Nepal: Report finds accountability gaps, environmental risks, and community exclusion in the Tamakoshi V Hydroelectric Project, calling for reassessment
" Tamakoshi V Hydroelectric Project: Early Warning Case Study", 10 October 2023
This case study on the Tamakoshi V Hydroelectric Project aims to analyze the impacts of the Project during its early stages of implementation in order to identify potential gaps in the accountability framework for the Project in line with the policies of its financier Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as well as wider impacts of the Project in the context of cumulative impacts of the cascade dams being built or planned in the Tamakoshi River.
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The case study calls for calls for serious reassessment of the Project on the grounds of outdated feasibility study and inadequate information disclosure, lack of participation and consent of the affected communities, and potential cumulative environmental harms, among other concerns.
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