Projects Under Inspection

Complain or Request an Inspection of an ADB Project

Southern Transport Development Project

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Project
Complaint
Request for Inspection

Inspection
Action Taken By Management

Project

Project Title	Southern Transport Development Project
Loan / TA No.	1711-SRI
Country	Sri Lanka

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Complaint

Date of Initial Complaint	11/8/2001
Received by Management	13/8/2001
Sender of Complaint	Gama Surakeema Sanvidhanaya (M. Nandasena, Secretary)
Allegations of policy breaches as stated in the Complaint	Environmental Impact Assessment Report, Resettlement,Transparency and Good Governance
Allegations of harm done	No consultations; loss of land, housing and family and social structures
Date Management response sent (45 days)	28/9/2001 Signed by Tadashi Kondo, Manager, Transport West Division (Acknowledgment letter dated 31/8/2001 was also sent by T. Kondo to requester)

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Request for Inspection

Date of request for inspection	10/12/2001
Received by the Board Inspection Committee (BIC)	17/12/2001; acknowledged on 18/12/2001
Requester	Gama Surakeema Sanvidhanaya
Allegation of policy breaches as stated in the Request	Information Consultation Governance (OM 54) Environmental Considerations in Bank Operations (OM20) Economic Analysis (OM36) Involuntary Resettlement (OM50) Incorporation of Social Dimensions in Bank Operations (OM47) Benefit Monitoring and Evaluation (OM22) Gender and Development in Bank Operations (OM21) Processing of Loan Proposals (OM34) Procurement of Goods and Services (OM38) Anticorruption (OM55)
Allegations of harm done	Unnecessary loss of land, housing and family and social sructures
Date forwarded to Management	19/12/2001
Due date of Management response to request (if any) (30 days)	18/1/2002 Extension until 11/2/2002 approved by BIC Chairman
Date Management response received (if any)	11/2/2002 Signed by President Chino
Due date of BIC recommendation on authorization of inspection (14 days)	25/2/2002 Request for extension of time by BIC to 25/3/02 to consult a Roster member; approved by the Board Read the Roster member's advice
Date BIC recommendation made	21/3/2002 Read BIC's Recommendation to the Board
Date of Board consideration of Request (21 days)	12/4/2002 Recommendation approved on a no objection basis Requesters were informed on 15/4/2002

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Inspection

Date of appointment of Panel members
Date of submission of Panel work plan
Date of Panel's visit to Project area (if any)
Date Panel report forwarded to Management
Due date of Management's response to report (30 days)
Date Management response received
Due date BIC recommendation circulated to Board
Date BIC recommendation circulated to the Board
Date of Board consideration of report (21 days)

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Action Taken By Management

Remedial steps recommended by BIC
Remedial steps approved by Board
Action taken by Management	26/12/2002 Read the Management Report on the Outcome of the Recommendations of the BIC

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