Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Filing: Request for Inspection (English)

...request for Inspection of the Loan to THDC India Limited for the Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project. The following documents are attached, please. Sl Details Page No Nos 1 Request from and others in Hindi. 2-4 2 English translation of request from and 5-7 oth...

Complaint > Coal Sector Mitigation Project and Coal Sector Rehabitation Project

Eligibility: 23-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request eligible and recommended an in- vestigation into the matters alleged in the Request. The Executive Directors recorded their approval of the Panel’s recommendation for investigation on September 7, 2001. 7. Four months after the Executive Directors authorized an investigation into the issues raised in the Request, the Requesters submitted two additional documents to the Panel. The first docu- ment elaborated on Paragraph 4(a) of the original Request, and introduced additional a...

Complaint > Lom Pangar Hydropower Project

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...Request is identical to the report submitted to the GRS in 2016). 22. The Requesters did not submit, with their Request, any information in addition to the 2015 report to substantiate their allegations. 23. The Requesters acknowledge their engagement with the GRS, but maintain that their problems remained unsolved. As the Requesters asked the Inspection Panel to keep their identities confidential, Management is unable to fully ascertain whether the Requesters are the same managerial empl...

Complaint > Santa Fe Road Infrastructure Project and Provincial Road Infrastructure Project, 3rd Request

Management Response: 51-Management Response (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ06/05 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Argentina: Santa Fe Road Infrastructure Project (Loan No. 7429-AR) financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank). 2. This Request follows two earlier Requests that were submitted to the Inspection Panel in 2006. The First Request was submitted on September 11, 2006, (IPN Request RQ06/05) and concerned the Argentina: Provincial Road Infrastructure Project wh...

Complaint > Transport Sector Support Project and its Additional Financing

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...Request does assert that its subject matter has been brought to Management’s attention and that, in the Requester’s view, Management has failed to respond adequately demonstrating that it has followed or is taking steps to follow the Bank’s policies and procedures.” The Panel has verified that the Requesters’ concerns were brought to the Bank’s attention prior to the filing of the Request. The Requesters first contacted the Panel on October ...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Management Response: 40-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request was submitted on behalf of the members of the Association, which is composed of 12 communities affected by the Project around the Badagry area, in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria (hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”). 2. The Executive Directors and the President of IDA were notified by the Panel of receipt of the Request. The Management responded to the claims in the Request on June 6, 2006. 3. In its Report to the Board on July 7, 2006, the Panel refrained from recommen...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Eligibility: 31-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ04/02 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Colombia- Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project (“the Project”) financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). The Request was submitted by the Corporación Cartagena Honesta (CCH, hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”) on its own behalf and on behalf of 125 residents of Punta Canoa, 139 residents of Arroyo de Piedra, 41 residents ...

Complaint > Mumbai Urban Transport Project

Management Action Plan: 32-Fourth Management Progress Report

...Requesters, Gazi Nagar, has relocated from SCLR to a non-MUTP site of their choice. With respect to the third group of Requesters, the Bharti Nagar residents along the SCLR, MMRDA has clarified that the Project will neither affect nor disturb these Requesters. The fourth group of Requesters, the shopkeepers affected by Jogeshwari ROB has not been resettled. Now that the ROBs have been removed from MUTP as part of Project restructuring, this group will be resettled as per the agreed procedure exp...

Complaint > NTPC I Power Generation Project

Filing: Request for Inspection

The Inspection Panel 1818, H St. NW Washington D C 20433 USA REQUEST FOR INSPECTION NTPC POWER GENERATION PROJECT Cr. 3632 1. The undersigned, Madhu Kohli, files this claim on her own behalf and on behalf of persons whose names and addresses are attached. I represent the case of residents of Singrauli, India. The Singrauli region consisting of approximately 400 villages is situated in one of the remote parts of India about a 1000 Km away from Delhi...

Complaint > Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project

Eligibility: Second Report and Recommendation

...Requester #2’s house. These individuals stated that they were representatives of the World Bank and asked about the reasons that Requester #2’s family refused to participate in the LPS. III. Harms to the Requesters 23. Each of the Requesters owns agricultural land in Amaravati, which they rely on for their livelihoods, and none of the Requesters has joined the Land Pooling Scheme. The Requesters have and are likely to experience harm as a result of the A...

