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From: psubedi@site.gmu.edu (Purushottam Subedi (CS 555))
Subject: Information on Arun III project
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 00:35:08 -0500 (EST)
(Following information is supplied by Nepal Human Rights
Committee-USA. The information is also in The Nepali Literature
Home Page on WWW at the following http address:
http://www.site.gmu.edu/~psubedi. You need to follow the hot links
"NepalHuman Rights Committee-USA" then "Arun III". The latest copy of
Nepal Today published by NHRC-USA can also be found there.)
ARUN III:
CONTROVERSY OVER WORLD BANK-SUPPORTED HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT IN
NEPAL
(unedited version)
July 31, 1994
Washington, DC
The following information on the World-Bank supported mega
hydro-el-ectric project in Nepal has been compiled by Gopal
Siwakoti, Executive Director of Kathmandu-based International
Institute for Human Rights, Environment and Development (INHURED
INTERNATIONAL) and a founding member of the Arun Concerned Group,
with the main objective of providing detailed information about
Nepal's most controversial "development" project in history for the
benefit of those who have access to e-mail as well as to those who
would like to participate in the debate.
On the basis of the following information and your own
independent sources, we would like to request you to:
1. Express your concerns in writing to the government of Nepal,
World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other bilateral donors
(Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden);
2. Urge the donors not to reach into any final decision on Arun
III before it is fully debated in and approved by the new
Parliament to be elected in November 1994;
3. Publicize Arun III issues in your network, e.g. your own E-
Mail network, and publications.
We appreciate very much if you could send us a copy of your
appeal or publications on Arun III, if any, at Arun Concerned
Group, P.O. Box 2125, Kathmandu, Nepal.
More information can be obtained by contacting in the following addresses:
Gopal Siwakoti
INHURED International
P.O. Box 2125, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: (977-1) 419610, Fax: (977-1) 412538
Arun Concerned Group
(c/o INHURED International, Secretariat)
Purushottam Subedi
Nepal Human Rights Committee-USA
E-mail: psubedi@osf1.gmu.edu
Bikash Pandey
Alliance for Energy
P.O. Box 2772
Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Fax: (977-1) 220161
Lori Udall
Director
International Rivers Network
1025 Vermont Ave., NW #300
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 783-7400, Fax: (202) 879-4293
e-mail: irndc @ igc.apc.org.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Section 1
Arun III: An Introduction and Issues of Concern
Arun Concerned Group
Section 2
NGO Presentation at the World Bank Consultation
(a) Issues Regarding Access to Information and Public Participation
on Arun III
Gopal Siwakoti, Arun Concerned Group
(b) Arun III and Alternatives of Energy Development in Nepal
Bikash Pandey, Alliance for Energy & ITDG
(c) Arun III and Its Environmental and Social Impacts
Ganesh Ghimire, Arun Concerned Group
Section 3
Joint Appeal to the Executive Director of the World Bank
Section 4
Joint Appeal to the Bilateral Donors (Finland, France, Japan,
Sweden)
Section 5
Memorandum Submitted to Executive Directors and bilateral donors
on Arun III Hydroelectric Project in Nepal Regarding Access to
Information and Parliamentary Discussion
Gopal Siwakoti, INHURED International
Section 6
Supporters of Proposed World Bank Hydroelectric Dam Threaten
Lives of Objectors, Nepalese Government Encourages Attacks on
Citizen Activists
Press Release of the Friends of the Earth-USA
Section 7
The Historic Decision of the Supreme Court in favor of the Right
to Information on Arun III Hydroelectric Project
Section 8
International Solidarity on Arun III Campaign
A. Letter of GLOBE to the World Bank
B. International Non-Governmental Organizations
C. US Congressman
Section 9
Nepal Government's Position on Arun III
Section 10
Miscellaneous
Major Hydroelectric Projects Identified by the Government
(1992)
What Prime Minister GP Koirala Said about World Bank Two
Years Ago
Important Notice
BACKGROUND
The World Bank has postponed the July 26 vote on the
controversial Arun III Hydroelectric Project in Nepal up to October
1994. Reportedly this is because the Japanese Government is
reluctant to be listed as a donor until it is fully satisfied with
the project. Japanese government's study mission is already in
Nepal during the week of this compilation (July 31, 1994)
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