List of Upazila Roads 21 Districts Under Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP)
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E691 Volume 11 GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH Public Disclosure Authorized MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT & CO-OPERATIVES Rural Transport Improvement Project L '~.r-r-: Public Disclosure Authorized A-9~~~~F Public Disclosure Authorized Borrower's Project Implementation Plan (BPIP) (Volume-l of 11) Local Government Engineering Department Public Disclosure Authorized April 2003 Table of Contents I. I ntroduction ........................... .................................. I 11. The Project ............................................................. 2 A. Project Scope and Objectives ............................................................. 2 B. Detailed Project Description .............................................................. 3 C. Economic and Financial Analyses of Project ..................... ....................... 11 D. Assessment of Project Risks (Intenial & External) .................... ........... .. 14 E. Cost Estimates and Financinig Plan ............................................................ 16 Ill. Implementation Arrangements ............................................................. 17 A. Project Implementation Organizations ......................................... ....... 17 B. Administrative Arrangements for the Project Management ......... ........... 18 C. Management of Project Procurement ...................................................... 19 D. Implementation Arrangement for Works .................................................. 20 E. Implementation Arrangement for Social Components ........................... .. 20 F. Implementation Arrangement for Environmental Components ................ 21 G. Participation Arrangements ...................................................... 22 H. Implementation Arrangement for Institutional Strengthening .......... ........ 23 Component 1. Role of IDA in Project Implementation ............................................. ...... 23 IV. Implementation Plan ............................................................. 26 A. Time-bound Detailed Implementation Plan .............................................. 26 B. Procurement Planning and Monitoring Fonmat .............................. .......... 30 C. Project Financial Management .......................................................... 56 V. Monitoring and Evaluation .......................................................... 62 A. Key Indicators of Project Success ...................................................... 62 B. Key Development Impact Indicators for Measuring Progress ......... ........ 64 in Reaching Project Development Objectives C. Key Progress Indicators for Monitoring Delivery of Project .......... ......... 65 Inputs and Achievement of Project Outputs D. Formnat for Quarterly Progress Report ..................................................... 66 VI. List of Annexes Annex-I: Location Map of the Proposed Project (RTIP). Annex-2: Sample District Map. Annex-3 . List of Upazila Roads of 21 Districts under RTIP. Annex-4: List of GCMs. Annex-S List of Ghats. Annex-6 Tentative Training Plan of Proposed RTIP. Annex-7 Cash Flow Chart Annex-8 Five Year Capital Investment Program for LGED (RD&I Sector). Annex-9 Format for Quarterly Progress Report. Abbreviations ADP Annual Development Program CBA Cost-Benefit Approach CE Cost-Effectiveness DSMC Design, Supervision and Monitoring Consultant EA Environmental Assessment ECP Environmental Codes of Practices EIRR Economic Intemnal Rate of Return EMF Environmental Management Framework EMP Environmental Management Plan ERD External Resources Division FYWP First Year Work Plan GCM Growth Centre Market GDP Gross Domestic Product GIS Geographic Information System GOB Government of Bangladesh IDA International Development Association IPDP Indigenous Peoples Development Plan IWTA Inland Water Transport Authority LCS Labor Contracting Societies LGED Local Government Engineering Department LGIP Local Government Improvement Plan MIS Management Information System MMC Market Management Committee PAP Project Affected People PMU Project Management Unit PPRP Public Procurement Reform Project RAP Resettlement Action Plan RD&I Rural Development & Institution RDP Rural Development Project RF Resettlement Framework RIMC Rural Infrastructure Maintenance Cell RRMIMP-I First Rural Road and Market Improvement & Maintenance Project RRMIMP-II Second Rural Road and Market Improvement & Maintenance Project SEM&E Socio-economic Monitoring and Evaluation SUR Structures on Union Roads TYRP Three Years Rolling Plan UP Union Parishad UMMC Union Market Management Committee UR Union Road UZR Upazila Road 1'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I. Introduction 1. This is a Borrower's Project Implementation Plan (BPIP) for the Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP) to be implemented by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (MLGRD&C) with the support of International Development Association (IDA). It has been prepared as a reference document to facilitate project implementation. 