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	3/12/2001
Received by Management	4/12/2001
Sender of Complaint	The Organization of Victims of Colombo Matara Highway and Entrance Ways - Kahatuduwa (M. S. Perera, Secretary)
Allegations of policy breaches as stated in the Complaint	Involuntary Resettlement
Allegations of harm done	Lack of consultation; loss of social support systems; houses will be destroyed
Date Management response sent (45 days)	18/1/2002 Signed by Vice-President Myoung-Ho Shin

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Request for Inspection

Date of request for inspection	10/2/2002
Received by the Board Inspection Committee (BIC)	Received and acknowledged by BIC on 21/2/2002
Requester	The Organization of Victims of Colombo Matara Highway and Entrance Ways - Kahatuduwa (M. S. Perera, Secretary)
Allegation of policy breaches as stated in the Request	Involuntary Resettlement (OM50) Incorporation of Social Dimensions in Bank Operations (OM47) Environmental Considerations in Bank Operations OM20) Governance (OM54) Economic Analysis (OM36) Benefit Monitoring and Evaluation (OM22) Gender and Development in Bank Operations (OM21) Processing of Loan Proposals (OM34)
Allegations of harm done	Livelihood will be affected; families will be displaced
Date forwarded to Management	25/3/2002 Request deemed ineligible No Management response required Requesters were informed on 16/4/2002
Due date of Management response to request (if any) (30 days)
Date Management response received (if any)
Due date of BIC recommendation on authorization of inspection (14 days)
Date BIC recommendation made
Date of Board consideration of Request (21 days)

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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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