District Roads Support Programme

InternshipReport
[WorkingExperienceofBaitadi]
SophiyaShrestha 20thApril09
DISTRICT ROADS SUPPORT PROGRAMME (DRSP)

District Authorities in collaboration with Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Acknowledgement
I am indebted to the Swiss Agency for Development Co-Operation (SDC) for launching such an extremely useful internship program. I got a wonderful opportunity to be involved in all major activities of the project life cycle and to be exposed to the rural Nepal. Er. Josef Zimmerman (Team Leader-DRILP) deserves my heartfelt appreciation for his overall strategic guidance. His friendly nature and egalitarian approach motivated me to work. I would like to express my gratitude to Er. Sudhan Shrestha (Infrastructure Advisor) for his support and encouragement when I was nervous to go to Baitadi, 700 km away from my home. His quick response and concern for wellbeing of district level staff was highly appreciable. I am also thankful to Er Ashok Parajuli (Regional Infrastructure Specialist) for his kind cooperation. I would like to gratefully acknowledge Mrs Sappu Thapa for enormous support throughout the working period. All other members of DRSP are gratefully acknowledged for their contribution. I am very much appreciative of all the District Infrastructure Support Team, who heartily welcomes me in their group. I owe special thanks to Er Rabindra Tandukar (Team Leader /District Infrastructure Support Committee) for his guidance which will remain as precious asset in my entire career. I am gratified to Mr Direndra Shah (Sub Engineer-DISC) and Mr. Akilesh Karna (Sub Engineer-DISC) who shared their experience and supported me. I am thankful to Mrs. Nila Bam (Social Mobiliser Coordinator -DISC), Ms Sunita Bhandhari and Bhagrathi Bohora, Social Mobilisers, for their moral support and company. I am grateful to all the DDC staff of Baitadi specially to Er Ram Kumar Shrestha (District Technical Office-Baitadi), Er. Amul Basnet (District Project Officer) for their kind cooperation. I also acknowledge my gratitude toward all specialist of Central Implementation Support Committee (CISC) for their guidance. I owe special thanks to Er Prasant Malla, Er Brikram Shakya and the rest of the WELINK team for their instructions while surveying and designing road. It would not have been so enjoyable there without their friendliness. I enjoyed unforgettable company of my number of friends. Some of them were: Er Anju Maharjan, Mr Jeevan Manandhar, Mr Bijaya Manandhar, Er Manjila Shrestha, Er Bipana Sharma, Er Govind Bhrtel, Er Bijaya Bijuckchha, Er Man Bahadur Magar, Er Siza Shrestha, Er Srijana Dawadi, Er Pratap Sapkota, Er Pranita Rana, Er Nipesh Sthapit, Er Gyan Raj Shrestha, Er Mandip Shrestha and Late Er Raja Ram Budathoki. I want to extend my deep condolences to Late Er Raja Ram Budathoki for the tragic accident which took away his life. I am very much grateful to the people of Baitadi for their warm welcome and affection. I am proud of my parents for their immense support and encouragement. My beloved sister Richa, brother Saujanya, my old grandmother and my friends Er Shamesh Bikram Dhoj Joshi, Arct. Sajana Karmachharya, Ms Bunty Shrestha extended their love during the period of anxiety and uncertainty. Er. Sophiya Shrestha, 11.04.0 Bagdol, Lalitpur
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Preface
Swiss Development and Cooperation (SDC) funded Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project (DRILP) for the internship program. This is one year program for the fresh engineers who have to go to different districts and participate in the road planning, designing and construction activities. The DRILP programme's main objectives are to improve livelihoods of the deprived communities through construction of the green road. I got opportunity to be a part of this internship program. This report elucidateed my experience in Baitadi district while working as an Intern Engineer. This programme helps to bridge the gap between student life and professional life. It is mainly focussed to the lady engineers for empowering them. It helped to break the traditional value system of confining girls within the households and communities. At present, the Internship is replicated by a various organisations including construction companies. Most of the urbane young people do not prefer working in the remote regions which makes them ignorant about their own country. This programme encouraged the young graduates to go to different parts of our country and make us familiar about culture and lifestyle of local people. Most of the technical people overlook social aspects. However, as DRILP has focussed both infrastructure and livelihood programme, this Internship programme teaches to fresh engineer that infrastructure are meant for the people. . .

