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Assignment Name: Feasibility Study of North Eastern State Roads Project, India. ADB TA Project (TA 4378-IND)

Country:  India

Assignment Location within Country:  North Eastern states of India

 

Duration of assignment (months): 9

Name of the Client:  Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Professional Staff Provided by our Organization:

No. of Staff: 1

No. of Person-Months:  2

Start Date (Month/Year):

 

March. 2005

Completion Date: (Month/Year):

Feb. 2006

Approx. Values of Services:  

 

Tk. 34.2 Million

Name of Associated Consultants, if any:

Technoconsult International Limited, Bangladesh

Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd., India

VisionRx Connexion Pvt. Ltd., India

No. of Person Months of Professional Staff Provided by the Associated Consultants: 64

 

Name of Senior Staff (International Expert) Involved and Functions Performed:

Md. Abdus Sobhan       -           Road/Bridge Engineer

Muhammad Jubair         -           CAD Specialist

Detailed Narrative Description of the Project: To facilitate economic growth, poverty reduction, and environmental action by improving the North Eastern State Roads network and road connectivity to the national and sub-regional road networks

There are three broad envisioned outputs for this TA, to be achieved over the nine month implementation period of the TA (from 14 March 2005 to 13 December 2005) as follows:

  • Broad prioritization of the regional roads network in the North Eastern Region (NER) covering National Highways (NH), State Roads (SR), and Major District Roads (MDR) in order to enhance the national and sub-regional level roads connectivity.
  • Undertake a project preparation feasibility study for an investment project in the NER.
  • Investigate existing needs and gaps in the various road sector institutions in the NER, and prepare a preliminary Institutional Development/Capacity Building (ID/CB) Action Plan to support implementation of the investment project as well as longer term improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of the relevant institutions.

 

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by our Staff:

(i) Carry out preliminary technical feasibility studies for roads and bridges selected for ADB loan assistance. Formulate a plan to improve road safety during project implementation and operation. 

(ii) Identify maintenance and design standards for different road classes and traffic levels. Evaluate the feasibility of introducing innovating pavement design and construction and maintenance procedures.