Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (SCIP) is a 10-year, $400 million program to improve basic urban infrastructure in Sindh's secondary towns through (i) establishing local government-owned, professionally-managed urban services corporations (USCs); (ii) urban sector reforms and capacity development; and (iii) priority investment in water supply, wastewater and solid waste management infrastructure. The ADB has approved a $300 million Multi-tranche Financing Facility to support SCIP.  SCIP has four components:

Part A: Urban Planning, Institutional Development and Program Implementation Support for the Executing Agency and Implementing Agencies in program execution and in institutional reforms;

Part B: Water Supply and Wastewater Management Improvements to improve service coverage, quality and reliability through civil works and equipment provision;

Part C: Solid Waste Management (SWM) Improvements comprising the provision of civil works and equipment required for the construction and operation of sanitary landfill facilities, solid waste collection equipment and communal waste bins; and

Part D: Operational and Transition Support funding to cover cash shortfalls in the newly established USCs, in advance of tariff increases and increased cost recovery.

SCIP will be implemented in successive tranches, with Tranche 1 covering the Sindh towns of Sukkur, New Sukkur, Rohri, Khairpur, Shikarpur and Larkana.  The team will be operating from the SCIP offices in Karachi.  SMEC International and Engineering General Consultants (Pakistan) Ltd, SMEC’s Pakistan local subsidiary are associates to BCE in this project.  The duration of the assignment is over 2 and half years with the value of the contract at approximately A$ 2 million. 

 For further information on the project please contact Cynthia Leong at BCE.