📋 Tender Overview
Source of Funding / Amount: Loan: khyber pakhtunkhwa cities improvement project
Ordinary capital resources: US$ 500.00 million
The government in pakistan elected in july 2018 issued its national development priorities, explicitly highlighting citizens access to safe water supply, sanitation, and the right to live in a healthy environment as a part of its core priorities for the country. The proposed khyber pakhtunkhwa intermediate cities improvement project (the project) will help the government to improve livability of the five cities of abbottabad, kohat, mardan, mingora, and peshawar in the khyber pakhtunkhwa province (the kp province) through improvements in: (i) urban infrastructure; and (ii) institutional strengthening for urban services providers. The project aims to benefit about 3. 5 million current population that is estimated to increase to about 5. 5 million by 2033. The project is included in adbs country operations business plan (2019-2021). The project will support the governments development priorities including (i) national water policy (2018), (ii) local government act (2019), and (iii) pakistan vision 2025.
Rapid urbanization and municipal services. Cities in the kp province have been experiencing high rates of urbanization and rapid population growth. By 2033, it is estimated that more than 72% of kps population will live in these five cities. Urban development in kp is characterized by lateral expansion of the urban area rather than densification such that the unplanned urban sprawl severely stretches cities services beyond its capacity. This has led to the suboptimal uses of urban spaces, over-extension of public utilities and services resulting in wastage of resources, long distance commutes, inefficiencies and reduced livability. While cities planning continued, there is a need to address challenges of rapid urbanization include aggravating urban deficit, degrading urban ecology, and eroding livability. Inadequate urban infrastructures. Urban infrastructure development has not kept pace with the rapid urbanization in the kp province. Piped water is available in only 42% of the urban population, and typically for only 6 hours a day. In many cities the primary water supply is fed from groundwater resources which are being overstressed, resulting in reducing water availability at a time when the demand for water is increasing rapidly. Due to poor maintenance and leakages, there are significant losses in piped networks, as well as significant contamination of the water supply currently 85% of the supplied water is considered unsafe for consumption. Operational sewerage systems serve less than 5% of urban areas. Where sewer networks are installed, these are poorly maintained, frequently clogged and prone to overflow. Typically, sewerage and wastewater are conveyed via open drains, which also drain stormwater. There are no functional wastewater treatment plants: wastewater and sewage are discha
