Aimed to provide irrigation facilities for 122,00 hectares of land in five districts in southern plains of Nepal by diverting water from the Sunkoshi river to Marin Khola (stream) in the east of the country, the Sunkoshi-Marin Multipurpose Diversion Project - termed as a "project of national pride" - will also generate 28.62 MW of hydroelectricity. The Project will build a 12-meter high dam across the Sunkoshi River and create a reservoir of an area of 312 hectares along Sunkoshi and Tamakoshi rivers.
Around 90 percent of the people living in the inundation area of the Project in Ramechhap and Sindhuli districts belong to highly marginalized Majhi community. Affected Majhi and other local communities of Ramechhap district have alleged that they have not been adequately informed and meaningfully consulted about the project and that there has not been an agreement on the decision making of the project, including in relation to land acquisition. While their grievances remain unaddressed, Nepal's Prime Minister KP Oli laid the foundation for the Project in Sindhuli on 4 March 2021.
With signatures of more than 300 affected persons of six villages that lie within the inundation area of the Project in Ramechhap district, the Sunkoshi-Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project Affected Committee has submitted their 13-point demands in relation to the Project to the concerned local and national authorities, federal and provincial parliamentarians from the district as well as the National Human Rights Commission demanding resolution of their grievances and respect of their rights in the context of the Project.
This video was shot during the discussions with the affected communities in December 2020 with information until the submission of their demands to the authorities. For more updates, including a recently published case study on the affected communities' concerns and struggles with the Project, see cemsoj.wordpre...
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