Campaign


Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) aims to divert 1.7 millions liters per day water from Melamchi river to Kathmandu Valley through 26.5 km tunnel. The project is jointly financed by Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), the Government of Japan, Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Norwegian Development Agency (NORAD), Nordic Development Fund (NDF), Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries Fund (OPEC-Fund) and the Government of Nepal. Ever since the inception the project is surrounded in controversies. Locals of Melamchi Valley and Kathmandu jointly filed a case in Office of Special Project Facilitator(OSPF) and Office of Compliance Review Panel (OCRP) of the ADB for the non-compliance of ADB's policies viz. Involuntary resettlement policy, environmental policy etc on the project.


Melamchi: Claims and Litigations Campaign Leaflets:
Arun III
Arun III hydroelectric project the capacity of 402 MW, located on the Arun River in Eastern Nepal. It will be a run-of-the-river project. A case is filed in the Supreme Court of Nepal against the project demanding the disclosure of all information and documents on the project. The Court had made a historic judgment in favour of claimants and order to release of all documents. Non-compliance of the World Bank operational policies in the project had been reported in the World Bank's Inspection Panel Report and advised the Bank's Board to mitigate these non-compliance before funding the project. The Bank eventually pull out from the project.