IEE study of Sundarighat Bridge over Bagmati river
Introduction
Narrative description of the Project: Construction a motorable bridge over Bagmati River and this bridge will join Kirtipur Municipality with southern part of Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan. It is expected that after construction of this proposed bridge, it will become the alternative route to divert the traffic from existing Balkhu Bridge along the Ring Road.
The total length of the proposed RCC Bridge over the Bagmati Bridge River is 100m. The bridge is proposed with double lane with estimated width of the carriage way at 7.5 m with kerb on both sides. The proposed design of the bridge is simply supported RCC T-Beam Bridge of 25m effective span with RCC deck slab for prevailing design loads and site conditions.
Description of Actual Service Provided: Preparation of Terms of Reference (ToR) and Report on Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) study, which includes:
(a) Preparation and approval of ToR for IEE study of Sundarighat Bride over Bagmati river in Kathmandu, (b) baseline data collection of biophysical, socio-economic as well as cultural environment, (c) public consultation, (d) Preparation of draft and final IEE report of entire projects, presentation of the report in the Ministry, (e) incorporation of comments and approval of the report from the concerned government line agencies (Ministry of Physical Planning, Works and Transport Management MoPITM).