all sectoral ministries (nearly 40 EIAs are section is highly under pressure. With approved in a fiscal year, approximately 250 the current rate of approval about 40 EIAs are currently under process) project a year, it will take about 6 additional years to complete the EIA approval of the existing backlogs. Obviously the human resource in the environmental section of MOE is highly inadequate. Ministry of Physical Planning 141 23 118 All works and function of the MoPPWTM and Transport Management Planning Monitoring and 1 1 - Review of IEE TOR and review and approval Only one person to process the IEE Evaluation for IEE review and of IEE; Review of EIA scoping and TOR , and EIA reports originating from the approval and EIA review at and, Review of EIA related to transport, line agencies of MoPPW. As a result the MoPPW bridge, supply, buildings, etc and MoPPWTM has ommited to review forwarding to MOE for approval (more than the TOR of IEE projects which has a 100 projects are under process now) direct relvance to the screening of issues for IEE studies and quality of the IEE reports based on the TOR approved without review process. Department of (including 2610 2300 310 All works and function of the DOR including Regional Directorate and road and bridge development initiated by Road Division) DOR Bridge Unit at the DOR 24 15 9 Pre-feasibility, feasibility study of the bridge Considering the workload in the bridge (35 new bridges are under design; 350 unit, the working technical staff in the bridges are under construction now; 50 to 60 project is inadequate. Further lack of bridges construction is completed each year; special training related to bridge 70 to 80 new bridges are taken up for design to the staffs of the unit, the unit construction each year, 12 to 1300 bridges has to entirely depend on outsourcing currently require maintenance), model of the consultants for design as well as contract documents (for all bridge projects), review of the design. and implementation supervision/monitoring of centrally implemented projects (3 As the unit also directly supervise the projects). Supervision and monitoring of the central level projects (3), supervisory projects implemented by Regional functions of the uit for the bridge construction and maintenance projects
all sectoral ministries (nearly 40 EIAs are approved in a fiscal year, approximately 250 EIAs are currently under process) section is highly under pressure. With the current rate of approval about 40 project a year, it will take about 6 additional years to complete the EIA approval of the existing backlogs. Obviously the human resource in the environmental section of MOE is highly inadequate. Ministry of Physical Planning and Transport Management 141 23 118 All works and function of the MoPPWTM Planning Monitoring and Evaluation for IEE review and approval and EIA review at the MoPPW 1 1 - Review of IEE TOR and review and approval of IEE; Review of EIA scoping and TOR , and, Review of EIA related to transport, bridge, supply, buildings, etc and forwarding to MOE for approval (more than 100 projects are under process now) Only one person to process the IEE and EIA reports originating from the line agencies of MoPPW. As a result MoPPWTM has ommited to review the TOR of IEE projects which has a direct relvance to the screening of issues for IEE studies and quality of the IEE reports based on the TOR approved without review process. Department of (including Regional Directorate and Road Division) 2610 2300 310 All works and function of the DOR including road and bridge development initiated by DOR Bridge Unit at the DOR 24 15 9 Pre-feasibility, feasibility study of the bridge (35 new bridges are under design; 350 bridges are under construction now; 50 to 60 bridges construction is completed each year; 70 to 80 new bridges are taken up for construction each year, 12 to 1300 bridges currently require maintenance), model contract documents (for all bridge projects), and implementation supervision/monitoring of centrally implemented projects (3 projects). Supervision and monitoring of the projects implemented by Regional Considering the workload in the bridge unit, the working technical staff in the project is inadequate. Further lack of special training related to bridge design to the staffs of the unit, the unit has to entirely depend on outsourcing of the consultants for design as well as review of the design. As the unit also directly supervise the central level projects (3), supervisory functions of the uit for the bridge construction and maintenance projects
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