Gorkha. Compensation has been determined for the residents of the area affected by the Budhigandaki Hydropower Project. The compensation has been determined with the participation of people’s representatives of Chumanubri Rural Municipality, representatives of the development company Sahas Urja and locals.
According to Him Pathak, Managing Director of Sahas Urja, the price of land in the settlement area of Salleri in Ward No. 3, where the dam is being built, has been fixed at Rs 300,000 per anna. ‘For those with land less than four annas, compensation has been determined at Rs 400,000 per anna and outside the settlement, compensation has been fixed at Rs 150,000 per anna.’ According to him, it is estimated that compensation of about 80 ropanis should be given.
The said meeting has not evaluated the houses. He informed that the compensation for the house will be determined based on the report prepared by the rural municipality technician. 26 households will be displaced by the project.
Nima Lama, the chairperson of the rural municipality, informed that discussions are also being held on the rehabilitation of the displaced. “Discussions are underway to resettle some of those displaced due to the flooding in films and others in real life, but no decision has been made,” Lama said.
Rural Municipality Chairperson Nima Lama, Vice Chairperson Laxmi Gurung, Ward No. 2 Chairperson Ram Kumar Gurung, executive members, ward members, representatives of the Nepali Congress, Nepal Communist Party (UML) and CPN (Maoist Center), residents of Salleri, Bhaluvan, Jagat, Nagchet, and others were present at the compensation determination meeting.
The project, with a capacity of 341 megawatts using semi-reservoir (peaking run of river) technology, is the largest project run by the private sector. Sahas Urja will construct a dam in Salleri and from there, it will generate electricity at the Tatopani Power House in Dharche-3 through a 6.8-kilometer underground tunnel. The electricity generated will be connected to the central transmission line through a 45-kilometer transmission line through the Ratamate substation in Nuwakot. The total cost of the project is 70 billion.
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