Nepal - Power Development Project : Final Progress Report on implementation of Management's Action Plan (Anglais)

This is the third and final Progress Report to the Board of Executive Directors (the Board) on implementation of the Management Action Plan (MAP) in response to the Inspection Panel Investigation on the Nepal Power Development Project aimed to: (a) develop...  Voir la suite This is the third and final Progress Report to the Board of Executive Directors (the Board) on implementation of the Management Action Plan (MAP) in response to the Inspection Panel Investigation on the Nepal Power Development Project aimed to: (a) develop Nepal’s hydropower potential in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner to help meet electricity demand, (b) improve access to electricity services in rural areas, and (c) promote private sector participation in the hydropower sector.In response to a Request for Inspection, registered on July 24, 2013, by affected people in the Sindhuli district in the project area, the Inspection Panel recommended an investigation, and this was approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors. The Request raised various concerns related to: consideration of transmission line alternatives, compensation, alleged human rights violations by police, Indigenous Peoples, and consultation and disclosure. The Inspection Panel submitted its Investigation Report to the Board on February 12, 2015. On March 30, 2015, Management submitted its Report and Recommendation, including a detailed MAP developed in response to the Inspection Panel’s findings. On July 9, 2015, the Bank’s Board considered both reports and approved the MAP.Progress with the implementation of the MAP during the past three years has advanced considerably and Management considers that the MAP is now substantially completed. Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) assistance has been disbursed to 100 percent of the households affected by displacement and about 87 percent of the compensation for land acquisition has been paid. The project has also deposited the outstanding compensation amount, plus 10 percent, into an escrow account and informed the community that this amount is available to it when it decides to receive it. The grievance redress mechanism (GRM) is operational.The project was closed in December 2013 and the remaining activities are funded from government sources. Construction of all the towers for the double-circuit transmission line and stringing of one of the two circuits is complete and the circuit is operational. Stringing of the second circuit is in progress, with 67 out of 74 km completed; this is expected to be completed by October 2018.  Réduire