On December 18, 2015, the Panel received a Request for Inspection sent by community members from several localities in East Godavari District of the State of Andhra Pradesh, India, claiming harms caused by the involuntary resettlement in the context of the widening of National Highway 216, allegedly financed by the World Bank. After conducting its due diligence, the Panel determined that the alleged harms are not linked to any project supported by IBRD or IDA. The Panel therefore decided not to register the Request.
The Panel notes that, if in the future, the road mentioned in the Request comes to be supported by Bank financing, the Panel would be in a position to reassess the existence of a plausible link between a Bank-supported Project and the alleged harms. Hence, in such a case, the Requesters retain their right to re-submit a Request for Inspection concerning the issues raised.
