Sri Lanka: Tsunami-Affected Areas Rebuilding Project
The objective of the TAARP is to rapidly improve the living conditions and well-being of a significant number of people in the tsunami-affected areas by restoring basic social infrastructure, community and public services, and livelihoods. TAARP will address the needs of tsunami-affected people through numerous subprojects in a variety of sectors selected and formulated in response to requests from tsunami-affected people and the Government.
Project Results
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45,146
households with new or improved water supply
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370
kilometers of roads built or upgraded
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15,550
microfinance loan accounts opened / end borrowers reached
The results data reported above are limited to ADB's core sectors, as defined under Strategy 2020 and tracked through indicators in the ADB Results Framework. For definitions of results indicators, please see the ADB Results Framework Indicators Definition.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Miyao, Taisuke
South Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Sri Lanka -
Modality
- Grant
- Loan
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Sector
- Transport
Project Name | Tsunami-Affected Areas Rebuilding Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project Number | 39144-013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country / Economy | Sri Lanka |
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Project Status | Closed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Grant Loan |
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Source of Funding / Amount |
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Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development |
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Sector / Subsector |
Finance / Inclusive finance Public sector management / Law and judiciary - Public administration Transport / Road transport (non-urban) Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban water supply |
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Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | The objective of the TAARP is to rapidly improve the living conditions and well-being of a significant number of people in the tsunami-affected areas by restoring basic social infrastructure, community and public services, and livelihoods. TAARP will address the needs of tsunami-affected people through numerous subprojects in a variety of sectors selected and formulated in response to requests from tsunami-affected people and the Government. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impact | Improved living conditions and well being of a significant number of people in the tsunami affected areas. |
Project Outcome | |
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Description of Outcome | Basic social infrastructure, community services, and livelihood restored in the project areas. |
Progress Toward Outcome | |
Implementation Progress | |
Description of Project Outputs | Component A: Legal Assistance, Governance, Anti-Corruption Assistance to access legal entitlement Component B: North East Community development Livelihood: Assistance to rebuild damaged livelihoods and create new opportunities Small enterprises for vulnerable groups (women based initiatives) Coastal Management: Assistance to develop a coastal resources and environmental management plan Component C: Road rehabilitation and reconstruction National Roads Reconstruction of A & B class national roads, culverts, bridges Improvements to drainage along the national roads Improvements in road safety Access Roads: Reconstruction of C, D & E class access roads, local roads, culverts, irrigation and village roads Component D: Water Supply and Sanitation Expansion of distribution schemes to cover new resettled areas Provision of communitybased common wells, and small schemes Provision of individual sanitation facilities Component E: Southern Province Reconstruction Village Development: Reestablishment of community based organizations, reconstruction of village level basic infrastructure facilities Provision of shelter1 to tsunami affected communities. Livelihood: Small enterprises for vulnerable groups (women based initiatives) Institutional Development and Capacity Building: Reconstruction of damaged local government district offices. Component F: Coastal Resources Management Coastal Management: Repairs and extension of the coastal stabilization structures. Repairs to the fisheries harbors2 Replanting in coastal areas Livelihoods: Provision of boats and fishing gear to fishermen societies Establishment of fisheries-related ancillary units (boat building yards). Component G: Rural Finance Component H: NECORD Basic Community and Institutional Infrastructure: Reestablishment of damaged or construction of new local government and district offices Reconstruction of damaged basic community infrastructure Reconstruction of small and medium town schemes Provision of community based common wells, and small schemes Provision of individual sanitation facilities Village Development: Establishment of community based organizations, reconstruction of village level basic infrastructure facilities, improvement to saving habits, make the women self reliant, training in self-help Establishment of common recreation facilities for children and elders for post-trauma recuperation Provision of shelter to conflict and tsunami affected communities |
