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INSPECTION:
Inspection
Panel Members Appointed.
The Panel comprises Mr. Anthony
Ranjit Bevis Amerasinghe (Sri Lanka), Mr. Goran Eklof (Sweden),
Mr. Neeraj Narayan Joshi (Nepal) and Mr. Lawrence Williams (USA).
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Request for the
Final Report of the GRSC to the Chair person of ADB Board Inspection
Committee.
12 November 2003. |
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INSPECTION:
Demand for transparency
and information disclosure pertaining to the GRSC (Email to
Chair person of ADB Board Inspection Committee). Chashma Inspection
Requesters. 3 November 2003.
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"Power
excludes, conceals, and produces its own reality. This is true when
we talk of mega 'development' projects implemented in Pakistan.
For Amertiya Sen, development is a process which expands human freedom,
entitlements and rights. But in Pakistan, the so-called development
has robbed a large number of people of their freedom, dignity, entitlements
and rights..."
Special
cover story of "Consumer Wise", a monthly magazine
published by the Network for the Protection of Consumer Rights.
An editorial team of the Consumer Wise recently visited the project
area. The story is based on field visits and interviews from local
communities. By Mazhar Arif. October/Novermber 2003. (pdf)
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| INSPECTION:
ADB announced the timetable for next
steps in Chashma Inspection Process (selection of Inspection Panel
members, developing Terms of Reference for the investigation, etc.).
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INSPECTION:
ADB
Board Inspection Committee (BIC) did not accept the demand from
the requesters and their supporters that the inspection should be
commenced immediatly. Despite of clear dysfunctioning of the GRSC
and rejection of the GRSC by numerous violated communities, ADB
once again decided to delay the inspection until December 2003.
Letter
from BIC to Chashma Inspection Requesters. (pdf)
BIC, ADB. 1 October 2003.
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INSPECTION:
Letter
to the Chairperson of the ADB Board Inspection Committee requesting
Immediate Start of Inspection. (pdf)
Chashma Inspection Requesters, Endorsed by 27 Individuals and Civil
Society Organizations. 4 September 2003. |
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ALERT/INSPECTION:
Email to the secretariat
of the ADB Board Inspection Committee.
Chashma Inspection Requesters. 2 September 2003. |
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INSPECTION
(GRSC) : Review of Mid-Term Report of the ADB Management
on the GRSC and Comments on the Current Situation of the Chashma Irrigation
Project, "Adding more
Grievances: Process of Grievances Redress at CRBIP: By whom and for
what?" Sent to the Secretariat of ADB Board Inspection Committee.
Ghulam Mustafa Talpur, Senior Program Officer (Water Rights), ActionAid
Pakistan. 1 September 2003. |
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INSPECTION: Response
of the Chashma Inspection Requesters on the Mid Term Report on Progress
of the GRSC.
Chashma Inspection Requesters. 29 August 2003. |
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INSPECTION:
Personal Response of Mushtaq Gadi sent to Chair of ADB
Board Inspection Committee regarding the Manipulation and Misrepresentation
of facts by ADB Management in its Mid Term Report on the Chashma Grievance
Redress and Settlement Committee (GRSC).
Mushtaq Gadi. 27 August 2003. |
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Lok Sath Consultation, Aug. 24, 2003 |
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holding Protest Demonstration
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LOK
SATH: Chashma
Lok Sath met on 24th August 2003, at Taunsa Sharif. Over three hundred
farmers from various villages representing the western side of the
main canal, the command area and the eastern riverine belt attended
Lok Sath. An invitation letter to the members of GRSC was sent;
however, none of the GRSC members came to attend Lok Sath.
Lok
Sath rejected the recently released recommendations/entitlement
matrix proposed by the GRSC. It was observed that GRSC did not only
fail in its contact campaign but its recommendations are only eye
wash. After Lok Sath, a protest demonstration was also held in Taunsa
town.
LOK
SATH: A
Statement from Chashma Lok Sath.
Endorsed by Chashma Inspection Requesters and Representatives from
33 Villages. 24
August 2003.
INSPECTION:
Response
to 2nd invitation from the Grievance Redress and Settlement Committee
(GRSC).
Chashma Inspection Requesters. 18 August 2003.
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| Inundated
Village Mapal by Rowed Kohee Kora
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ALERT:
Report
on latest project-induced flooding and damages in Chashma
Project Area.
Shoaib Aziz. 9 August 2003.
Project-induced
flooding and displacement in the Chashma Project area is one
of major problems confronted by local communities living in
the west side of the main canal and the eastern Indus riverine
belt. During this monsoon seasons, flooding is most severe
after the end of about six-year drought. This
up-date is based on recent visits of few selected areas.
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INSPECTION:
Personal Letter of Mushtaq Gadi sent to Chair of ADB Board Inspection
Committee regarding the Manipulation and Misrepresentation of facts
by ADB Management in its Mid Term Report on the Chashma Grievance
Redress and Settlement Committee (GRSC).
Mushtaq Gadi. 9 August 2003. |
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GRSC:
2nd
Response to Invitation from the Grievance Redress and Settlement Committee
(GRSC).
Chashma Inspection Requesters. 18 August 2003. |
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GRSC:
Response to
Invitation from the Grievance Redress and Settlement Committee (GRSC).
Chashma Inspection Requesters. 21 July 2003. |
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INSPECTION:
Letter sent by
Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES) to
ADB Board of Executive Directors regarding lack of accountability
and legitimacy in the Chashma Inspection Process.
JACSES. 11 July 2003. |
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INSPECTION:
Letter
sent by International Accountability Project to ADB Board of Executive
Directors regarding lack of accountability and legitimacy in the Chashma
Inspection Process.
Dana Clark, President, International Accountability Project. 23 June
2003. |
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INSPECTION:
Letter
sent by Bank Information Center to ADB Requesting Immediate and Unconditional
Inspection.
Bank Information Center. 31 March 2003. |
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Report
on Facts and Concerns Regarding the Chashma Right Bank Irrigation
Project and the Grievance Redress and Settlement Committee.
Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES). 7
May 2003. |
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EVENT:
one-day hunger strike jointly organized by the affectees of the
Chashma Right Bank Irrigation Project and Chotiari Reservoir. Hunger-strike
was held on December 2002, in front of the office of Asian Development
Bank in Islamabad. The purpose of hunger-strike was to register
protest against the violation of bank's policies as well as brief
the media about adverse social and environmental impacts which are
unmitigated despite the fact that the projects will be formally
closed at the end of this month. The affectees vowed to contiue
their struggle until their demands are met.
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