The project we’re assessing in India is a hydroelectric dam in Himachal Pradesh. Himachal is so unlike Kolkata it seems like a different country. Homelessness and illiteracy are all but eliminated. Every house has electricity and the caste system barely persists, since wealth disparities are so reduced.
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Author: Kendyl Salcito, executive director, NomoGaia
Kendyl Salcito developed her expertise in human rights and business as a foreign reporter in Southeast Asia and North America. She has advised industry groups on corporate human rights performance and contributed to the development of the UN’s Guidance Principles for Human Rights and Business.
