Halcrow Pakistan (Pvt) Limited 3rd Floor, Nawa-e-Waqt House, Mauve Area, Sector G-7/1, Zero Point, Islamabad, Pakistan Tel +92 51 220 3451-55 Fax +92 51 220 3462 [email protected], www.halcrowpk.com Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Contracting Officer’s Representative U.S. Agency for International Development Diplomatic Enclave Ramna 5, Islamabad-Pakistan Tel: 051-2015926 Our ref: 501427/065 March 13, 2019 Monitoring and Milestone Verification of USAID-funded Waran Canal and Gomal Zam Dam Command Area Development Project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IQC No. AID-391-I-11-00002 – Contract No: AID-391-TO-16-00001 Submission of Gomal Zam Dam Command Area Development Project (GZD-CADP) Site Visit Report-10 (Revision-1) We are pleased to submit GZD-CADP detailed Site Visit Report-10 after incorporating the USAID comments for visit conducted from November 25 till December 20, 2018 of the subject task order. We will dispatch its hard copy on receiving your acceptance. Kindly convey your acceptance of our submission as per TO Clause E.1 (Inspection and Acceptance). Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned, should you have any query. Thanking you. Yours sincerely, Fazal Mahmood Khan Chief of Party Halcrow Pakistan (Pvt) Limited (An independent Company formerly part of Halcrow Group.) Registered office: 3rd Floor, Nawa-e-Waqt House, Mauve Area, Sector G-7/1, Zero Point, Islamabad, Pakistan. Company Registration No. 0030400, PEC Registration No. CONSULT/712. A-E Services for Monitoring and Milestone Verification of USAID-Funded Waran Canal and Gomal Zam Dam Command Area Development Project (GZD-CADP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa GZD-CADP Site Visit Report No. 10 (December 2018) IQC No AID-391-I-11-00002 Contract No AID-391-TO-16-00001 Halcrow Pakistan (Pvt) Limited March 2019 3rd Floor, Nawa-e-Waqt House, Mauve Area Sector G-7/1, Zero Point, Islamabad, Pakistan tel + 92 51 220 3451 fax + 92 51 220 3462 www.halcrowpk.com This report is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the sole responsibility of Halcrow Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. A-E Services for Monitoring and Milestone Verification of USAID-Funded Waran Canal and Gomal Zam Dam Command Area Development Project (GZD-CADP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa GZD-CADP Site Visit Report No. 10 Document history A-E Services for Monitoring and Milestone of USAID-funded Verification of Waran Canal and Gomal Zam Dam Command Area Development Project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. GZD-CADP Site Visit Report No. 10 This document has been issued and amended as follows: Prepared Reviewed Approved Version Date Description by by by 1 February 27, Site Visit Report AM, MMS, AQA, FMK FMK 2019 No. 10 MYK, SRS, UD, ZQ, MZM, MZ 2 March 13, Comments AM ,MMS, FMK FMK 2019 Incorporated MYK, SRS, UD, ZQ, MZM, MZ AM Atif Murtaza AQA Abdul Qayyum Aslam FMK Fazal Mahmood Khakwani MMS Muhammad Munawar Saeed MYK Muhammad Yousaf Khattak MZ Mian Zia ud din MZM Muhammad Zubair Mughal SRS Saifur Rahman Sherani UD Dr. Ubaidur Rahman ZQ Zul Qarnain March 2019 i HPK A-E Services for Monitoring and Milestone Verification of USAID-Funded Waran Canal and Gomal Zam Dam Command Area Development Project (GZD-CADP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa GZD-CADP Site Visit Report No. 10 Contents 1 Executive Summary of the Project Site Visit 1 1.1 Component A: On Farm Water Management and Command Area Development 1 1.2 Component B: Productivity Enhancement 2 1.3 Component C: Value Added Processing 2 1.4 Component D: Marketing of Products 2 1.5 Implementation Issues: 3 1.6 Environmental Compliance status 3 2 Particulars of Site Visit 7 2.1 Scope of this Report 7 2.2 Site Visit Reference 7 2.3 Visit locations 7 2.4 Dates and locations of visit 8 3 Monitoring and Verification of Non-Engineering Activities (Soft Component) 9 3.1 Command Area Development (CAD) 9 3.1.1 Institutional Development 9 3.1.2 Verification of 75 WUAs (Invoice No. II of SMC) 9 3.1.3 Success Story 10 3.2 Enhancing Productivity of Field Crops, Horticulture and Livestock 11 3.2.1 Progressive Innovation by Farmers 11 3.3 Value Added Processing 11 3.4 Marketing of Products 11 4 Monitoring and Verification of Engineering Activities (Infrastructure Component) 12 4.1 Construction of Watercourses 12 4.2 Monitoring Methodology of the Current Site Visit: 13 4.3 Findings of the Current Site Visit to Different Packages: 13 4.3.1 Engineering and Revenue Chakbandi of Watercourses 25 4.3.2 Survey, Layout, Design and Construction of Watercourses 26 4.3.3 Multipurpose Pond 26 4.3.4 High Efficiency Irrigation System 26 4.3.5 Precision Land Levelling 26 4.3.6 Link Road 26 5 Implementation Progress 27 5.1 Procurement of Consultancies 27 5.2 Implementation Progress Status 27 