Dhaka Power System Upgrade Project

Caution is in order in concurring with major changes in project scope. The scope for Part C of the project changed from initiating preparatory work for launching a training and management institute at the Rural Electrification Board - to physically constructing the institute. Its implementation though has suffered from price escalation, scarcity of construction materials, and internal disputes among partners in the contractor's consortium. As a result, after more than eight years since ADB's approval of change in scope, the construction of the training institute remains to be completed. Such kind of major change in scope must be avoided. [Main text, paras. 26,63]