| Uzbekistan, Rep. of
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LOAN: UZB 35496-01
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Western Uzbekistan Rural Water
Supply Project |
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Location
rural
communities in Karakalpakstan and Khorezm |
Sector
Social
Infrastructure /Water Supply and Sanitation |
Initial Listing
2 January 2002
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Most Recent Update
14 June 2002
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Executing Agency(ies)
Ministry of Macroeconomics and Statistics
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- Missions
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| TA
Fact-Finding |
Loan Fact-Finding |
Pre-Appraisal |
Appraisal |
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4-25 Feb 2002 |
TBD |
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| Loan Approval Date
2 May 2002 |
Estimated Completion
Date
September 2005 |
- Cost and Financing Plan
(in US$ million)
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| Source |
Foreign Cost |
Local Cost |
Total |
| Bank |
37.00 |
1.00 |
38.00 |
| Cofinancing |
0.00 |
27.00 |
27.00 |
| Borrower |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Beneficiaries |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Others |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Project/Program
Cost |
37.00 |
28.00 |
65.00 |
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OCR |
ADF |
Total |
| Loan
Amount |
38.00 |
0.00 |
38.00 |
- Description
- The Project will provide urgently
needed assistance in response to the worsening consequences
of drought during the past two years in the Aral Sea area of
northwest Uzbekistan covering the autonomous Republic of
Karakalpakstan (Karakalpakstan) and the province of Khorezm.
It will be a part of a wide-ranging package of projects
under the Government's Aral Sea Drought Relief Program that
is being funded by international development agencies to
support the communities in the Aral Sea drought disaster
area. The Project will improve potable water supply and
provide support to sanitation and personal hygiene practices
to about 700,000 rural population in the project area of
whom over 60 percent are poor. The Project will also support
long-term sustainable water supply management by introducing
water conservation measures, educating the public on the
value of water, and promoting health awareness campaigns. To
better address the needs of beneficiaries of the Project, a
participatory approach will be adopted when formulating and
designing subprojects under the Project. Thereafter, the
beneficiaries will be involved in implementation.
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- Thematic Classification
- Human Development
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- Poverty Classification
- Core Poverty Intervention
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- Rationale
- Karakalpakstan and Khorezm are located
in the driest part of Uzbekistan. Over the last three
decades, the drying up of the Aral Sea has further
aggravated the water shortage problem. Since mid-2000,
Karakalpakstan and Khorezm have been suffering from the
worst drought in 100 years. About 90 percent of the rice
crop and 75 percent of the cotton crop were lost in 2000 and
2001. Many families in the rural communities have lost
direct access to safe drinking water and their main source
of income from agriculture. Women and children are often
required to fetch water from distant alternative sources.
Drinking water, where available, is often contaminated or of
poor quality exposing the population to high risks of
waterborne diseases and carcinogenic and immunological
problems. The water shortage situation needs to be addressed
urgently as the condition has deteriorated rapidly since the
onset of the current drought. The Government has embarked on
a program for short-term humanitarian relief and medium- to
long-term water resource management and has sought ADB's
assistance in carrying out the program that is supported by
various multilateral and bilateral aid agencies. The Project
will alleviate human suffering from the drought and will
strengthen the institutional capacity to manage scarce water
resources in a sustainable manner. The Project will allow
ADB to play a key role in the joint effort by international
aid agencies to assist the Government in combating the water
shortage and drought problems in the poorest part of the
country.
- Objectives and Scope
- The main objective of the
Project is to improve the living and health conditions in
the rural communities in Karakalpalstan and Khorezm. The
Project will mitigate the ongoing effects of the drought by
providing safe and easily accessible water supply,
minimizing water wastage, and improving health conditions
through supporting the provision of sanitation facilities
and encouraging better hygiene practices. The Project will
also strengthen institutional capacity for potable water
resource management to ensure Government's water supply
program in the Aral Sea area is sustainable. The Project
comprises three parts: potable water supply, water
conservation and health improvement, and capacity building.
Potable water supply includes the development of new systems
and rehabilitation and upgrading of existing facilities. The
aim is to expand the supply of potable water in districts
from a minimum of 12 percent to 85 percent, reduce
unaccounted-for-water losses from over 50 percent to 30
percent, increase supply efficiency of bulk water and
service delivery, and lower unit costs of production. Water
conservation and health improvement includes introduction of
water conservation measures, improvements to the sanitation
facilities in schools and clinics, and promotion of water
and sanitation related health awareness. Capacity building
includes support for project management and institutional
strengthening on water supply management. The Project will
adopt a flexible approach where subprojects will be
selected, planned, and implemented during Project
implementation. The Project will include social measures to
identify and mobilize community participation in subproject
planning and implementation, monitoring of demand, and
education on the value of water.
- Policy Dialogue
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- Environment Category: B
- Environment Impact and
Mitigation
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- Social Aspects and
Remedies
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- Benefits and Beneficiaries
- The Project will
directly benefit about 700,000 rural population in
Karakalpakstan and Khorezm, who are suffering from the lack
of safe drinking water that has been worsened by the current
drought. The majority of the beneficiaries are poor.
Increased and more stable supply of potable water and
sanitation facilities will improve the health and general
welfare of the beneficiaries, in particular the vulnerable
groups who are unable to afford coping mechanisms such as
bottled water.
- Public Consultation
- Arranged by
- Date for Consultation :
- Groups Consulted :
- Beneficiary Participation in
Formulation
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- Beneficiary Participation in
Implementation
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- Consulting Services
- The Project will require 254
person-months of consulting services (32 person-months of
international and 222 person-months of domestic) for potable
water resource management, subproject selection, procurement
advice, financial management, detailed engineering design,
project management, community participation and health
awareness development. Consultants will be engaged in
accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants
based on the Quality and Cost-based Selection Method and
other arrangements satisfactory to ADB for the engagement of
domestic consultants.
- Procurement
- The procurement of goods and
services to be financed by the ADB loan will be undertaken
in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for Procurement.
International competitive bidding procedures will be applied
for supply contracts estimated to cost the equivalent of
$500,000 or more, and civil works contracts valued at over
$1.0 million. Supply contracts with a value of $500,000
equivalent or less will follow international shopping
procedures except for supply contracts with a value of
$100,000 equivalent or less, which may be procured by direct
purchase or local competitive bidding, as applicable. Civil
works contracts valued at $1.0 million equivalent or less
will be carried out under local competitive bidding.
- Contacts
- Bank
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- Executing Agency
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- Ministry of Macroeconomics and Statistics
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| Contact Person |
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Rustam S. Azimov, Deputy Prime Minister
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| Tel. No. |
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998-71-139 8669/132 6414/139 8084
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| Fax. No. |
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998-71-139 8674/39 |
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