5.3 Meeting with Line Departments 29 5.3.1 Gomal Zam Irrigation Division (GZID) 29 5.3.2 Livestock and Dairy Development Department (LDDD) 30 March 2019 ii HPK A-E Services for Monitoring and Milestone Verification of USAID-Funded Waran Canal and Gomal Zam Dam Command Area Development Project (GZD-CADP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa GZD-CADP Site Visit Report No. 10 5.3.3 Department of Agriculture Research (DAR) 30 5.3.4 Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) 30 6 Implementation Issues 31 6.1 Command Area Development 31 6.2 Extraordinary Delays in Construction of Watercourses 31 6.3 Organisation of WUAs 31 6.4 The Staff and Performance of SMC 32 6.5 Registration of WUAs by OFWM Department 33 6.6 Productivity Enhancement in agriculture and Livestock 33 6.7 Value Addition Component 33 6.8 Marketing: 33 6.9 Training and Demonstration 33 6.10 PIU Staff without Basic Survey Equipment 34 6.11 WUA Concerns 34 7 Quality Assurance 35 7.1 Contract Management 35 7.2 Spot Checking of Dimensions and Levels 36 7.3 Random Field Testing of Earthworks Compaction and Concrete Quality 42 7.4 Random Laboratory Testing of Earthworks Compaction and Concrete Quality 45 8 Environmental Compliance 46 8.1 Environmental Compliance Status 46 List of Tables Table 1: Summary of Site Visit Observations and Recommendations: .................................................. 4 Table 2: Detail of Participants ................................................................................................................. 8 Table 3: Detail of Progress on Contract Packages as on December 31, 2018 .................................... 13 Table 4: Detail of Designed Data and Paid Work Done Status of Package III ..................................... 15 Table 5: Detail of Designed Data and Paid Work Done Status of Package V ...................................... 18 Table 6: Detail of Designed Data and Paid Work Done Status of Package X (Distributary no. 01) ..... 20 Table 7: Detail of Designed Data and Paid Work Done Status of Package X (Distributary no. 02) ..... 21 Table 8: Detail of Designed Data and Paid Work Done Status of Package XII .................................... 24 Table 9: Progress on Chakbandi .......................................................................................................... 27 Table 10: Progress on Feasibility Study & Master Plan by (M/S AAB) ................................................. 27 Table 11: Progress on Social Mobilization by (OFWM) Department KP and Taleem Foundation ....... 28 Table 12: Progress of Design & Supervision Consultant ...................................................................... 28 Table 13: Status of Awarded Contract Packages ................................................................................. 35 Table 14: Quality Spot Checking of Watercourses ............................................................................... 37 Table 15: Summary of Field Density test performed. ........................................................................... 42 March 2019 iii HPK A-E Services for Monitoring and Milestone Verification of USAID-Funded Waran Canal and Gomal Zam Dam Command Area Development Project (GZD-CADP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa GZD-CADP Site Visit Report No. 10 Table 16: Summary of Schmidt hammer test performed ...................................................................... 43 Table 17: Environmental Compliance Field Visit Report ...................................................................... 49 Appendices Appendix A: (i) Reimbursement Request from PIU (ii) Date-wise Activities performed during Site Visit Appendix B: Photographs Appendix C: (i) Response on Initial Site Visit Report for 7 Watercourses (ii) Clearance Certificate for Work done on 38 Watercourses Appendix D: Wrap-up Meeting Minutes Appendix E: Clearance Certificate for 75 WUAs Appendix F: Success Story Appendix G: Approval of SMC Key Staff Appendix H: Quality Control Test Reports Appendix I: Security Review Update Appendix J: GZD-CADP - Visited Watercourse Location Map March 2019 iv HPK A-E Services for Monitoring and Milestone Verification of USAID-Funded Waran Canal and Gomal Zam Dam Command Area Development Project (GZD-CADP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa GZD-CADP Site Visit Report No. 10 List of Abbreviations AWP Annual Work Plan BoQs Bill of Quantities CAD Command Area Development DSC Design and Supervision Consultant DI Khan Dera Ismail Khan ECMR Environment Monitoring and Compliance Report EDP Environmental Document Form EMMP Environmental Mitigation and Management Plan FGD Focus Group Discussions FWUA Federation of Water Users Association GZD-CADP Gomal Zam Dam – Command Area Development Project GZID Gomal Zam Irrigation Division HSE Health Safety and Environment