PROJECT OVERVIEW
BY
NEPAL ROAD ADMINISTRATOR’S VIEW POINT
SINDHULI ROAD PROJECT(1996-2015)

Bindu Shamser Rana
Former Project Manager

1Early mode of Transportation

Lucky Car

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COUNTRY BACKGROUND• Nepal is a small country in South East Asia.
• Total Land Area is 147,181 Sq. Km.
• Population of the country is 27.5 million.
• Southern part connected with India andNorthern part with China.
• 2 number of Districts among 75 Districts still
not connected with Road link.
• Mode of Transportation is Road and Air
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HISTORY OF ROAD WAYS IN NEPAL• In 1901 First Motor Car Entered in Nepal• In 1924 first Motor able Road was constructed in theKathmandu Valley.
• Till 1951, The Country had 376 km of Roads.
• In 1953Kathmandu (Capital City) linked with the Southern
Boarder (India).
• In 1956 Govt of Nepal Started Planned Road Development.
• In 1966 Kathmandu(Capital City) connected with northern
Boarder (China).
• Presently 13,00 km of Strategic Road Net work (SRN) and60,00 Km Local Road Net Work (LRN).
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TOTAL ROAD LENGTH OF NEPAL 2016
Road
Classification

RegionalBlack Top

GravelEarthen

Total (Km.)

Central896.77

222.81117.001236.58

Eastern715.54259.58413.001388.12

Far Western 575.73

52.00

117.50745.23

Mid Western 748.44

92.00

322.661163.10

Western540.1671.50

142.00753.66

Sub-Total

3476.64697.891112.16

5286.69

Grand Total ( incl. mid hill,6980.02
feeder, urban ..)2045.184035.05

13060

National
Highway

LOCAL ROADS ABOUT 60,000 KM

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VISION OF DEPARTMENT OF ROADS• Managing Road For National Integration and SocialDevelopment.
• Motor able Access to all 75 District Head Quarters
with Sealed Road.
• Target Density is 15 Km per 10,000 populations.
• Reducing Walking Distance of 13 days to 3 days inextreme cases in High Himalayas and reducing to 4 hrs
in Terai and Hills
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ROAD CONSTRUCTION&MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS• Department of Roads.
– National roads and feeder roads identified as Strategic
Road Network (SRN)• Department of Local Infrastructure Developmentand Agriculture Roads.
– Local roads and agriculture roads• Municipalities.
– City roads• Roads Board Nepal (Maintenance)– Financial support

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SINDHULI ROAD BEFORECONSTRUCTION• Out of 160Km only 37 Km was fair weather• People had to walk to reach District HQSindhuli bazar took at least 3 to 5 hours• No direct access to reach the capital city(Kathmandu)• Local products had no market due to lack oftransportation• Poor health, education facilities and noeconomic activities
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IMPLEMENTING AGENCY :JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY

CLIENT :DEPARTMENT OF ROADSMINISTRY OF PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
AND TRANSPORTCONSULTANT :NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD.

CONTRACTOR :HAZAMA TAISEI/HAZAMA ANDO CORPORATION

Project OutcomeThrough Sindhuli Road

190km, 5hrs (35km/hr)

Through Muglin - Narayangadhl340km, 9hrs (40km/hr)

Travel Benefits by Shortening

Distance: 150km
Travel Time: 4hrs

Traffic Volume
All Motorized Vehicles between Year 2014 and 2015
6000

5356

5000

.

