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ADB project to roll
KATHMANDU, MAY 10 -
The stalled Community Managed Irrigated Agriculture Sector Project (CMIASP) is set to get the rolling ball after the Asian Development Bank (ADB) relaxed some “tough conditions” that hindred its implementation process.
The government had launched the project in 2006 with the ADB loan of $200 million (Rs. 14 billion) in 35 districts of eastern and central regions. The total project cost is $380 million.
A mid-term review team from the Manila-based central office of ADB on a field visit here from April 7-20 visited the projects sites and revived the earlier set conditions
for the implementation of CMIASP.
Interestingly, the government was about to list CMIASP as a “failed project”. CMIASP chief Nabin Mangal Joshi said the tough conditions set by the donor dealt a heavy blow to the project. Now the terms have been softened and the project is ready to roll, he said.
“Earlier, the ADB had to agree even minor components of the project for its implementation and the process took a long time than expected,” he said.
The ADB head office used to endorse the designs of sub-projects and contracts, but now the Kathmandu-based CMIASP office will look into these issues, he said.
Posted on: 2010-05-11 07:35
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