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District Roads Support Programme - Nepal

District Roads Support Programme - Nepal

Phase 1 of the project was designed to create and/or enhance the capacity in the Districts to manage the road transport infrastructure, involving organisations from Government and private sector on local, district and national level. The focus of the project lay on support for capacity and management building for road maintenance, rehabilitation and construction in 6 Districts.

DRSP Services provided included:

  • support and build-up of management capacities;
  • technical Assistance to the local consultants in road design and to the local contractors in road construction;
  • assistance to and strengthening of local institutions and organisations responsible for transport infrastructure; and
  • trust fund management, with responsibility and control of all financial operations and disbursement within the project.

Phase 2 of the project continues and extends the scope of services provided in Phase 1. The project maintains its own website at www.drspnepal.org.

 

Decentralised Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project

DRILP, an ADB funded project implemented under the organisation of the DRSP project, addresses the development needs of conflict-affected communities by promoting inclusive processes that seek to restore incomes and connect the rural poor, and those that have been traditionally excluded from the development process, to markets and economic opportunities through investments in rural infrastructure and livelihood restoration facilities. The Project extends the network of improved rural transport infrastructure, consisting of roads, trails, and pedestrian bridges. The Project also invests in small, community socioeconomic infrastructure, and provide jobs, empower conflict-affected rural communities for development, increase institutional capacity, and improve accountability and transparency. Labor-based, environmentally friendly, and participatory approaches will ensure that the investment in construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure results in sustainable, improved access to economic and social services, and enhanced social and financial capital. The Project will improve the livelihoods of people in the project areas, particularly the poor, who constitute about 70% of the population in the subproject areas. The Project will be located in 18 districts, including 14 districts in the Western, Midwestern, and Far Western, regions that are among the poorest in the country and most affected by the conflict. The districts have been selected on the basis of their high incidence and intensity of poverty, need to address causes of the conflict, need for improved access and enhanced livelihoods, and implementation manageability considerations. The Project will also contribute to building capacity at the national level and in the project area.

DRILP Services being provided include:

  • support and build-up of management capacities at district, village and national levels
  • technical assistance to the local consultants in road design and to the local contractors in road construction
  • assistance to and strengthening of local institutions and organisations responsible for transport infrastructure and other development activities including supplementary investments
  • monitoring and programme evaluation
  • rust Fund management, with responsibility and control of all financial operations and disbursements within the project