Kerala Sustainable Urban Development (formerly Urban Infrastructure Development and Environment II)
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Location
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kochi, Kozhikode, Thrissur in State of Kerala, India
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Sector
Water Supply, Sanitation & Waste Management /Integrated
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Initial Listing
29 November 2001
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Most Recent Update
12 April 2007
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Executing Agency(ies)
Local Self Government (Urban) Department
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- Missions
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| TA Fact-Finding |
Loan Fact-Finding |
Pre-Appraisal |
Appraisal |
| 24 Feb-3 Mar 2003 |
1-21 May 2005 |
TBD |
28 Aug-6 Sep 2005 |
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Loan Approval Date
20 December 2005
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Estimated Completion Date
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- Cost and Financing Plan (in US$ million)
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Foreign Cost |
Local Cost |
Total |
| Bank |
107.70 |
113.50 |
221.20 |
| Cofinancing |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Borrower |
0.00 |
59.80 |
59.80 |
| Beneficiaries |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Others |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Project/Program Cost |
107.70 |
173.30 |
281.00 |
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OCR |
ADF |
Total |
| Loan Amount |
221.20 |
0.00 |
221.20 |
- Description
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The Project involves the improvement, upgrading and expansion of the existing urban infrastructure facilities and basic urban environmental services (water supply, sewerage and sanitation, urban drainage, solid waste management, and urban roads and transport) in five municipal corporations (MC) of the State of Kerala. The Project also involves institutional strengthening and capacity building of state and municipal agencies in urban management and urban services provision as well as poverty alleviation initiatives developed through stakeholder participation.
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- Thematic Classification
- Economic Growth / Human Development
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- Target Classification
- General Intervention
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- Rationale
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- Objectives and Scope
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The expected impact of the Project is increased growth potential of and reduced poverty in the Project cities. The expected outcome of the Project is improved urban environment, economy, and living conditions for the 2.6 million people living the five Project cities. To this end, the Project will (i) improve and expand urban infrastructure and services; (ii) enhance livelihoods; and (iii) improve urban management, planning, and financing capacity of the setor institutions especially the MCs to ensure sustainable provision of urban infrastructure and services.
- Policy Dialogue
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- Environment Category:
B
- Environment Impact and Mitigation
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As components to be financed through KLGDF will be identified during implementation, an Environmental Assessment Framework was prepared for the Project and puts in place the procedures for environmental assessment and review of future projects to be financed through KLGDF.
- Social Aspects and Remedies
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The project in unlikely to have any positive or adverse impacts on indigenous peoples in Kerala, as the Project activities will concentrate in urban areas where hardly any indigenous peoples (scheduled tribes) are found. However because of the approch to be followed in one of the components of the Project, there is a small probability that some subprojects, yet to be identified, might have direct or indirect impacts on them. The agreed Indigenous Peoples Development Framework will provide necessary guidelines in formulating appropriate indigenous peoples development planning instruments such as indigenous peoples development plans or 'specific actions' to address such impacts.
- Benefits and Beneficiaries
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Upon completion of the Project, the improved water supply system will provide 96,968 new connections that will directly benefit about 960,400 in three of the five MCs (Kochi, Kollamm and Thrissur). Improvements in the sewerage system, provision of sanitation facilities and latrines, storm drainage, and solid waste collection and disposal services will benefit everyone in the MCs. Improvements in the urban road network will also ease traffic movement within the areas of the Project. The integrated improvement of the existing urban infrastructure facilities and services will significantly provide better living conditions and enhance the surrounding environment in the project cities, especially in poor areas, which will benefit from the poverty alleviation component.
- Public Consultation
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- Beneficiary Participation in Formulation
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- Beneficiary Participation in Implementation
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A domestic consulting firm will be engaged by the PMU to promote community awareness of the Project, including its long-term benefits to gain full support of the Project beneficiaries and to stimulate demand for improved urban infrastructure and services. Beneficiaries will be made aware of issues such as water rates, user charges, and property tax reform in order to achieve the Project goals. Beneficiaries will also be informed of preventive measures to avoid environmental health-related hazards and of their responsibilities to reduce and to avoid inefficient use of water.
- Consulting Services
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Consulting services will be selected and engaged using ADB's quality and cost-based selection (QCBS) procedures and in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangements satisfactory to ADB for engaging domestic consultants. A total of 2,964 person-months of consulting services (78 international and 2,886 domestic) will be required. An international consulting firm in association with domestic consulting firms will be engaged to assist the PMU in overall project administration, management, and monitoring. The estimated consulting services requirement for the Project Management Consultant (PMC) is 276 person-months (78 international and 198 domestic). Two domestic consulting firms will be engaged as Design and Supervision Consultants (DSCs) to assist the PIUs in daily project implementation activities. A total of 2,688 person-months of consulting services will be required for the two DSCs (1,176 and 1,512 person-months for the southern and northern regions, respectively). The PMU will also engage a domestic Public Relations Consultant (PRC) for public relations and awareness programs (120 person-months), and a domestic Project Performance Monitoring System (PPMS) Consultant for the monitoring and assessment of the impacts of the project (45 person-months).
- Procurement
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Goods, works, and services financed by ADB will be procured in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for Procurement. Procurement will generally be carried out by the PIUs, except for equipment and vehicles common to all MCs, which will be procured by the PMU. To the extent possible, goods to be procured will be grouped into packages larger than $1 million to be suitable for ICB procedures. Miscellaneous goods for immediate use that cannot be grouped into a larger package, costing less than $1 million will be procured through IS of LCB procedures.
Civil works will be packaged based on a number of factors such as the type of work, experience available in and likely interest by local/international contractors, time required for detailed engineering designs and preparation of bidding documents. Contracts over $10 million will be procured through ICB, civil works contracts costing less than $10 million will be procured through LCB procedures. Some technically complex civil works like sewerage treatment plants, road improvements, and solid waste treatment and disposal sites will be tendered on a turnkey basis.
- Contacts
- Bank
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Hiroyuki Ikemoto
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Urban Economist
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SAUD
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Tel. No.:
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(632) 632-6855
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E-mail:
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hikemoto@adb.org
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- Executing Agency
- Local Self Government (Urban) Department
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Contact Person
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Project Director, Project Management Unit
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Tel. No.
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+91 471 2539 126
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+91 471 2539 125
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E-mail
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pdksudp@gmail.com
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