Table of contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.............................................................................................................................1 PREFACE.................................................................................................................................................2 TABLEOFCONTENTS...............................................................................................................................3 GLOSSARYOFABBREVIATIONS...............................................................................................................4 1 2 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................5 ORIENTATION&TRAININGS.............................................................................................................6 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3 4 5 6 7 8 ORIENTATIONS........................................................................................................................................6 ONTHEJOBTRAININGS............................................................................................................................. 8 FORMALTRAININGS ..................................................................................................................................9 WORKDESCRIPTION............................................................................................................................... 10
ACHIEVEMENTS&ACCOMPLISHMENTS ..........................................................................................13 PERSONALGAINS...........................................................................................................................14 CONTRIBUTIONTOTHEPROJECT/PROGRAMME............................................................................15 MOMENTSOFDIFFICULTY..............................................................................................................16 POSITIVEEXPERIENCE.....................................................................................................................17 CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................18

Glossary of Abbreviations
ADB BG CDC DDC DISC DoLIDAR DoR DRCC DRILP GoN IEE LEP SDC SIS VWRCC Asian Development Bank Building Group Cost Determination Committee District Development Committee District Infrastructure Support Consultant Department of Livelihood and Infrastructure District Agriculture Road Department of Road District Road Coordinate Committee Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project Government of Nepal Initial Environment Examination Labour based, environment friendly and participatory approach Swiss Development Cooperation Supplementary Investment Scheme Village Work Road Construction Committee

Introduction
DRILP is an ADB funded project that addresses the development needs of poor and conflict-affected communities through the investment in rural infrastructure and livelihood restoration facilities. The Project extends the network of improved rural transport infrastructure, consisting of roads, trails, and pedestrian bridges. Labour-based, environmentally friendly, and participatory (LEP) approaches method was adopted in construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure. The Project will be located in 18 districts in all the regions of Nepal. Swiss Development and Cooperation (SDC) provide technical support in 8 different districts. SDC provide the Internship program for the fresh civil engineer to develop the competent manpower for the nation. In this internship program, fresh engineer have to different 8 districts of Nepal and work with the DISC (District Implementation Support Consultant). This internship program provided me a platform to introduce myself in professional field. In this internship session, I lived in Baitadi district far western region and participate in all the activities of DISC team of Baitadi. In Baitadi, two sub-projects were selected: i) Shreebhavar-Hat Road which is located in the Northern side from the district headquarters and the Salena- Maluli which is located in Southern side of the headquarters. Baitadi map is attached in annex1. I spent the first term of my Internship in the Salena- Melauli Road Section for detail survey, design and estimate and for centreline pegging. After that I was involved in the construction phase of the Shreebhavar- Hat Road

Orientation & Trainings
2.1 Orientations
In the part of internship program, we got opportunities to get different training and orientations. Orientations of different fields were given by the specialist of respective field. Some of them were elaborated below.
Initial Environmental Examination (IEE)

Mr Padam Bhadur Chand (Envinronment Specialist) and Er. Sadikchhya Amatya oriented us about the IEE. The cycle of IEE, process of screening and mitigation measure were elaborated. The difference between EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) and IEE were explained with different examples of project. Mr Padam Chand informed that DRILP implements projects which need only IEE. This orientation shore up while collecting data for checklist in the Salena-Melauli Road and supervision of construction work in IEE perspective.
Labour based, environment friendly and participatory (LEP) approach

DRILP adopts labour based, environment friendly and participatory (LEP) approach. Er Sudhan Shrestha oriented about the technical feature of LEP approach i.e. road alignment, balancing cut and fill, blasting and appropriate structures. This orientation guided us while selecting alignment and in detail design of the Salena Melauli Road
Design and Analysis of retaining structure

Various structures are required for road construction. Er Dinesh Maharjan oriented us on designing of the retaining structure. He also explained about software for designing and ensuring the stability of structure. Although we can't use this software in district, I found it helpful for proper structural designing.
Resettlement
ADB's requires transferring the land ownership from the landholders to the Government of Nepal (GoN) before awarding the contract. Mr Laxmi Subedi and Ms Luna KC described entire resettlement process from cadastral survey to deed transfer. They also explained major criteria of ADB for resettlement i.e. compensation should given to the affected person who are below poverty line and who loose more than 10% of land by the project. This orientation backed me while participating in the Cost Determination Committee (CDC) meeting, cadastral survey, and formation of grievance redress committees. This orientation supported me to deal in these activities.