2. Bangladesh is overwhelmingly rural. About 77 percent of the people live in rural areas and Socio-economic condition of majority of which lies below the poverty line. Agricultural census showed that 56.50% of the rural families are landless or marginal farmers, though the economy of the country is basically agrarian contributing about 34% of GDP and providing about 70% of all employment. The number of landless or marginal farmers is increasing rapidly due to population growth, river erosion and various other social and economic factors. As such, the overall development of the country is dependent on the development of the rural areas. Rural development aiming at improving the quality of life of rural poor thus gained high priority for economic uplift. 3. In 1984 a new sectoral strategy showing basic approach and strategies for rural development project was formulated by the Planning Commission. The strategy emphasizes following three components: (i) Development of physical infrastructure including roads, storage and growth centers. (ii) Irrigated agriculture, drainage and minor flood control works. (iii) Production and Employment Programmes (PEP) for the rural poor. The strategy requires the execution of a series of Rural Development Projects (RDP) and each rural development project would comprise one lor more of the above components; but must cover a minimum of one full administrative district. 4. Improvement of basic physical infrastructure in the rural areas and facilitation of agricultural development through institutional support and expansion of irrigation are the objectives of Three Years Rolling Plan (TYRP) in the RD&I sector. As envisaged in the TYRP, Rural Development Projects on the development of l)hysical rinfrastructure will itltlcue devclopmenlt of growth centers ancl Upazila Roads (withi necessary bridges anlii culverts o01 thlem alci t-ee plantation) linking the growth centers with the Upazila (Sub-district) HQ pr the arterial road system. 5. The project area covers approximately 44,900 sq. km in the 21 districts of North Western, Central & Eastern part of Bangladesh. The districts include Dhaka, Narayangonj, Gazipur, Narsingdi, Manikgonj, Munshigonj, Rajshahi, Natore, Naogaon, Chapai-Nawabgonj, Bogra, Joypurhat, Pabna, Sirajgonj, Sylhet, Sunamgonj, Moulavibazar, Habigonj, Comilla, Chandpur & B.Baria, with a total population of about 45 million. A map of Bangladesh showing the project districts is shown in Annex-1 and the maps of 21 districts showing the Upazila Roads, Markets and River Jetties are shown in Annex-2. II. The Project A. Project Scope and Objectives 6. The Borrower's Project Implementation Plan (BPIP) for Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP) is essentially a blueprint and monitoring tool of the Government of Bangladesh to implement the project with the support of IDA. It contains a detailed description of the project, the activities, targets and time required to implement all project components. It will serve as a reference document throughout the life of the project. 7 The overall development objective of the proposed project is to help in increasing rural employment and incomes and reduce rural poverty by establishing improved, sustainable rural transport and trading infrastructures. More specifically, the project objectives would be to: (a) help remove physical bottlenecks, improve quality and reduce costs in rural transport and marketing in order to provide rural communities with improved access to social services and economic opportunities; (b) create employment and income-generating opportunities among the rural poor and particularly for disadvantaged women; (c) increase participation of local communities and the local government bodies in project selection, implementation and monitonng; and (d) increase institutional capacity for efficient rural transport infrastructure management including maintenance; To meet the above development objectives, the project will produce the following main outputs: (a) Improvement of about 1,600 km of priority Upazila Roads and Union Roads including critical bridges and cross drainage structures; (b) Maintenance of about 1,500 km priority Upazila Roads and targeted Union Roads; (c) Improvement of about 150 Growth Center Markets and 45 River Jetties; (d) Increased role of local government and communities in management and financing of local transport and trade facilities; (e) Effective GOB policy frameworks