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | 1. Legal Aid Commission (LAC) centers functioning in Akkaraipattu, Matara, Balapitiya, Kalmunai, Colombo, Galle, Hambantoa, Ampara, Jaffna, Trincomale, and Kalutara. 1657 families helped to get legal documents, 8005 court actions filed by the LAC officers, and 7268 client consultations were provided. Mobile Clinic held at Katugoda in Galle District issued 188 documents to the Tsunami affected people. 1. Nine Mediation Boards have been established under the Component. One Mediation Board is to be established in Jaffna by the end of 2009. 358 mediators have been given advanced training. Eight programmes conducted in Hambantota, Matara and Galle Districts. 3. 2193 government officials have been trained by 2009.18 Governance Based Intervention Programs have been held to date. 4. No budget provided to this component yet as a lot of work has been done by all development partners and it is not clear what has been achieved to date, PMU is working on coordinating and coming up with a global status on what has been achieved and what remained to be done. Meanwhile LAC centers arel supporting this activity. 5. No activity being carried out under ADB grant as 90% registration work already completed by other development partners. ADB will finance the recruitment of a Tamil translator. 6. PMU established a monthly national coordination and district level meeting of all development partners. MOJ. PMU has published booklets containing information about laws relevant to Tsunami affected persons that distributed. 7. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has now taken over this compoennt.This component is now financed by IDLO. 8. PMU in operation since September2006. Most procurement of office equipment for LAC Centers and PMU completed. 1. 1595 community sub-projects were screened by the project office. Divisional coordinating committees have approved 1446 proposals. Work has been commenced for 1422 subprojects, and 1391 have been completed. 2. In Northern & Eastern Province, out of 331 GN divisions, 354 WRDS have been formed and strengthened to support livelihood development activities. Under Livelihood Grant, 358 WRDS formed/Strengthened for livelihood micro credit activities. Rs. 297.21 million grant released to WRDS for the revolving fund program. 3. 18 subprojects worth of Rs. 5.08 million has been approved for community level environmental intervention programs. 4. Established 3 Projects Offices in the Northern Province and expanded the existing 3 PO's in the Eastern province. 170 Training Programmes were carried out in both Provinces for 4988 participants. 3 sub projects have been completed in the Northern and Eastern Provinces (1) Review Mission conducted from 20 Nov to 8 Dec 2005, as part of review Mission for Loan No 2027. (2) Attended the PPCC meeting on 23.04. 2006 - reviewed progress (3) Review Mission conducted from 5 March to 8 March 2007 (4) Mission to Conflict Affected Areas on 28 June to 2 July reviewed the progress & attended the PPCC meeting on 02.07.2007 & 12.07.2007 to review progress (5) Attended the PPCC meeting on 11.10.1007 & 12.10.2007 to review the progress (6) Review Mission conducted from 18 October 2007 to 24 November 2007 (7) Attended he PPCC meeting on 21.02.2008 & 22.02.2008 to review the progress (8) Midterm Review Mission conducted from 21 April 2008 to 08 May 2008 (9) Review Mission conducted from 4 to 9 January 2010 Consultants: Domestic consultants: Two packages worth $0.6 million awarded for design. Consultants mobilized in September 2005. Work completed in June 2006 International Consultant for construction supervision: Agreements signed for consultants for construction supervision for South and South East on 27 February 2007. Work will be completed in March 2010. Performance Audit: Consultants have been appointed for construction supervision and performance audit.The inception report was delivered on 15 October 2007 and the first audit report was delivered on 23 April 2008. The third and fourth performance audit reports for the six month periods ending 30 June and 31 December 2008 respectively were submitted to SLRM on 18 December 2009. Civil Works: ICB package C4: Contract awarded for ICB package C4 (Matara-Hambantota-Wellawaya) to a Joint venture with domestic preference in January 2007. This package was successfully completed and handed over ahead of program in October 2009. ICB package C3: Contract awarded for ICB package C3 Siyambalanduwa-Pottuvil-Akkaraipattu in March 2008. The contract is expected to be completed by end September 2010.The overall physical progress as of February 2010 is 81.76%. 7 NCB packages (NRC3, NRC5, NRC1,NRC2, NRC6, NRC7 and NRC8) have been awarded and physical progress as of February 2010 is 94.00%, 68.43%, 87%, 85%, 97.25%, 32.91% and 48.4% respectively. Minor change in scope carried out with EU for the additional funds in June 2007. Rs 3.69 million has been reallocated from Rural Finance component (G) and other components to component C in December 2007. Minor reallocation ($700,015) was carried out from component C to component G in June 2008 4 contract packages have been selected from the Southern Province and 3 has been already awarded. The overall progress is 95% as of February 2010. 1 Contract package was terminated. In Western Province, 1 contract package has been awarded and completed. In Hambantota District, 15 subprojects have been identified and 13 have been completed. Physical progress is 96.35%. In Batticaloa District, 11 subprojects have been identified and 6 subprojects complete. Physica progress is 91.27%. In Trincomalee District, 6 subprojects have been identified, 3 completed and 3 under implementation.Physical progress is 69% as of February 2010. (1) Review Mission on 4.4.2006: Site visit to Mirijjiwala/Hambantota transmission line. Laying in progress and should be able to complet by the time the towers are ready (2) Review Mission 12-15 March 2007 (3) Attended the PPCC meeting on 12.07.2007 to review progress (4) Midterm Review Mission conducted from 21 April 2008 to 08 May 2008 (5) Review Mission conducted from 21-24 November and 11-19 December 2008 272 subprojects (1261 works) worth of Rs 3,485 million from all sectors were approved by Provincial Project Coordinating Committee (PPCC). All 3 districts covered. Tenders for 486 works were called and 434 tenders were awarded and 427 works have been completed and handed over. Progressive payments have been made to 1070 fully damaged houses and 1969 partly damaged houses under the owner driven housing program in the Western and Southern Provinces. (1) Review Mission from 24-26 April 2006 (2) Review Mission from 22-24 November 2006 (3) Review Mission from 12-15 March 2007 (4) Revies Misson from 22-25 March 2007 (5) Review Mission from 22-26 October 2007 (6) Midterm Review Mission conducted from 21 April 2008 to 08 May 2008 (7) Review Mission from 18-20 January 2010 All activities are closed as of 30 March and the accounts are closed as of 01 April 2011. |