Social Aspect
DRILP not only constructs the road but also enhances the lifestyle of people of the project area. Different social activities from awareness to different economic generation trainings conduct parallel with construction of infrastructure. Ms Sangita Shrestha and Ms Kalpana Ghimire gave some knowledge about the social aspect of our project. By this orientation, I was able to present myself very confidently in the different social activities such as formation of VWRCC, Training and Orientation of VWRCC, household survey, selection of Supplementary Investment Scheme (SIS) etc which gave the knowledge of social perspective.
Bio-engineering
DRILP integrates the use of vegetation in combination with simple civil engineering structures such as gabion walls and simple drains to give the best overall slope protection and shallow stabilization. Mr. Shankar Rai threw some light in bio-engineering. He gave basic idea about the landslide and type of landslide, important of vegetation in road construction and different type of bio-engineering. This orientation helped me to visualize different types of landslide in the field.
Accounting
Mr Pradeep Pokharel and Mr Binod Lamichhane gave some knowledge about accounting. They gave some idea about taxes, its type and process of deduction etc. They also let us know about our insurance. Due to technical student, we had less knowledge in account; this orientation helped me to understand some basic detail of accounting required in daily life.

2.2 On the Job trainings

Learning by doing is the best way to learn fast and effectively. In this internship program we got lot of opportunities for on the job training. Some of the major learning was: Detail survey by strip method, Detail design and estimate using softwel software and supervision of construction work.
Detail survey by strip method

In the first month of training, I got opportunity to get involved with Welink team for the detail survey of the Salena-Melauli Road. The detail survey was implemented by using the strip method. The "total station" surveying equipment which was much more efficient and precise in comparison to the traditional techniques. The total length of road is 20 km which was started from Chuucha Dunga, Durgasthan VDC and ended in Kanda, Meluli VDC. While doing survey, I understand how to select suitable alignment, knowledge about the strip method survey and knowledge to operate the advance instruments like total station, EDM and GPS.
Detail Design and estimation using softwel software

In the 2nd month, I was involved in the Salena- Melauli Road design. As the design was done by "softwel Software", it provided opportunity to learn about the software and basic thing of design like how to plot counter, centreline, criteria while designing road.
Supervision of construction work

Two sub-projects are ongoing in Baitadi district i.e the Shreebhavar Hat Road and the Salena- Melauli Road. The Shreebhavar Hat Road is in construction phase so during this one year, I was fully involved in construction phase. I learnt to use level machine, manipulate data, and give construction line and structure line. I was also involved in measurement and preparation of bill.

2.3 Formal trainings

This program provided us different formal training which helped us to enhance the skill of software like autocad and advanced excel.
Basic Autocad training

Twelve days Basic Autocad training was organised by DRSP/ DRILP in centre point computer institute. In Autocad training we obtained the concept of basic command of Autocad. It gave idea to create the file, draw the elevation, section and plan of building, print out of Autocad drawing etc.
Advanced excel
Two days advanced excel was organized by DRILP/DRSP at the Centre Point computer institute. In training we learnt about different functions of excel 2007. As excel is very much important in our field work, I found it very much useful and interesting as well.
Workshop
Workshop of Preparation of district annual training plan was conducted by National NGO Ktm for two days on 2nd & 3rd Ashad. 065. In that workshop, we learnt about the concept of training to be implement in DRILP. We made social action plan/ annual training plan in the presence of LDO, DTO, DPO and DISC staff with assistance of National NGO trainer (Mr. Rishi Ram Koirala and Mr. Subash Ghimire)

