Huai River Basin Flood Management and Drainage Improvement

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The objective of the Huai River Basin Flood Management and Drainage Improvement Project for China is to provide better and more secure protection against floods and water logging, increase farmland productivity, and reduce property losses in predominantly poor rural areas in the Huai river basin in the provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui and Henan. There are five components to the project, the first component being flood protection and drainage improvement. Carrying out of flood protection and drainage improvement works in the project area including: strengthening of dikes; improving waterways through, inter alia, river dredging, drainage channel excavation, and river bank reinforcement and stabilization; and construction, rehabilitation, replacement and expansion of flood control works, including pumping stations, cross-dike structures, sluice gates and bridges. The second component is the disaster assessment and support system. The third component is the institutional strengthening. Strengthening the capacity of the project implementing entities in critical areas related to the project including: dike maintenance; design and construction; modern construction technologies; and data collection and decision support systems for flood forecasting systems, emergency preparedness plans and river modeling. The fourth component is the resettlement action plan implementation. Finally, the fifth component is the project management.