at 100 percent of land value, provision of a l...

Complaint > Power Development Project

Eligibility: 87-Management Report and Recommendation - Nepal Power Development Project

...compensation package proposed by the Government (compensation at 100 percent of land value, provision of a local road, and uninterrupted power supply) responds to community demands, as well as expectations recorded in the Project’s Social Assessment. Since the valuation of the land in July 2013, 96 out of 159 landowners have accepted the new compensation package and received cash compensation; the remaining landowners refused the compensation and continued to ask that the short section of the tr...

Complaint > Power Development Project

Management Response: 87-Update-Management Action Plan (English)

...compensation offered. Because of this expectation, funds for all outstanding payments to cover 100% of the land values have been placed in a special account of the Chief District Office (CDO) set aside for compensation purposes only, and the compensation is on-going. 9. Compensation in Dhanusa and Ramechap Districts. To date, the Project is not dis- puted in these districts. Land acquisition for all tower pads has been completed and towers erected. Compensation for the ROW, the land owners...