Both The News & Express Tribune Mentioned News Story about Asian Development Bank report about Balochistan Raods, both have opposite details about this report.
According to The News
Road development project in Balochistan success: ADB
Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has termed its multi-million dollar road development project in the impoverished Balochistan province as a successful project which has achieved its objectives.
“Overall, the short-term objectives of involving the beneficiaries and Communication and Works Department of Balochistan (CWD) in road benefits monitoring have been achieved, leaving the medium- and long-term goals of the social impact on poverty reduction,” said the ADB’s Project Completion Report (PCR) on ‘Balochistan Road Development Sector Project’
Despite highly challenging circumstances relating to security, unprecedented floods, and earthquake, the majority of the project outcome has been achieved.
But According to Express Tribune:
$268m for Balochistan roads may go to waste: ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forewarned the federal government that the $268 million investment for making roads in Balochistan may go to waste, as the sustainability of the scheme is at risk, due to inadequate budget for maintenance.
Many sections of the provincial highways in the project area were damaged by landslides, floods, and heavy traffic but they were not timely repaired, the ADB said.
The ADB said the project experienced substantial delays due to security conditions, which led ADB to close the loan before completion of all the components.
But Actual Report details are similar to The News.
ADB Reports States:
* The majority of the project’s impact and outcome indicators anticipated at appraisal have been achieved; the project’s impact and outcome will be further improved once the ongoing civil works are completed
* During and after implementation, the project’s design and formulation were found to be
highly relevant to the government’s objectives and ADB’s country strategy.
* 120 km of national highways and 189 km of provincial highways had been reconstructed under the project. Two contracts were completed with reconstruction of 119.8 km of national highways.
* Works under the other two contracts, with 110.6 km of national highways, are still ongoing (48-50% completed) and are expected to be completed by September 2012
* To facilitate large traffic volume near Quetta, 15.5 km of the Quetta–Kila Adbullah section was widened to dual carriageway.
* The provincial highways and rural roads were improved under 15 civil works contracts.
*Nine contracts were completed with a total length of 189.08 km of roads improved.
The remaining 6 contracts for 237.1 km of roads (including the section transferred to the
Balochistan Development Authority) are still being implemented and expected to be completed
by September 2013
Many bridges and a large number of culverts were (or will be) constructed. Realignment of some road sections was done according to geographic conditions and real needs.
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