Bihar Kosi Flood Recovery Project - BKFRP Owner Driven ... - GFDRR
Bihar Kosi Flood Recovery Project - BKFRP Owner Driven ... - GFDRR
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<strong>Bihar</strong> <strong>Kosi</strong> <strong>Flood</strong> <strong>Recovery</strong> <strong>Project</strong> - <strong>BKFRP</strong><br />
<strong>Owner</strong> <strong>Driven</strong> Housing Reconstruction<br />
February 24, 2012<br />
Washington
<strong>Flood</strong> Damages<br />
• <strong>Kosi</strong> floods in 2008 affected over 3 million people in<br />
<strong>Bihar</strong><br />
• Damaged over 300,000 houses<br />
• Major damages to roads, culverts, bridges and<br />
agriculture lands - over 284,000 ha, in 1063 villages<br />
• <strong>BKFRP</strong>'s objective is to support flood recovery as<br />
well future oriented risk reduction efforts.
• <strong>BKFRP</strong> - Snapshot:<br />
• Board Approval : September 09, 2010<br />
• Effectiveness : March 08, 2012<br />
• Credit Closing : September 14, 2014<br />
• Credit Amount : US$ 220 million<br />
• <strong>Project</strong> Cost : US$ 259 million
• Components include:<br />
• Housing Reconstruction - $ 74.8 million<br />
• Reconstruction of damaged roads and bridges - $<br />
82.3 million<br />
• Strengthening <strong>Flood</strong> Management Capacity – $35.3<br />
million<br />
• Livelihood Restoration and Enhancement – 35.3<br />
million<br />
• Contingency Emergency Financing - $20 million<br />
• Implementation support - $11.7 million
• Housing Reconstruction:<br />
• Housing reconstruction component targets<br />
reconstruction of about 100,000 houses<br />
• Dovetails with the ongoing 'Indira Awas Yojna', a GoI<br />
supported rural housing program<br />
• Housing reconstruction assistance of Rs. 60,000 (about<br />
$1,200) is provided in three installments into individual<br />
bank accounts.<br />
• House owners get Rs. 45,000 from IAY, balance from the<br />
project.<br />
• Those not eligible for IAY get full support from the<br />
project .
• Special Features include:<br />
• <strong>Owner</strong> build their own houses<br />
• Multi hazard (flood, earthquake and wind) resistant<br />
designs<br />
• Use of locally available material - 'Bamboo'<br />
• Provision of social and technical support, through a<br />
team of Social Mobilizers and Technical personnel<br />
• Local masons are provided training in appropriate<br />
construction techniques
• Special Features include:<br />
• Stage wise certification of completion and quality<br />
of construction<br />
• Third party validation of quality of construction<br />
• Incentive for completion of houses - last<br />
installment, Rs. 5000, for installation of Solar<br />
Lighting System<br />
• Grievance redress mechanism
Thank You<br />
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