Abstract:
Two systems of multimillion financially supported reconstruction
projects were practiced in Vadamaradchi North to improve the condition of
affected people those who have been facing continuous grievances for a long
period nearly three decades of improper ground situation the years
indicating 1980-1981, 1986-1987, 1992-1993, 1996-1997, 2004-2005 and 2008-
2009. The two systems were evaluated after five years of completion of house
reconstruction with settlement that is the “Core House Concept” (CHC)
known as House Owners Reconstruction System (HORS) supporting direct
financial system and Finished House Reconstruction System (FHRS)
supporting indirect financial and material transaction including land
allotment, a cluster housing project. The above two systems were evaluated
after construction of houses, the HORS done by NEHRP under world bank
and FHRS done by NGO known as HUDEC CARITAS. Evaluation was
carried out on the basis of 12 levels of house reconstruction performance
chart (HRPC), three economical aspects, two social aspects and two
financial aspects in the coastal area of Vadamaradchi, Alvai North -West the
most affected coastal village was selected for the impact assessment. Visited
house by house for this study and selected 121 houses built under World
Bank (NEHRP-HORS) and 45 houses built under the FHRS,
LNGO/CARITAS. An initial study was conducted for the last five months
that revealed the FHRS indicated several benefits without any financial or
material flow impediments but HORS indicated large number of unidentified
financial transaction, material usages, confusion in selection of beneficiaries,
contradiction among vulnerable people in finding location, improper time
consuming activities, abundant houses, looted houses, less quality building
materials, unidentified beneficiaries, false statement in handling money in
field, cheating money transaction, deduction in money handling and
facilitated losses in funding installment. It is obviously identified FHRS is
more effective system and the other world bank HORS is utterly failed
particularly in this area, even though affected people got their houses and
satisfied, an acceptable result.
