Road Network Development Project (RNDP)
The loan agreement for Road Network Development Project (RNDP), Loan No 1876 NEP (SF), was signed on the December 2002 between Kingdom of Nepal and Asian Development Bank. It had also been agreed that a part of RNDP is financed under grant assistance of United Kingdom through Department for International Development (DFID). The total cost of RNDP (excluding project appraisal done by ADB/Manila under Technical Assistance, project management of Project Directorate ADB of DoR, cost of resettlement/land acquisition and excluding other contingencies like escalation and interest) has been estimated to be 55.8 M US$, which is about 4.2 billion NRs.
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S.N
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Description of Work
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Estimated
Cost
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ADB Loan
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DFID Grant
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HMG
finance
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Contract
nos/type
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A
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East West Highway Pavement Strengthening Component |
i
|
Belbari-Chauharwa: 140 Km |
-
|
1.40
|
1 ICB
|
ii
|
Damak -Gaunganj: 22 Km |
2.00
|
1.60
|
-
|
0.40
|
2 LCB
|
iii
|
Dolalghat -Chautara: 25 Km |
2.50
|
2.00
|
|
0.50
|
3 LCB
|
iv
|
Pauwal Bhanjyang -Phidim: 28 Km
|
3.20
|
2.56
|
-
|
0.64
|
4 LCB
|
v
|
Hile- Banastapur: 26 Km |
2.80
|
|
2.24
|
0.56
|
3 LCB
|
|
C
|
Feeder Road Construction Component |
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|
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|
|
i
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Hile- Basantapur-Khandbari: 96 Km |
9.20
|
-
|
7.36
|
1.84
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RAP
|
|
D
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Performance Based Maintenance Component 4 Stretches: approximately 75 km each |
4.00
|
2.60
|
-
|
1.40
|
4 LCB
|
|
E
|
Kakadbhitta 10 Km. Sufficient width and strength to handle commercial traffic and provide better access to other facilities like custom, freight handling etc |
1.50
|
1.20
|
-
|
0.30
|
1 LCB
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F
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Road Safety/ Axle load Component :
Road Safety in project roads, Procurement and Installation of 10 weighing bridges |
0.40
|
0.30
|
-
|
0.10
|
0.10
|
|
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|
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|
|
G
|
Poverty Intervention Component |
0.50
|
0.4
|
|
0.10
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RAP
|
|
|
Consulting Services |
5.7
|
5.7
|
-
|
0.00
|
-
|
|
|
|
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|
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Total |
55.80
|
35.56
|
9.60
|
10.64
|
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Project Sites (RNDP)

The Stretches to be included in Performance based Maintenance Contract have been surveyed and finalized which are the following parts of East-West Highway.
1. Hetauda-Narayani Bridge, Kohalpur-Karnali
2. Karnali-Sivaganga (15 Km east of Attaria),
3. Siva Ganga-Gadda Chauki
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