INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KIMATHANKA, SEPTEMBER 20Construction work of the power house of the 900 megawatts
Arun III hydropower project in Sankhuwasabha has come to a halt.
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The local people stopped the
construction for around three weeks demanding compensation for the land to be acquired along the Chhyangkuti-Diding Pukhuwa approach road of
the Arun III project site
As a result of a protest by local people, work on the power house of the project and the entrance route has come to a standstill.They have
been forced to take to the streets as the government did not address their demands, said Jani Kumar Rai, coordinator of the Arun Entrance
Route Struggle Committee.
The local people have been demanding compensation for the land to be acquired along the
Chhyangkuti-Diding Pukhuwa
Four-hundred-fifty-four ropanis of land are yet to be acquired from Chhyangkuti to Pukhuwa
The protesting people warned of continuing the protest until their compensation is deposited in the account of the district administration
They have been protesting for the past seven years demanding compensation.According to the project development agreement reached with the
Indian construction company, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, which is constructing the project, the Government of Nepal has to bear Rs 80 million
daily if the construction is halted by local people.On 9 May 2023, the compensation determination committee formed to compensate the missing
affected local people decided to provide Rs 1.1 million in compensation per ropani of land acquired along the Chhyangkuti-Diding road for
However, the affected local people have yet to get the compensation
Nepal will get 197 megawatts of electricity from the project, it has been said
Over Rs 115 billion is estimated for the project
More than 3,000 workers are working in the project.A version of this article appears in the print on September 21, 2023, of The Himalayan
This article first appeared/also appeared in https://thehimalayantimes.com