2.4 Work description

In the last fourteen months I was involved in different work activities conducted by DISC team of Baitadi district. All the monthly progress report are attached in Annex 2. Some of the activities are as:
S.N 1
Time Duration 28th Dec 2007- 4th Feb 2008
Location SalenaMelauli, Baitadi
Work Involved Detail Survey of Salena- Melauli Road Formation of VWRCC in DurgasthanVDC, Salena VDC Maharudhra VDC and Melauli VDC
Remark Support Welink Consultant
9th Feb 22nd March 2008
Kathmandu
Design and Estimate of SalenaMelauli Road
Support Welink Consultant
1st April- 1st May 2008
Baitadi
Preparation of Work Schedule for 3 yrs Bid Evaluation of 3 contractors of Shreebhavar Hat Road Supervision of construction work by BG in Shreebhavar-Hat Road Support to social Team for the orientation of BGs Attend the DDC meeting
1st May 1st June 2008
Baitadi
1st June- 1st July 2008
Baitadi
Centreline Pegging Support Cadastral Surveyor Support social team for structure measurement, tree listing , household listing Tentative walk over survey of untouched area between the end point of DoR (Kadwar) to starting point of DRILP (ChuchhaDunga) Support SMC for selection of SIS scheme in Shikharpur VDC and Bhumiraj VDC. Supervision of construction work by BGs from 1+470 ~ 4+500 Prepare bill of 40 BGs Support CISC team (Mr. Padam Bdr. Chand and Er Sadichhya Amatya) to do the initial environmental assessment (Preparation of strip map, preparation of environment detail,

separation of community forest chainage etc.) from station 0+000 ~ 19+545.6. Assist to Env. Specialist Padam Bdr Chand and Er Sadichhya Amatya to monitor environment impact in Shreebhavar- Hat Road in construction phase Attend the Workshop of Preparation of district annual training plan which was conducted by National NGO, Ktm for two days Packaging work of Shreebhavar-Hat (Rapana-Kotila/8+000~15+000) Support social team for ZoI Survey Basic Autocad and advanced Excel training Orientation on IEE, social activities, Bio-engineering, Design and Analysis of retaining structure and accounting from the specialistof CISC
1st July-1st August 2008 1 August-1 September 2008

st st
Baitadi
Kathmandu
1st September- 1st October 2008
Baitadi
Packaging work of Salena Melauli Road (10+000 ~ 19+545.6) Preparation of Tender Document of 4 contract packages of Salena- Melauli from 0+000 ~10+000/Chuccha Dunga - Kanda Supervise the construction work by building group (BGs) of Shreebhavar- Hat (1+479 ~ 8+000) Supervise the construction work of three contractor work. Three contracts were awarded in Shreebhavar- Hat (0+000~8+000/Dholyemod Rapana). Support in formation of building groups of Salena- Melauli road. Packaging work and Preparation of Bid Document of Salena- Melauli Road On 16th November 2008, DISC team
1st October-1st November 2008
Baitadi
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1st November- 1st December 2008
Baitadi

had meeting with DDC staff (LDO, DTO and Accountant). The meeting was about the progress of DRILP, further plan, support required from DDC and budget allocation for this fiscal year On 21st Nov 2008, meeting was conducted with stakeholder of Shikarpur and Bhumiraj VDCs on Dhoylemod in presence of LDO about compensation and obstruction cause by stakeholder in contractor work. Supervision of Civil Construction Work in Shreebhavar- Hat by BGs group.
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1st Dec-1st Jan 2009
Baitadi
Supervision of Shreebhavar- Hat Road by building groups (BGs) and three Contractors VWRCC training and Orientation in Kotila VDC VWRCC training and Orientation in Durgasthan and Salena VDCs Participant in bid-opening on 31st Dec 08 and 1st Jan 09 for six contract packages of Shreebhavar Hat Raod (Rapana- Kotila /8+000 ~ 15 +000)
12
1st Jan- 1st Feb 2009
Baitadi
Manipulate coordinate data to angle as survey was done by total station and due unavailable of total station we have to do construction survey by Theodolite. Planning to start construction work in the Salena-Melauli Road
13
1st Feb-15th March 2009
Baitadi
Distribute tool to BG Construction survey in Salena-Melauli Road Start the construction work of SalenaMelauli Road.

