PROJECT RATIONALE:

In 2013, Bayan-Ovoo soum in collaboration with Oyu Tolgoi LLC developed a model cropland to support senior citizens and farmers. The disadvantage of this cropland is its remote location from the soum center with no electricity source and it is costly to use generator for irrigation. Therefore, it is necessary to build a power line from the transformator of soum fresh water reserviuor to the cropland.

PROJECT OBJECTIVE:

To build a 10/04 kilowatt sub station with 3.2 km long power transmission line that has a capacity of 10 kilowatt power transmission for crop lad.

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION:

• Gobi Oyu DSF Secretariat received the project proposal initiated by the Governor's Office of Bayan-Ovoo soum. The proposal was discussed and accepted by the Relationship Committee meeting and sent to the Fund Board.
• The Fund Board of Gobi Oyu DSF supported this project by its meeting on March 2018 and approved the funding of 108,2 million MNT.
• The Owner Bayan-Ovoo Soum Governor’s Office announced a tender and made a contract with selected contractor Sodon Erchis LLC with an energy special permission license number 757/18. The company has an operation in Ulaanbaatar city.
• The funder Gobi Oyu DSF signed a funding agreement with the Owner and the contractor based on the contract signed between them for the commencement of the project.
• The contractor Sodon Erchis LLC successfully completed the project within the planned period under the monitoring of inspection committee.

OUTCOMES:

• The crop land of Bayan-Ovoo soum will have a permanent power supply that will reduce irrigation costs.
• Income generation opportunity is improved for farmers by reducing their labour jobs.
• Income generation opportunity is created for those who would like to grow crops and vegetables.
• Bayan-Ovoo community have an option to use locally grown vegetables, further to supply other markets.