Kathmandu,
Dec. 5:
Work
has been initiated to create the necessary policy for the resettlement and
rehabilitation of the people affected by the Budhigandaki Hydroelectricity
Project.
The
policy formulation is started to manage more than 3,000 households of 27 erstwhile
Village Development Committees, said Krishna Karki, Head of Project’s
Environment Assessment, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Unit.
According
to him, the project is discussing with the stakeholders including the locals.
“Preparing plan
for the resettlement is the first process in rehabilitation,” he said.
The project is
also collecting suggestions from the local representatives for the compensation
in Arughat and Aarkhet.
Published in The Rising Nepal on 6 December 2018.
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