Geographical Location |
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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Environmental Aspects | |
Involuntary Resettlement | |
Indigenous Peoples | |
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
During Project Design | |
During Project Implementation |
Business Opportunities | |
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Consulting Services | Consultants for the road rehabilitation and rebuilding component will be selected from existing consultant design firms already engaged in ongoing road sector projects in Sri Lanka, subject to satisfactory performance, base don bio-data proposals and using the quality and cost based method of selection. Consulting design services required for all remaining tsunami-related components will be engaged through direct selection, typically through an extension of an existing contract. |
Procurement | Procurement will be carried out in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for Procurement, and the Government's tender procedures acceptable to ADB. For civil works contracts with estimated value greater than $5 million, procurement will be in accordance with international competitive bidding procedures. For contracts with estimated values of $5 million and below, procurement will be in accordance with local competitive bidding procedures acceptable to ADB, using single-stage, two-envelope procedures where relevant, and bidding periods of at least 21 days. For tsunami-related procurement, local competitive bidding periods can be reduced to 15 days. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Miyao, Taisuke |
Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | Sri Lanka Resident Mission |
Executing Agencies |
Ministry of City Planning and Water Supply "Lakdiya Medura", No. 35, New Parliament Road, Pelawatta Ministry of Finance and Planning P.O. Box 277 The Secretariat Building, Colombo 1 Sri Lanka Ministry of Finance and Planning [email protected] P.O. Box 277 The Secretariat Building, Colombo 1 Sri Lanka Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (formerly Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs) New Secretariat, Maligawatta Colombo 10, Sri Lanka Ministry of Highways 9th Floor Setsiripaya Battaramulla, Sri Lanka Ministry of NationBuilding & Estate Infrastructure 177,Galle Road Colombo 3, Sri Lanka |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | 08 Mar 2005 |
Fact Finding | 15 Feb 2005 to 28 Feb 2005 |
MRM | 18 Mar 2005 |
Approval | 14 Apr 2005 |
Last Review Mission | - |
PDS Creation Date | 18 Apr 2007 |
Last PDS Update | 24 May 2011 |
Grant 0006-SRI
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
14 Apr 2005 | 28 Apr 2005 | 28 Jul 2005 | 30 Jun 2009 | 31 Dec 2010 | 01 Apr 2011 |
Financing Plan | Grant Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 150.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 150.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 148.33 | 0.00 | 99% |
Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 148.33 | 0.00 | 99% |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Partly satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
Grant 0011-SRI
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
14 Apr 2005 | 28 Apr 2005 | 28 Jul 2005 | 30 Jun 2009 | 31 Dec 2010 | 10 Feb 2011 |
Financing Plan | Grant Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 69.20 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 67.03 | 97% |
Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 69.20 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 67.03 | 97% |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
Grant 0045-SRI
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
26 Jun 2006 | 24 Oct 2005 | 26 Jun 2006 | 31 Dec 2006 | 30 Sep 2007 | 01 Jul 2009 |
Financing Plan | Grant Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 8.73 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 8.04 | 92% |
Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 8.73 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 8.04 | 92% |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
Loan 2167-SRI
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
14 Apr 2005 | 28 Apr 2005 | 28 Jul 2005 | 30 Jun 2009 | 31 Dec 2010 | 31 Jan 2011 |
Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 7.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 7.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 6.27 | 0.00 | 100% |
Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 6.27 | 0.00 | 100% |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
Loan 8221-SRI
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
30 Jun 2005 | 05 Oct 2005 | 24 Nov 2005 | 31 Dec 2008 | 31 Dec 2012 | 03 Jan 2013 |
Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 13.50 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 11.35 | 100% |
Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 13.50 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 11.35 | 100% |
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Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Tsunami-Affected Areas Rebuilding Project | Project/Program Completion Reports | Nov 2012 |
Tsunami-Affected Areas Rebuilding Project and the North East Community Restoration and Development Project II | Reports and Recommendations of the President | Apr 2005 |
Safeguard Documents See also: Safeguards
Safeguard documents provided at the time of project/facility approval may also be found in the list of linked documents provided with the Report and Recommendation of the President.
None currently available.
Evaluation Documents See also: Independent Evaluation
Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Sri Lanka: Tsunami-Affected Areas Rebuilding Project | Validations of Project Completion Reports | Oct 2014 |
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Tenders
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Contracts Awarded
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Procurement Plan
None currently available.