Trail Bridge Sub Sector Program (TBSSP)

Objectives: The main goal of the programme is to contribute towards poverty reduction through improvement of access to social and basic services and economic resources and opportunities of the local people by building trail bridges within one hour detour.

Key Activities:

• Community mobilization and facilitation in bridge construction.
• Activate the user committees.
• Facilitated for public hearing, public review and public audit.
• Assisted for Social inclusion, transparency and livelihood building.
• Carried out the overall construction and supervision of the works.
• Prepared the details design of suspended type bridge.
• Supported in technical and social organizational activities conduct.

Project Period: 12 months (July, 2014-July, 2015)

Project Location: Sindhupalchok, district

Funding Partner (s): DDC, TB-SWAp, Sindhupalchok

Implementation Partner:  VDCs and bridges construction committee (UCs).

Major Achievements:

• 02 bridges construction committee formation and mobilization.
• 02 bridges details survey and drawing, cost estimate preparation.
• Facilitated the user committee constriction completed 02 bridges Public Audit (PA) and Final Technical Check and Assessment.
• 02 construction complete bridges technical and social organizational support
• The total beneficiaries from the aforementioned bridge construction are 311 female and 272 male within 102 households, in which there were 76 dalit, 369 janajati and 138 brahmin and chhetri beneficiaries.