Koshi Province Recommends 22 Strategic Projects for Federal Funding in FY 2083/84

Biratnagar. The Koshi Province government has recommended a total of 22 large-scale and strategic projects to be implemented under the federal government's special and supplementary grant programs for the upcoming fiscal year 2083/84. 

According to the decision of the Provincial Planning Commission, the total estimated cost of these projects is 5.3323 billion rupees, with a budget request of 2.1237 billion rupees for the upcoming fiscal year. These projects are targeted to be completed within a minimum of 1 to 3 years. 

Under the federal special grant, 12 projects have been recommended with a total cost of 1.3808 billion rupees. This includes the Chapeti Water Supply Project in Ilam, for which 32.5 million rupees has been requested out of a total cost of 54.5 million rupees. 

In the health sector, 108.5 million rupees has been requested for the Provincial Referral Veterinary Hospital, which has a total cost of 298.5 million rupees, and 99 million rupees for the expansion of Taplejung District Hospital, which costs 260 million rupees. Both projects are targeted for completion within 3 years. 

Similarly, a budget of 100 million rupees each has been requested for the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control Project, the Deprived and Marginalized Model Housing (Janata Awas) program to be implemented in 8 districts, the Adolescent Empowerment Program, and the Technology-Friendly Teaching and Learning Program, all of which are scheduled for completion within one year. 

Regarding water supply, while the estimated costs for the Panchayan (Sunsari), Ullughutu (Morang), and Biring Khola (Jhapa) water supply projects are 83.8 million, 87.6 million, and 70.5 million rupees respectively, a budget of 100 million rupees each has been proposed for the upcoming year. 

A budget of 30 million rupees each has been requested for the Sunkoshi Yaluk Lifting Water Supply in Okhaldhunga and the Phaklekhuwa Irrigation Project in Taplejung. These water supply and irrigation projects are scheduled to be completed in 2 years. 

Furthermore, 10 projects related to strategic roads and large infrastructure in the province have been recommended under the federal supplementary grant, with a total cost of 3.9514 billion rupees. The largest among these is the Bhojpur-Dingla road, costing 909.9 million rupees, for which 202.4 million rupees has been requested for the upcoming year. 

A budget of 271.3 million rupees has been proposed for the Okhaldhunga Sankranti Bazar-Khamlalung-Bhandari Danda road, which has a total cost of 674.8 million rupees. Both these roads are expected to be completed within 3 years.
For infrastructure, 100 million rupees each has been requested for the construction of the Khanidanda-Thamkharka road in Khotang, the Kamal Rural Municipality-Gauriganj road in Jhapa, and the Keshaliya Corridor in the Morang-Sunsari area, with each project costing approximately 300 million rupees. 

For the Gauradaha Pond infrastructure in Jhapa, 50 million rupees has been requested out of a total cost of 270.6 million rupees. A budget of 75 million rupees each has been requested for the Likhu-Khijifalate and Ramailodanda-Rumjatar roads in Okhaldhunga, the 10 km Damuna Bazar-India border road in Jhapa, and the Piluwa Corridor bridge and road construction in Sankhuwasabha. These four road projects are designed to be completed within 2 years. 

The Provincial Planning Commission has prioritized these projects and selected them in accordance with the Special and Supplementary Grant Procedure, 2078.