Sindh Basic Urban Services
Pakistan
Period: 2005-2006
Client/Finance: Asian Development Bank
The goal of this Technical Assistance (TA) was to develop a project which would facilitate sustainable urban development in six project towns - Badin, Dadu, Khaipur, Mithi/ Islamkot, Naushahro Feroze and Sanghar - where municipal services are severely stretched and inadequate. The cost recovery rate is low, and non-revenue water is very high (in four of the towns). The TA focused on low-income urban communities in Sindh, including the informal settlements, known locally as katchi abadis, and was carried out in a participatory manner. The Project was classified as a poverty intervention project and the key thematic areas were gender and development, environmental protection, human development and good governance.
The benefits and impacts of the Project will be: (i) increased coverage of water supply, sewerage and drainage and solid waste management services, including to the poor; (ii) improved cost recovery though better service delivery; (iii) improved public health; (iv) strengthening of institutional capabilities in urban planning and management, and in overall governance; (v) strengthening of community participation and empowerment; (vi) economic opportunities, creation of employment, and poverty reduction; and (vii) reduction of environmental degradation and natural resources depletion.
