Comments on the World Bank and ADB's annual update on NT2

Date: 
Friday, September 24, 2010

 International Rivers and Mekong Watch write this letter to send our comments and recommendations on the Update on the Lao PDR: Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project (NT2) dated July 7, 2010.

 We agree that “many of the key challenges still lie ahead” on this project. However, we have different observations on the issues we raised in this letter and still believe that NT2 is not compliant with the Concession Agreement, the World Bank’s Safeguard Policy on Resettlement, and the Prime Minister’s Decree on the Compensation and Resettlement of the Development Project. Thus, we would like the World Bank and Asian Development Bank to address these issues as soon as possible. (Read the letter)

You also can read the World Bank and Asian Development Bank's response to our letter here.

Please click here to read the Update on the Lao PDR: Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project (NT2) dated July 7, 2010 prepared by the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.