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POST CRISIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT ( PCNA ) MDTF 4 th STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING

POST CRISIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT ( PCNA ) MDTF 4 th STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING. PROGRESS REVIEW ISU Planning & Development Department Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 28 th February, 2012. 1. PORTFOLIO REVIEW. GSP

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POST CRISIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT ( PCNA ) MDTF 4 th STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING

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  1. POST CRISIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT (PCNA) MDTF 4th STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING PROGRESS REVIEW ISU Planning & Development Department Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 28th February, 2012 1

  2. PORTFOLIO REVIEW • GSP • PCNA Implementation Support Unit (ISU) in P&DD established. Recruitment underway. • 1st Withdrawal application for US$ 0.85 m made under GSP.GoKP is also arranging a bridge financing facility of Rs. 75 m to start the activities under GSP including special initiatives for Judiciary and Provincial Ombudsman office. • Governance related and capacity enhancing proposals for KP Judiciary and Ombudsman office prepared. Ground work on other proposals underway. • Plan chalked out for conducting PCNA/MDTF orientation workshops. 2

  3. PORTFOLIO REVIEW • ERKP • Total Cost US$ 20 m. US$1.954 m disbursed. Work Plan prepared and shall be approved in 1stSC Meeting in first half of March. • 300 affected SMEs to be financed and an investment mobilization plan to be chalked out. • ERP: • UPG/Rehab. of Road Garhai-Kanju, Swat 11 KM (Cost US$ 8 m) • 25% physical & financial progress achieved in 16% elapsed time. 3

  4. PORTFOLIO REVIEW • SHSCA • Strengthening Health Services in Crisis Affected Districts (Cost US$ 25 m). The project cleared in PDWP & CDWP. Anticipatory ECNEC approval not accorded. GoKP now decided to withdraw project from ECNEC and exercise the option of approval under simplified procedure. • CDD • Southern Area Development Project (SADP) experiencing severe start up/ project design delays • i) Inability of the World Bank consultants to visit KP • ii) Inability to even launch a pre-appraisal mission to the southern districts of KP • The GoKP desires to design the SADP through local consultants/team under the guidance of ISU. 4

  5. PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONAL ROAD COMPONENT “UPGRADATION / REHABILITATION OF ROAD FROM CHAKDARA TO MADYAN ON RIGHT BANK OF RIVER SWAT” Phase – II : Chakdara-Sharifabad Section 30.5 km Total length Chakdara- Madyan 88 Km Package – 1: Chakdara- Kanju 41 Km Package – 2: Kanju- Madyan 47 Km of which 42 Km already under construction (Narcotic Affairs Section US Embassy) Package – 1 is further divided into Two Phases; Phase - I : Sharifabad-Kanju 10.5 km (MDTF Grant) Phase – II : Chakdara-Sharifabad 30.5 km not yet financed; (proposal underway for MDTF financing) 5

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  7. PACKAGE–1 PROPOSED PHASE–II (Chakdara- Sharifabad) Project Cost : Rs. 1800 million (approx) Project Length : 30.424 Km Right of Way : 15.25 m Bridges : 5 Nos. Culverts : 119 Nos Retaining Walls : 870 m Design Speed : 40 to 80 Km/h Carriageway : 7.3 m Asphaltic Concrete Shoulders : 1 m Treated (DST) and 1 m Earthen Shoulder on Each Side 7

  8. Proposed additional road component shall have tremendous benefits: A) SOCIAL & ECONOMIC B) STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE C) TOURISM D) SOCIAL 8

  9. ISSUES AND CHALLENGES • To address the capacity issues at various tiers, the ISU will undertake the following steps: • Engagement ofa lead agency on permanent basis as a management partner. • Engagement of a lead agency for M&E and top supervision of projects under MDTF/PCNA with linkages to M&E Directorate. • Engagement of a lead agency for internal audit • Steering Committee to kindly endorse 9

  10. A) -Chakdara– Madyan Road off takes from Chakdara, located at the confluence of District Dir and Malakand. -Population: 160,000 and houses a Levis Garrison -The road along the Right Bank gives access to the very fertile farm lands, growing paddy, fruit orchard and vegetables. -Most of the balance portion of population of 300,000 lives on farms within the vicinity of the River Swat.

  11. B) - Easy deployment of troops - To serve as an alternate route running parallel to N45 which is sometimes blocked due to land slides C) - proposed reconstruction will attract a sizeable portion of the tourist traffic to the upper valleys of Swat D) - easy communication to markets, education and health centers with the construction of bridges.

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