Vaishnavi Varadarajan wrote an article on the Tahanu case where the Indigenous Magar are facing the negative consequences of the construction of a hydropower dam. I wrote my MSc thesis on this case and stayed with them during my time in Nepal. Almost two years later after, they are still fighting for justice and compensation. Read more about it in the article. Interested in my research? Send me a message. #energyjustice #restorativejustice #hydropower
“Whatever benefit comes from the project, the company takes the cream from the milk and gives us the last remaining parts. We don’t want to settle for that, we want our equal share of the benefits and we won’t come to an agreement until our demands are respected,” There is so much to learn from the resolute strength and articulation of the Magar Indigenous community in Tanahu, Nepal. Through their complaints to the independent accountability mechanisms of Asian Development Bank (ADB) and European Investment Bank (EIB) against the Tanahu Hydropower Project, they used the safeguard policies of ADB and EIB along with the ILO 169 and United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People to implement their demands for their right to free, prior and informed consent to be respected and land for land compensation to be provided for titled and untitled lands.