Achievements & Accomplishments
In Baitadi district there are two sub-projects. During the internship period, we accomplished different activities. Some of the major activities were exemplify.
Completion of Detail Engineering survey and Design of Salena- Melauli (0+000 ~ 19+546/ChucchaDunga Kanda)
Detail engineering survey of the Salena- Melauli Road was completed. The starting point of survey is Chuchha Dhunga of Durgasthan VDC and end point is Kanda of Melauli VDC. This road corridor comprises Durgasthan, Salena, Maharudhar and Melauli VDCs. The survey was done by strip method. All the features of every 15m from either side of centre line were taken. softwel software were used for detail design. The survey data were used to manipulate the contour and the shorter, economical and feasible alignment was selected using DoLIDAR's norms. The total design length is 19.546 Km and total estimated cost of is Nrs 166,297,056.40.
Supervision of Construction works and preparation of bill

Construction works of the Shreebhavar- Hat Road was carried out by 40 Building Groups and 3 contractors from chainage 1+170 ~ 8+000/ Dhoylemod Khamala. Approx. 1400 people were employed. Four running bills of total cost Nrs 8,920,922 was prepared. Construction work of the Salena Melauli Road was started from 25th February 09 from chainage 1+000 ~3+ 480/ Chhucha Dunga - .
Social Activities Social survey (ZoI, household survey, cadastral survey, baseline survey etc) was completed. Different life
skill and awareness trainings for BGs and VWRCC were conducted. Encourage the building groups to involve in different saving and credit groups to institute the saving habit for future. Yearly plan, Business plan, training report, successful stories were prepared.
Packaging and preparation of bid documents of contract packages

Four contract packages of the Salena-Melauli Road (0+000 ~ 10+000/ Chuchha Dunga Bagkot) and six contract packages of the Shreebhavar- Hat (8+000 ~ 15+000/ Rapana Ratoka) were prepared.
Engineering Design and estimate of Supplementary Investment Scheme (SIS)

Engineering Design and estimate of three SIS scheme was complete. Total engineering estimate of 3 schemes were as followed. Byareshowri Primary School of Bhumiraj VDC Dullapani Kharayat Gaun Water Suppy Scheme of Bhumiraj VDC Bhumiraj Primary School of Shikharpur VDC NRs. 11, 44,471.65 NRs.26, 88,681.42 NRs.13, 18,469.25

Personal gains
I got opportunity to be involved in different activities of road construction. I am confident now to conduct detail survey and design. I am also competent to supervise road construction works. The detail survey of the Salena- Melauli Road was carried out by the strip method using different advanced equipment like EDM, Total station, GPS etc. After completion of detail survey, I learnt the process of strip map method. I can operate total station, EDM, GPS. After completion of detail survey, I was engaged in detail design. In detail design, I was familiarised with softwel software and different design criteria. In design phase, we developed contour from survey data and allocated the centreline and designed the road based on the DoLIDAR's standard. My experience with the construction works was another important aspect of my learning. It is fascinating to use our theoretical knowledge in a practical field. By involving in construction site, I was confident to give line for structure and cutting. I was frequently involved in measurement and bill preparation. I can handle these issues independently now. I actively contributed to packaging of works, preparation of bid documents and evaluation of bids. I took full responsibility of packaging works of four contract packages of the Salena Meluli Road. With my involvement, I can handle Bill of Quantities (BOQ) and tender documents. In DRILP program, social and technical activities are implemented side by side. I was involved in different social activities such as formation of VWRCC, training and orientation of VWRCC and selection of SIS scheme. With this, I was exposed to social issues and it also enhanced my communication skill wit a variety of audiences, this was my first comprehensive interface with rural communities.

