DSS for Improving the Resilience of Nepal’s Strategic Roads Network

Through the Geohazard Risk Management and Resilient Road Asset Management in Nepal project, the World Bank is committed to supporting the Government of Nepal (GoN) in identifying, assessing and prioritizing risk mitigation measures to enhance the resilience of the country’s road network to seismic hazards and climate change impacts and to carrying out holistic planning and decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. The project is supporting the Department of Roads (DoR) in risk-informed infrastructure development in conjunction with two ongoing World Bank projects: the Road Sector Development Project (RSDP) and Nepal-India Regional Trade and Transport Project (NIRTTP).The resilient infrastructure project is implemented through three interconnected components:

Component I: “Hazard Mapping and Risk Assessment” was implemented by Aviyaan Consulting Private Limited. It focused on the collection and consolidation of geohazard risk information, made available through an online platform;

Component II: ‘Improving the Resilience of Nepal’s Strategic Roads Network’, is implemented by the Joint Venture of International Centre for Environmental Management (ICEM) Asia and GEOCE Consultants Private Limited; and

Component III: “Geohazard Risk Management Investment Plan”, is being implemented by EPTISA, which is carrying out in-depth design and implementation of resilient road measures for the identified roads under the RSDP and NIRTTP;