FIELD APPRAISAL REPORT TMA LODHRAN Prepared by; Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company September 2006 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 4 1.1 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................. 4 1.2 METHODOLOGY.......................................................................................................... 4 1.3 DISTRICT PROFILE...................................................................................................... 4 1.3.1 History............................................................................................................................. 4 1.3.2 Location........................................................................................................................... 4 1.3.3 Area/Demography........................................................................................................... 4 1.4 TMA/TOWN PROFILE.................................................................................................. 5 1.4.1 Municipal Status.............................................................................................................. 5 1.4.2 Area/Demography........................................................................................................... 5 1.5 TMA STAFF PROFILE.................................................................................................. 5 1.6 INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT................................................................................ 5 1.6.1 Tehsil Nazim ................................................................................................................... 6 Profile.............................................................................................................................. 6 Vision .............................................................................................................................. 6 1.6.2 TMO Office..................................................................................................................... 6 1.6.2.1. Complaint Cell ................................................................................................................ 6 1.6.2.2. Dissemination of Information ......................................................................................... 6 1.6.2.3. Performance Management System.................................................................................. 7 1.6.2.4. Community Driven Development................................................................................... 7 1.6.2.5. Monitoring Committees .................................................................................................. 8 1.6.2.6. Computer Trainings ........................................................................................................ 8 1.7 TOWN PLANNING ..................................................................................................... 10 Mapping ........................................................................................................................ 10 Building Control............................................................................................................ 11 1.8 TO(R) Office................................................................................................................. 13 1.9 TO (F) OFFICE............................................................................................................. 15 1.10 TO (I&S) Office............................................................................................................ 17 2. FIELD APPRAISAL REPORT OF ROADS IN LODHRAN TOWN 19 2.1 PREFACE ..................................................................................................................... 19 2.2 SUB SOIL & GROUND WATER CONDITIONS ...................................................... 19 2.3 RATIONALE OF THE SUB PROJECT ...................................................................... 19 2.3.1 Existing Situation.......................................................................................................... 19 2.3.2 Existing Road Conditions ............................................................................................. 19 2.4 NEEDS.......................................................................................................................... 21 2.5 PROBLEMS 23 2.5.1 Public Problems ............................................................................................................ 23 2.5.2 Funding Problems ......................................................................................................... 23 2.6 IMPROVEMENT REQUIRED WITH JUSTIFICATION........................................... 24 2.7 THE SUB PROJECT .................................................................................................... 24 2.7.1 Description .................................................................................................................... 24 2.7.2 Proposed design for roads ............................................................................................. 25 2.7.3 Site Suitability............................................................................................................... 26 2.7.4 Implementation period .................................................................................................. 26 2.7.5 Proposed detailed design & construction supervision .................................................. 26 2.7.6. Operation & Maintenance implications ........................................................................ 26 2.7.7 Environmental & social aspects.................................................................................... 27 Initial Environmental Assessment................................................................................. 27 Initial Social Assessment............................................................................................... 27 2.8 SUB PROJECT COST.................................................................................................. 28 2.9 PRIORITIES OF SUB-PROJECTS BY TMA ............................................................. 28 2.10 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 28 2 Annexure-A - Location Map i Annexure-B – Key plan ii Annexure-C – Typical Cross sections of Roads iii,iv Annexure-D – Sub-project Implementation Period v Annexure-E – Environment Management Plan vi, vii Annexure-F – Sub-project summary of cost viii, ix 3 1. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1.1 BACKGROUND TMA Lodhran has applied for funding from PMDFC for roads sub-project. After initial desk appraisal, PMDFC field team visited TMA Lodhran for assessing its institutional and engineering capacity. 1.2 METHODOLOGY Appraisal is based on interviews with TMA staff, open-ended and close-ended questionnaires and agency record. Debriefing sessions and discussions were held with Tehsil Nazim, TMO, TOs and other TMA staff. 1.3 DISTRICT PROFILE 1.3.1 History The foundation of Lodhran city was laid in 1830. In 1849 it came under the British rule whereas settlement operation in the city started in 1873 and concluded in April 1875. It got its present name in 1873. Previously it was ascribed different names like Chak Bangar, Pirwala etc. Initially, Tehsil Lodhran comprised 19 villages. Kehror Pacca and Dunyapur were annexed with Lodhran in 1924. Kehror Pacca is the oldest town of Lodhran. Lodhran was raised to the status of district in 1991 and comprised 424 villages. In 1992, fourteen more villages were included in the district. 1.3.2 Location The district is bounded on the north by Multan, Khanewal and Vehari districts; on the south by Bahawalpur district; on the east by Vehari and Bahawalpur. 1.3.3 Area/Demography The demographic details of the district are as: 1981- Population 1998 98 Avg. Area Population annual Tehsil Population Avg. (sq.km.) Both Sex Urban 1981 growth Male Female density/sq. HH sexes ratio proportion rate km. size (%) Lodhran 1,111 472,188 246,337 225,851 109.1 425.0 13.9 7.2 282,727 3.06 Kahror 778 361,532 188,916 172,616 109.4 464.7 20.8 7.1 236,322 2.53 Pacca Dunyapur 889 338,080 173,949 164,131 106.0 380.3 8.7 7.4 220,863 2.53 Source: District Census Report 1998, Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad. 4 1.4 TMA/TOWN PROFILE 1.4.1 Municipal Status Lodhran was raised to the status of Town Committee in 1959 and later on made a Municipal Committee in 1991. After the implementation of Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001, it was given the status of TMA. 1.4.2 Area/Demography Tehsil Lodhran spreads over an area of 889 square kilometres with a population of 338,080 (as per DCR 1998). The TMA comprises 28 Union Councils, 4 urban Union Councils and 24 rural Union Councils, with 1 CO unit namely Lodhran. The detail of CO Unit: 1981-98 Avg. Population 1998 Population Avg. HH CO Units annual growth 1981 size rate (%) Both sexes Male Female Lodhran 65,501 33,806 31,695 21,791 6.68 7.5 Source: District Census Report 1998, Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad. 1.5 TMA STAFF PROFILE Date of Servic Sr. Experien Name Designation Joining e Qualification # ce (years) TMA Cadre Ch. Amjad 1 TMO Feb 2006 LG MSc (Economics) 10 Mehmood Jajja PHED 2 Ch. Ashraf Ali Gill TO (I&S) July 2005 B. Sc Civil Engg 14 . BSc (City & 3 Adeel Anwar TO