DELAY IN MAJOR CIVIL CONSTRUCTION

PROJECTS:

A CASE STUDY OF MELAMCHI WATER SUPPLY

PROJECT(MWSP)

Presented By:

PROJECT GROUP

School Of Engineering

Pokhara University

067/BCE

GROUP MEMBERS:

MAHESH RAJ BHATT

SUNDAR ADHIKARI

RAJU KHATRI

RAM KRISHNA ACHARYA

SANJU SHARMA

SADANA TIWARI

MUKESH KR. SWARNKAR

ABSTRACT

Nepal is a landlocked country in between

two giant civil developed countries named

China & India.

As being in developing era , Nepal has

been suffering from delay problem in major

civil construction projects such as

hydroelectric project , water supply project,

irrigation project ,projects related to

transportation and other too.

Various news articles from online newspaper and documents

of MWSDP were studied and analyzed to collect published

data related to MWSDP in central region of Nepal.

.Major study is oriented with contracting process, tendering

process, various construction problems, technical and socio-

economical aspects these causes delay in completion.

Melamchi Khanepani development committee (MKDC)

was established under developing act 2034 has scheduled its

completion date as 2 September 2013.

• Key words:

Delay in major civil engineering projects,

water supply project, technical causes of

delay.

1. INTRODUCTION

• In the moment the country is entering into the

new era of democratic republic and feudal

autocratic kingdom was abolished by the

peoples movement, many horizons of new

opportunities are emerging .

• Investment in civil construction projects

mainly water supply project is very important

for the development of any country .

• As water is not only essential for human being

it is also necessary to all livestock and plants..

• The Melamchi water supply project (MWSP)

is considered to be the most viable long-term

alternative to ease the chronic water shortage

situation within the Kathmandu valley .

• The project is designed to divert about 170

MLD of fresh water to Kathmandu valley

from the Melamchi river in Sindhupalchowk

district . Augmenting this supply by adding

about the further 170 MLD each from the

Yangri and Larke rivers.

• Project is located in Kathmandu and

Sindhupalchowk central development region.

• The intake site is located in the upper part of

the Melamchi river basin about 1 km North

West of Dorin village and about 0.5 km south

east of Ghawakang village at the elevation of

about 1425 m.

• The project area stretches from the intake at

Melamchi River to the outlet at Sundarijal,

about 14 km north east of Kathmandu city.

• The MWSP was projected to cost US $464

million in 2000 A.D .Out of which financial

separation as GON US $118 million and US $

346 million for donor agencies.

• Current financing plan and sources to

respective project is..

1.GON US $118 million

2.ADB US $120 million

3.WB US $80 million

4.JBIC US $52 million

5.NORAD US $28 million

6.SIDA US $25 million

7.JICA US $18 million, and others..

• China Railway 15 Bureau Group Co-

orporation and CMIICJV has selected as

contractor for project in 2008.

• Currently Italian Co-operation Muritorie

cementisti ( CMC ) is constructing tunneling

part with completition schedule targeted as

April 14,2016.

SEE VIDEO CLIP1

2.STUDY AREA OF MWSP

• Located in Kathamandu and Sindhupalchowk

district in Central Development Region of Nepal.

• The intake site is located in the upper part of the

Melamchi river basin about 1 km North West of

Dorin village and about 0.5 km south east of

Ghawakang village at the elevation of about 1425 m.

• The project area stretches from the intake at

Melamchi River to the outlet at Sundarijal, about 14

km north east of Kathmandu city.

3.METHODS AND MATERIALS

• The desk study is followed by the literature review.

• Scientific literature such as journal , articles , books /documents including research/project reports.

• Study of Progress reports of MWSDB.

• study of online news.

• study of old national newspapers of various dates.

• 4.SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PROJECTS

S.N. NAME DIMENSION LOCATION REM.

1 TUNNEL 27.582 k.m.

2 AMBATHAN ADIT 298.3m

3 GYALTHUM AUDIT 330.5 M.

4 SINDHU AUDIT 752 m.

5 TREATMENT PLANT 4 NOS. WITH 85 MLD SUNDARIJAL

6 ACCESS ROAD 6.5 K.M. KATHMANDU

7 ACCESS ROAD 59.5 KM. MELANCHI

8 OUTLET 1.5 K.M. SUNDARIJAL

5.PROBLEMS:

Major problems/ challenges causing delay of project can be categorized as

A. Technical

• Political situation

aggrement with ADB was done in 2002 for 6 years, but it completed without any starting of work up to 2008.

• Detail estimate conflict/controversial estimation.

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• Administrative problems

• tendering process/ contracting process.

With first contractor aggrement about Niches and

pregrouting was not done accurately. That causes

serious problem between both parties during

construction.

Termination of first contractor without

completion of work (only 23%) in 25 sep2012.

And rebidding with CMC in 21 June 3013.

this causes hamper of nearly one and half

year.

B.Geographic problems

-landslides

-weak interior geography in tunneling line.

C.Social and environmental

• obstruction of local people.

Because of im proper social upliftment.

SEE VIDEO CLIP

• downstream ecological and hydrological

hazards.

• social upliftment programme extension in

other VDC,s than 14 scheduled .

6.OUR OPENION:

• This is the transition phase of nepal to enter in well

developed country from this situation. Here ,in

Nepal we have unbelievable potentiality, e.g. Water

resources, green forests, huge technical manpower,

and others too.

• Kathamandu valley will celebrate at the moment

when water drop falls in tap of Kathmandu from

MWSP.

• There are various technical, social and

environmental causes hampering all civil

construction in Nepal

• It is also intresting that in nepal ,there is amajor administrative and political amaturitytowards construction projects.

• Various plans (long/short) in nepal do notcomplete until deadline, because of lack ofwell equipped machines, well convincedmanpower,.

• There are conflict between locals and nationalagencies during planning/construction phase.

• The concept of public private partnership(PPP) is one of the advance tool to managesuch disputes.

• In this case, there we conclude major problem that

hinder and delay the project is unaccurate

contracting with chinese company. (Such as nothing

mentained about variation in tunnelling process.)

• We have been suffering in delay every where

because of our culture is not efficient.

• There should be legal ,ethical and moral evaluation

of each parts in any project to promote contractors ,

that may enhance the progress of projects.

7.CONCLUSION:

• Nepal government (GON) and melamchi

water supply development board(MWSDB)

has scheduled its completion date sept-2016.

• Current contractor Italian company CRC has

expected completion date before six month of

sept-2016.

• Melanchi is not a day dream of Kathmandu,

because monthly work progress report also

proofs its reality that it is possible to complete

this project in scheduled time.

•

• The date is not so far that people of Kathmandu

collect water in the home.

• It is too late to be pessimistic by complaining only

to politicians and others except ownself.

• There is equal role of everyone who exist in this

nation to be alert and careful about this weak

condition of Nepal in civil engineering evolution.

• Almost half of the Nepalese civil engineers and

youth manpower are completely dependent upon

foreign, although we and our country have higher

potentiality than our current demand in any civil

engineering field.

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