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Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report Project Number: 44168-012 Capacity Development Technical Assistance (CDTA) October 2013 Nepal: Mainstreaming Climate Change Risk Management in Development (Financed by the Strategic Climate Fund) District Baseline Reports: Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads (DOLIDAR) Achhame, Banke, Chitwan, Kathmandu, and Panchthar Districts Prepared by ICEM – International Centre for Environmental Management This consultant’s report does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB or the Government concerned, and ADB and the Government cannot be held liable for its contents. (For project preparatory technical assistance: All the views expressed herein may not be incorporated into the proposed project’s design. MOSTE | Mainstreaming climate change risk management in development | DoLIDAR District Baseline TA – 7984 NEP October, 2013 Mainstreaming Climate Change Risk Management in Development 1 Main Consultancy Package (44768-012) ACHHAM DISTRICT BASELINE: DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT & AGRICULTURAL ROADS (DOLIDAR) Prepared by ICEM – International Centre for Environmental Management METCON Consultants APTEC Consulting Prepared for Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Nepal Environment Natural Resources and Agriculture Department, South Asia Department, Asian Development Bank Version B 1 MOSTE | Mainstreaming climate change risk management in development | DoLIDAR District Baseline TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 ACHHAM DISTRICT ........................................................................................................... 1 1.1 District Sector Master Plan ............................................................................................. 1 1.2 Sector budgeting and staff .............................................................................................. 1 1.3 Sector trends and issues ................................................................................................. 1 1.3.1 Trends ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3.2 Issues ........................................................................................................................................ 2 1.4 Past extremes in the district ........................................................................................... 2 1.5 Linkages to other sectors ................................................................................................ 2 1.6 Priority infrastructure in Dolakha District ....................................................................... 2 1.6.1 Prioritisation process ................................................................................................................ 2 2 ACHHAM DISTRICT: ASSET BASELINE ................................................................................ 4 2.1 Asset1: Mangalsen – Oligaun – Sila Road ....................................................................... 4 2.1.1 Asset Description ...................................................................................................................... 4 2.1.2 Adaptation audit ...................................................................................................................... 5 ANNEX A – MAP OF ACHHAM ....................................................................................................... 1 ANNEX B: YEARLY IMPLEMENTATION CALENDAR .......................................................................... 2 ANNEX C: NAMES & POSITIONS OF DISTRICT OFFICERS ................................................................. 4 ANNEX D: PAST EXTREME EVENTS ................................................................................................ 5 ANNEX E: PHOTOGRAPHS ASSET 1 ................................................................................................ 7 ii MOSTE | Mainstreaming climate change risk management in development | DoLIDAR District Baseline 1 ACHHAM DISTRICT 1.1 District Sector Master Plan All the districts are required to prepare District Transport Master Plan (DTMP). Achham District prepared DTMP by engaging local consultant. The consultant submitted the DTMP report in March 2013. The report covers the district road plan for five years period. The DTMP of Achham district is presented in Annex. 1.2 Sector budgeting and staff Budgeting Breakdown of DDC Budget Budget Heading Budget Amount in Rupees (FYs) 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 (proposed) Current 166,318,714 152,057,161 57,160,000 Capital 286,956,198 238,218,092 476,847,000 Total 453,274,912 390,275,253 533,507,000 District's budgets for FYs 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 (proposed) are Rs 521,654766, 390275257 and 533507000 respectively. The DDC is carrying out several rural transport related projects such as: Rural community infrastructure development program Rural Access Program (RAP) funded by DFID Local infrastructure and agricultural road development Building suspension bridges at local level DRILP funded by ADB District core network Road Board program for maintenance Beside the above programs which are directly related to rural transport, several other programs are also using their resources for rural roads in the district. It is estimated that about 70-80% of the district development budget is being spent on construction, rehabilitation, upgradation and maintenance of rural roads. Staff The names and positions of district officers is given in Annex D 1.3 Sector trends and issues 1.3.1 Trends Achham district was connected to national road network in eighties and very few strategic and rural road are constructed until now. Moreover the condition of the majority of the constructed roads is poor due to lack of maintenance. Planning Planning of rural roads and bridges in the district is done by preparing DTMP. Achham Distriect recently upgraded DTMP. The upgraded DTMP covers for the period of 2013-2017. 1 MOSTE | Mainstreaming climate change risk management in development | DoLIDAR District Baseline Design Design works of construction roads and bridges in general are carried out by local consultants and district technicians. Construction All the construction and maintenance works of roads and bridges funded by DDC are mainly done by using Users' Committees. However, some works are also executed engaging small local contractors. 1.3.2 Issues The major issues and constraints for development of RRs in the district are summarized below. a) Roads are constructed on ad hoc basis without completing the existing ones; b) Quality of works is below average. b) Several new roads are selected without completing the existing ones; c) Very poor condition of the constructed roads due to distribution of budgets; d) Weak Institutional Capacity/Arrangements causing delay in planning, execution and maintenance, high financial irregularities The main causes of the above issues area: - Weak technical capacity of DoLIDAR and DDCs; - Too many parallel committees in the district (DTICC, DRRMC, LRUC, RMUC, etc.); - All party mechanism has influence but no accountability; not following rules and procedures for personal/party benefits; - Weak absorbing capacity of districts; - Weak checking and monitoring mechanism due to absence of elected bodies; - Financial rules and regulations bypassed taking advantage of transition period. 1.4 Past extremes in the district The list of extreme events in the district is presented in Annex D 1.5 Linkages to other sectors Cooperation with other sectors The DDC/DTO at present is cooperating with the following agencies for implementation of RIWs: DoR, DoI, DWSS, DWIDP, TBSU (Helvetas), LRBP (SDC) Major Organization working in the District: Rural Access Program (RAP) funded by DFID is the major partner for development of rural roads in the district. 1.6 Priority infrastructure in Dolakha District 1.6.1 Prioritisation process The key criteria for prioritisation include: Infrastructure of national strategic importance Infrastructure of district strategic importance 2 MOSTE | Mainstreaming climate change risk management in development | DoLIDAR District Baseline Infrastructure that has been impacted by past extreme events Infrastructure located in areas prone to past extreme events At least one planned infrastructure ID Name Infrastructure Reason/s for inclusion type 1 Mangalsen-Oligaun-Jupu-Sila Local Road It is one of the important roads in the Road district and its length is 28 km. Until now DDC has constructed 15 km of earthen track. At present vehicles can not ply on the road due to huge landslide at km 4. DDC is not able to clear the landslide as it does not have sufficient budget. This shows that DDC's financial capacity is very poor and cannot manage/execute large number of roads. 2 Sanfebagar-Mastamandu-Malika Local Road It is another important road of the district Road and provides transport facilities to 8 VDCs of the district. Its total length is 35 km. At km 5, the road alignment passes through the northern as well as southern faces of a small hillock. Two years ago there were landslides at both faces. At present the schools as well as the houses which are located at the top of hillock are threatened by the landslides from both faces. 3 Budhi Ganga Suspension Bridge Suspension The bridge was constructed about 40 Bridge years ago with support from US Aid. The condition of the bridge good until now. Several adaptation measures are provided to protect the