Contribution to the project/programme
During the last fourteen month, I worked as a part of DISC team. On behalf of DISC team, I led the detail surveying and designing of the Salena Melauli Road. I assumed overall responsibility of mobilising construction and social activities. With the meticulous plan, I am confident that the road project will be completed in time. In detail survey, I supported Welink team for traversing and detailing. I was also responsible for soil classification and fix reference points. During detail design, I supported Welink team in data entry, calculation, counter manipulation and design work. I spent most of my time in construction work of the Shreebhavar- Hat Road. I was Site Incharge of the Shreebhavar- Hat Road which mandated me to supervise and prepare the running bills of building group (BG) and three contractors. I led the packaging of the Salena- Melauli Road and supported to package the Shreebhavar Hat Road. I revised the district rates. I was contributed in preparation of bid documents of 6 packages of the Shreebhavar Hat Road and 4 packages of the Salena- Melauli Road. I was a bid evaluation team member of 3 packages of the Shreebhavar Hat Road. Unfortunately, the bid was cancelled as none of contractors could meet the ADB's requirement. I played a key role in the formation of VWRCC of the Salena- Melauli Road, in providing training and orientation of VWRCC of Salena, Durgasthan and Kotila VDCs. I was also instrumental in the selection of SIS in the Shreebhavar- Hat Road i.e Shikharpur VDC and Bhumiraj VDC. I prepared a three year plan and an annual plan of both sub- projects. I directly supported to Team Leader in the preparation of monthly progress report, trimester report. I also prepared the presentation materials. I also supported to Ms Nila Bam in preparation of different training reports, and to complete other forms and formats. I advocated for monthly staff meeting to ensure effective management and communication. The meetings proved to be highly productive as our team could achieve progress as planned.

Moments of difficulty
I encountered with a number of challenges. Brought up in the Kathmandu Valley, I never lived in remote area. I had a bit traumatic feeling while accepting this assignment. A number of questions such as what to do, How to do, where to stay etc wriggled my mind. However, my psychological trauma was relieved after my arrival to Baitadi. Baitadi was more beautiful and friendlier than I expected. My DISC team especially Er Rabindra Tandukar (TL) helped me to overcome my psychological barriers. It took a while to adjust in Far Western's culture and language as it is completely different from central Nepal. In the beginning I found very difficult to adjust. But with the support from our Social Mobilizer Ms. Sunita Bandhari, I managed. Civil Engineering is male dominated field and Baitadian aren't so exposed to the external world. In that area female are confined in their household and vicinity. It was challenging job for me to get confidence from co- worker and local people. But later on they supported me significantly. There is a considerable distance between the district headquarters and road construction sites. The Shreebhavar- Hat Road is in the distance of 85 Km and the Salena- Melauli is 26 Km away from the district headquarters. A whole day travel in local vehicle to go to Shreebhavar Hat Road and 4 to 5 hrs walk to Salena Melauli was arduous task. Poor communication facility was another challenge. Receiving signal for mobile phone was not possible and land line was available only at a distance of 5 km which disrupted communication with office and home. There are a number of ambiguities with regard to logistics and equipment support. There is no provision for additional bedding, kitchen accessories for the new staff members. Field level staff has to suffer for the basic requirements such as field bag, torch light, mask, water bottle etc. which creates an environment of frustration. In district office, 14 DISC staffs have to adjust in two rooms which contribute to decrease the productivity level. One set of technical equipment (Theodolite, level machine etc) has to be shared by two sub-projects. This problem tends to compromise technical efficiency. The travel from Baitadi to Kathmandu and coming back is one of the challenging jobs. Baitadi is nearly 700 Km from the Kathmandu Valley, The intermittent and unpredictable transport strikes make life more miserable. It took 3 to 4 days to travel Baitadi to Kathmandu. There isn't reliable provision of transport facility for interns like us which the project management may consider to improve in future.

Positive experience
After all I am fully convinced that I made a very good and bold decision to accept this assignment. This assignment transformed my horizon especially the rural Nepal and the development constraints they face with. I also realised the importance of road to initiate overall development and to empower socially deprived communities and women. Personally, as mentioned above, my exposure with planning, designing and construction of road projects enhanced my confidence. At present, I can comprehend not only with civil engineering works such as surveying, designing and construction but also other social issues such as resettlement and mobilisation of communities. My exposure with the local level organisations such as DDC and VDC is another valuable experience. I would have never realised their decision making process and their formal and informal working procedures if I had not taken up this assignment. At present, I can contribute towards the issue of local governance more confidently. Being affiliated in this project, I realized how this type of projects changes the life of people. While working in the Shreebhavar- Hat Road I felt that people are so much conscious about the time value. As 20m - 30m pieces were allocated to each group (20-25 persons), they realized that more they work harder much they earn. In Baitadi, women and Dalit were still discriminated for not getting opportunity to work. However, DRILP's criteria of 40% women participation empowered them by enhancing their access to money. Participation of dalit is also compulsory. After working in this project, I am convinced that only infrastructure is not sufficient to develop rural areas. Infrastructure development should go ahead in conjunction with social development. Local people benefited from awareness and skill development training programmes which also included health and sanitation.

