12 August 2004
Request comes after dissatisfaction with delay in the problem solving phase.
The complainants in the Southern Transport Development Project in
Sri Lanka, ADB's second inspection case under the new Accountability
Mechanism, have notified the ADB of their intention to make a request
to the Compliance Review Panel to investigate possible ADB policy
breaches in the Project.
In a recent letter addressed to the
Special Projects Facilitator, the complainants note that the
"Assessment Phase" of the consultation process should have been
completed within 49 days of the receipt of the Complaint; instead, this
phase has yet to be completed even though 82 days have passed since the
receipt of the original request. They allege that this delay has put
them in serious danger of losing their homes to the Project and thus
may render any "consultation process" meaningless. To read the full
text, see:
To read the response of the Special Projects Facilitator to the complainants' letter, see: