Kathmandu, Nepal

Nagdhunga Tunnel Construction Project affected families in the northwest of Kathmandu have today filed a complaint with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) citing impactsof the project on their sources of drinking water and irrigation as well as damages to their houses and lands. In the complaint, they have alleged that the impacts contravene the JICA’s Guidelines for Environmental and Social Considerations and requested the Examiners for the Guidelines to investigate compliance of the project with the Guidelines and mediate to resolve dispute for ensuring remedies to the affected families.