Complaint > Tata Tea-01/CAO Vice President Request

Monitoring: CAO Monitoring Report of IFC regarding Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL), India - January 2019

...President, following complaints from international unions. The CAO compliance investigation acknowledged that IFC’s investment in APPL was a challenging one, but one with potential for significant development impact, given the poor and vulnerable status of the client’s workforce. At the same time, CAO’s investigation documented non-compliance in relation to IFC’s assessment and management of E&S risk associated with the investment. Given the vulnerable status of workers and the client’s re...

Complaint > Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...Requester #2’s house. These individuals stated that they were representatives of the World Bank and asked about the reasons that Requester #2’s family refused to participate in the LPS. III. Harms to the Requesters 23. Each of the Requesters owns agricultural land in Amaravati, which they rely on for their livelihoods, and none of the Requesters has joined the Land Pooling Scheme. The Requesters have and are likely to experience harm as a result of the A...

Complaint > Power Development Project

Compliance Report: 87-Investigation Report-Nepal Power Development Project

...Requesters originate. C. Summary of the Request for Inspection and Management Response C1. Requesters Claims 11. A summary of the allegations stated in the Request is provided below. The complete Request is available on the Panel website. 13 12. Inadequate Study of Alternatives. The Requesters demand that the transmission line be “realigned to an alternative route where there is no human settlement,” thus avoiding re-location and minimizing damage to cultural properti...

Complaint > Tata Ultra Mega-02/Tragadi Village

Appraisal: Tata Ultra Mega-02 Appraisal Report - September 2017 - English

...President of the World Bank Group. CAO reviews complaints from communities affected by development projects undertaken by the two private sector arms of the World Bank Group, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). For more information about CAO, please visit www.cao-ombudsman.org Compliance Appraisal Report – Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (Complaint 02), India 2 Table of Contents Acronyms ....................................

Complaint > Tata Ultra Mega-01/Mundra and Anjar

Monitoring: English

...President of the World Bank Group. CAO reviews complaints from communities affected by development projects undertaken by the two private sector lending arms of the World Bank Group, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). For more information about CAO, please visit www.cao-ombudsman.org CAO Monitoring Report C-I-R6-Y12-F...

Complaint > Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project

Management Action Plan: Remedial Actions (English)

...President, Private Sector and Cofinancing Operations From: Dingding Tang Chair, CRP and concurrently Head, OCRP Subject: Proposed Remedial Action Plan on IND: Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project—CRP’s Comments 1. Thanks for your memo dated 27 May 2015 sharing the draft remedial actions with the Compliance Review Panel (CRP) on the captioned subject and seeking its comments in pursuance of paragraph 190 of the Accountability Mechanism Po...

Complaint > Yanacocha-02/Cajamarca

Agreement: January 2002

...requested a response from the consulting team to the third and fourth questions. 1. The study appears to be more focused on research than on assessment. Research can take a very long time. We as a Mesa want an assessment and a conclusion. Dr. Josh Lipton responded, “Our work plan is to begin a study and we don’t want to be here for two years waiting for results. We understand the idea is not to study this forever. We understand the objective of the study is to answer the...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: English

...President of the World Bank Group. The CAO reviews complaints from Communities affected by development projects undertaken by the private sector lending and insurance members of the World Bank Group, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). The CAO works to respond quickly and effectively to complaints through mediated settlements headed by the CAO Ombudsman, or through compliance audits that ensure adherence with relevant policies. The...

Complaint > Mumbai Urban Transport Project

Management Action Plan: 32-First Management Progress Report

...requests for prior review for 1,205 households, consisting of 1,056 from the Kurla railway line, 30 shopkeepers from SCLR and 119 from JVLR-II, including 109 shopkeepers. The Bank reviewed these cases and provided its no objection by advising MMRDA to follow certain actions prior to shifting of people, such as the issuance of identity cards, payment of shifting allowances, and ensuring that the buildings are ready for occupation. In some other cases, MMRDA could not submit the request for prior ...

Complaint > Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Third Report and Recommendation(English)

...Requester #2’s house. These individuals stated that they were representatives of the World Bank and asked about the reasons that Requester #2’s family refused to participate in the LPS. III. Harms to the Requesters 23. Each of the Requesters owns agricultural land in Amaravati, which they rely on for their livelihoods, and none of the Requesters has joined the Land Pooling Scheme. The Requesters have and are likely to experience harm as a result of the A...