Conclusion
This Internship program is proved to be a bridge between the student life and professional life. Various on the job trainings, formal training and orientation programmes enhanced my knowledge in sustainable development through a livelihood project with special focus on road. I applied my theoretical knowledge of surveying, designing and construction works in the real life situation. This programme played a catalytic role to break the taboo that field works can be only implemented by males. I acquired a high level of confidence to deal with all sorts of field level problems which will have a long term implication not only on my personal level but also for empowering women in general. Having lived in the Baitadi district for more than 14 months, I was exposed to rural life their culture and languages which transformed my horizon. Due to my academic background, I have a natural tendency to view things from technical perspective. However, DRILP helped me to appreciate social issues which are sometimes equally crucial. Empowerment of women and other deprived communities through access to employment opportunities and participation in project related meetings created conducive environment for overall rural development. The project helped to reduce the distress migration and people are happier to work in their own country rather than going to India for employment. However, my stay there was not free from challenges. The first and foremost challenge was the security problem to visit Baitadi from Kathmandu and coming back. The intermittent and unpredictable transport strikes, not reliable provision of transport facility for interns like us were some of the practical problems which the project management may consider to improve in future. Clarity on the provision of logistics would further enhance effectiveness of this programme. Sometimes we faced ambiguities regarding the responsibility of providing surveying equipment, levelling machine and computers. Inadequate office facilities and other accessories sometimes lowered our productivity which the project management may consider to take up in due course of time. Overall the internship programme laid sound foundation for me to start my career. I am proud to be able to contribute towards nation building during the country's extremely critical period of the history. It will be definitely sensible to scale this practice up and to replicate in other disciplines as well.

Photographs Some of the pictures during by internship program were attached.
DISC -Baitadi Team
Discussion with stake holder before starting Salena- Melauli Road

Starting day of Salena Melauli detail Survey
Supervision of Shreebhavar-Hat Road

Workshop of Preparation of district annual training plan
Supervision of Shreebhavar Hat Road

Centreline Pegging of Salena- Melauli Road
Supervision of fabrication of Gabion Wire

Meeting with stakeholder for IEE report
Collection of IEE data in Salena Melauli Road

Measurement of structures which need to dismantle during road construction
Orientation training for VWRCC of Kotila VDC

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Orientation & Trainings

Initial Environmental Examination (IEE)

Labour based, environment friendly and participatory (LEP) approach

Design and Analysis of retaining structure

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2.2 On the Job trainings

Detail survey by strip method

Detail Design and estimation using softwel software

Supervision of construction work

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2.3 Formal trainings

Basic Autocad training

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2.4 Work description

Time Duration 28th Dec 2007- 4th Feb 2008

Location SalenaMelauli, Baitadi

Remark Support Welink Consultant

9th Feb 22nd March 2008

Design and Estimate of SalenaMelauli Road

Support Welink Consultant

1st April- 1st May 2008

1st May 1st June 2008

1st June- 1st July 2008

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1st September- 1st October 2008

1st October-1st November 2008

1st November- 1st December 2008

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1st Dec-1st Jan 2009

1st Jan- 1st Feb 2009

1st Feb-15th March 2009

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DISTRICT ROADS SUPPORT PROGRAMME (DRSP)

Achievements & Accomplishments

Supervision of Construction works and preparation of bill

Packaging and preparation of bid documents of contract packages

Engineering Design and estimate of Supplementary Investment Scheme (SIS)

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DISTRICT ROADS SUPPORT PROGRAMME (DRSP)

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DISTRICT ROADS SUPPORT PROGRAMME (DRSP)

Contribution to the project/programme

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DISTRICT ROADS SUPPORT PROGRAMME (DRSP)