This component performed extremely well, meeting or surpassing most
of its output targets. About 422 km of rural roads were constructed or rehabilitated. This provided
improved road access to 132 villages and 9,478 households. Village road maintenance committees
were set up and trained by the project to conduct routine maintenance activities, using voluntary
village labour and hand tools, but they were not able to carry out major repairs such as landslides.
Over 60 per cent of households now have access to improved water via the construction/rehabilitation
of 91 gravity-fed systems and a few boreholes and dug wells. Water user committees were set up and
were fully functional by the end of the project. A total of 28 dormitories were constructed, providing
accommodation for more than 3,000 pupils (of which 49 per cent were girls).