SUPER CYCLONE SIDR 2007 Impacts and Strategies for ... - nirapad

Ministry of Food and Disaster Management
3.5 Community Infrastructures
Social and economic infrastructures have been damaged and needs to be repaired in order to facilitate
recovery and rehabilitation efforts. Extensive infrastructure damage has been inflicted on schools,
roads, bridges, culverts and embankments. The most damage took place in Barisal, Pirojpur,
Barguna, Jhalakathi, Bagerhat and Patuakhali. The main infrastructure damaged or destroyed was
roads, bridge/culvert, embankments, inland water transport and school building (Annex 4). Repair
will be made through employment intensive public works schemes that maximise the use of local
labour and materials.
Roads
Impacts
Sidr impacted on 8,075 km roads in 11 of 30 affected districts. Of the 8,075 km roads, 1,714 km are
fully- and 6,361 km partially-damaged. Major damages occurred in Barguna (1,808 km), Jhalakathi
(1,808 km) and Pirojpur (1,642 km) and Patuakhali (838 km partially damaged only) districts.
Breakdown of key elements
Roads are mainly damaged in the districts along the coastline or on the bank of estuarine rivers. Most
of the damaged roads are embankment-cum-roads and were destroyed by high tidal surge during the
cyclone. Of the total damaged roads, Roads and Highway owns 1,172 km regional and national
highways, LGED owns 3,746 km (carpeted 2,075.87 and earthen 1,670.20 km) roads. Table 3.5
shows that at LGED owned roads highest damage was occurred in Bagerhat (922 km) followed by
Pirojpur (626 km) and Barguna (564 km).
Table 3.5: LGED owned damaged roads in 12 highly affected districts.
District Barisal Jhalokathi Pirojpur Bhola Patuakhali Barguna Bagerhat Satkhira Khulna Shariatpur Madaripur Gopalganj Total
Roads (km) 387 173 626 126 471 564 922 32 115 30 0 35 3,481
Estimation of Costs
As reported by the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of 46 flood-affected districts during development of
Flood Report 2007, average cost per km of carpeted road was around BDT 2 million and average
repairing cost per km of carpeted road was around BDT 1 million. Building of other roads coast above
BDT 0.40 million for each km of road and repairing costs BDT 0.16 million per km.
However, the average cost mentioned can be used in the calculation. Some roads are constructed on
the embankments which are not possible to construct until the damaged embankments are replaced.
Response
• Debris on main roads has been cleared by the concern departments to establish communication
facilities.
• Roads and Highways (R&H) identified 35 damaged roads and developed a short-term and longterm
plan for reconstruction of the roads.
• The short-term plan cost to an amount of USD 40.50 million and the long-term plan cost to an
amount of USD 294 million as estimated by R&H.
• LGED report indicates that BDT 17.0 million is spent under repairing and maintenance of rural
roads and culverts programme in 17 districts of Sidr affected areas.
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