4000

Numbers

3257
3000

3862

2377

2000
621

2014 (VPD)
2015 (VPD)

1702

1489

1000

2725

934
371

0
Dhulikhel Nepalthok

Dhulikhel Mulkot

Khurkot Sindhuli

Bardibas Khurkot

Sindhulimadi Bardibas

Dhulikhel

Nepalthok

Khurkot

Sindhulimadi

Bardibas

All Motorized Vehicles per day (VPD)
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT• Improve in health and education facilities such as
new health post hospital and school• Improve in economy by selling local Products tonearby markets, opening of hotels and restaurants
due to increase of mobility• Government launched many development activities
to improve the livelihood including town planning,milk chilling center, cold stores, local cooperatives• Improve in basic needs such as electricity, watersupply, internet access etc

12ISSUES DURING CONSTRUCTION PERIOD(1996-2015)• Resettlement such as houses, schools, publicbuilding and relocation of existing utilities• Change of proposed road alignment anddesign due to unforeseeable disaster• High demand of Employment• Donation for local club and political parties• Dispute for royalties about local resources• Demand of new infrastructures not in scopeof the project

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ISSUES DURING CONSTRUCTION PERIOD(contd.)• Frequent Closure of Project due to Conflict between
Security forces (GON) and Peoples liberation Army
(PLA) from 1996-2006• Repeated dialogue with JICA Nepal, Government
security agencies and Insurgents about projectsituation, scope of the project and benefits for local
community about timely completion of the Project• Road Closer in teari by local community for morethan a month after restoration of peace caused
severe shortage of construction materials
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ROLE OF A DOR PROJECT MANAGER• A project manager of DOR is the person responsible for leadinga project from its inception to execution. This includes planning,
execution and managing the people, resources and scope of theproject.
Duty of a Project Manager• Approval of the planning and design prepared by JICA
consultant team and advise the revision of design if necessary• Management of DOR’s project team• Coordination between Japanese government and Nepalese
governments including local government and other agencies• Resolution of conflicts and troubles occurring at the site
• Compensation and settlement of land and houses includingcrops, etc.
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POLICY DURING CONSTRUCTION• Identification of project affected people(PAP) and seriously project affected people(SPAP)• Compensation settlement (cash) of theirproperty by project based on PAP and SPAP
• High employment priority for local
community along the road corridor• Immediate reconstruction of physicalinfrastructure such as school, irrigation canal,
water supply pipeline etc
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CONTINUED….
• Small project such as sports ground, schoolbuilding, health post etc. by utilizing GGRP (Grassroot grant for human development) supported by
Embassy of Japan and recommended by the project• Maximum involvement of local work force• Salary of workers based on district rate or more

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES AFFECTED• Dispute of resettlements• Accidents at construction site
• Assassination of entire royal families• Construction camp attacked by insurgents insearch of security force• About 19 number of security forces assigned forconstruction camp protection and 53 police
were killed in their Post
• Several time blast of land mines in construction
sites
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SUCCESS OF PROJECTIMPLEMENTATION
Developing country like Nepal, it contributes manyfactors which are as follows: Before project implementation• Review of EIA/IEE• Strong ownership filling to local community aboutproject• Political commitments• Commitments from Government and otherrelated agencies• Safety of people involved in project19

SUCCESS OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONCONTINUED….
 During project implementation• Frequent interaction with Local community• Weekly/monthly progress meeting• Sufficient counterpart fund (in case ofGrant/Loan)• Strict monitoring of construction activities alongwith quality related and social issues• Priority for local employments and use of localresources• Information about progress to higher authorities• Immediate action from local authority in case of20
any dispute

SUCCESS OF PROJECTIMPLEMENTATION CONTINUED….
 Observed good practices• Strong commitment of Japanese Consultantand Contractor for quality of works• Strong team work Donor (EOJ/ JICA), DOR,Consultant and Contractor• One of the Project successfully
implemented during insurgency period21SINDHULI ROAD PROJECT COST
(Year 1996 Dec to March 2015)• Total Project Cost: About JPY 27.40 Billion• Government of Japan: About JPY 26 Billion• Government of Nepal: About JPY 1.40 Billion(Counterpart fund for resettlements, maintenance and administrative)

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View of Sindhuli Road Before and after Construction23

View of Sindhuli Road Before and after Construction

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THANK YOU FOR YOURPATIENCE

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