Khandbari (Sankhuwasabha), Sept 1: Two hundred and sixty-eight families will be directly affected by the Lower Arun Hydroelectricity Project. The 669-MW project is located in Sankhuwasabha district of Koshi Province.
According to the draft report, 'Lower
Arun Hydroelectricity Resettlement and Rehabilitation', proposed by the project
developer company Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, a hydropower generating company of
India, nearly 65 hectares land belonging to the locals is to be acquired for
the project.
"Apart from this, 70 hectares
land would be forest area and six hectares public land," said Arun Dhiman,
Chief Executive Director of Lower Arun Power Development Company. The Project
stated that the affected locals would be provided around Rs 1.40 billion in
compensation.
Satluj, the power developer
company, has started consultations with the residents of the project- affected
area after the confirmation of the operation of the Project.
The project will not have any
reservoir or dam and will be a tailrace development of the Arun-III hydro
project, which will mean water re-enters the river for the Lower Arun project.
For this, approximately 17.4 kilometres tunnel will be constructed at Chewabesi
of Khandbari Municipality-2.
Satluj is also developing the
900-MW Arun-III Project. (RSS)