West Seti Hydro

West Seti seeks land in hill

May 28, 2009  

Kathmandu, May 28, 2009: West Seti Hydroelectric Project (WSHP) has started looking for resettlement land in the hills for people to be displaced by the Project. Prior to this, the project looked for resettlement land in Terai districts. The project is looking for resettlement land in all four project-affected districts along with Achham.

The 750 MW project has to resettle people from 34 wards of 15 VDCs in Doti, Dadeldhura, Bajhang and Baitadi.  As per the data collected by the project nine years back, a total of 1579 households from reservoir area needed resettlement. [Read More]