India : Advanced Project Preparedness for Poverty Reduction - Project Preparation and Implementation Support for Odisha Power Sector Emergency Assistance (Subproject 31)
The technical assistance will provide project preparation support to the executing agency for the Odisha Power Sector Emergency Assistance Project, which will fund reconstruction and rehabilitation of damaged power sector infrastructure with storm resilient alternatives, such as stronger towers, elevating substation equipment above projected flood levels, and underground cabling in selected locations. The technical assistance subproject's output will be due diligence works completed through provision of guidance and assistance to the executing agency to complete the required environmental and social safeguards assessments, and assessment of economic feasibility of subprojects.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Banerjee, Jyotirmoy
South Asia Department
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India -
Modality
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Sector
- Energy
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Project Name | Advanced Project Preparedness for Poverty Reduction - Project Preparation and Implementation Support for Odisha Power Sector Emergency Assistance (Subproject 31) | ||||
Project Number | 43166-215 | ||||
Country / Economy | India |
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Project Status | Closed | ||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Partnerships |
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Sector / Subsector | Energy / Electricity transmission and distribution |
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Gender | Some gender elements | ||||
Description | The technical assistance will provide project preparation support to the executing agency for the Odisha Power Sector Emergency Assistance Project, which will fund reconstruction and rehabilitation of damaged power sector infrastructure with storm resilient alternatives, such as stronger towers, elevating substation equipment above projected flood levels, and underground cabling in selected locations. The technical assistance subproject's output will be due diligence works completed through provision of guidance and assistance to the executing agency to complete the required environmental and social safeguards assessments, and assessment of economic feasibility of subprojects. | ||||
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | On 12 October 2013, cyclone Phailin' made landfall near Gopalpur in Ganjam district of Odisha. Eighteen out of thirty districts in the state were affected by the storm and subsequent floods, leaving 44 people dead, damaging about 256,600 homes, and affecting about 13.2 million people. The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Government of India requested emergency assistance from ADB and the World Bank for rebuilding basic infrastructure and a technical assistance for project preparation support including transitioning into implementation. The ADB project will focus on the damaged power sector infrastructure in the three most affected towns of Berhampur, Chhatrapur and Gopalpur in the Ganjam District of Odisha, India. | ||||
Impact | Population in the project area received a more reliable power supply. |
Project Outcome | |
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Description of Outcome | Efficient preparation of the Odisha Power Sector Emergency Assistance Project |
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Implementation Progress | |
Description of Project Outputs | Due diligence works completed |
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
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Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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Environmental Aspects | |
Involuntary Resettlement | |
Indigenous Peoples | |
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
During Project Design | Consultant due diligence work to be conducted under the TA has been discussed with the Government of Odisha and related utility company. |
During Project Implementation | Ongoing communications and consultations will be held during implementation. |
Business Opportunities | |
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Consulting Services | The subproject will require the services of about 3 international individual consultants. The input of the international individual consultants will be 4.5 person-months, including 1.5 person months ech for (i) project economic analysis, (ii) conducting environmental assessments and initial environmental examination reports, and (iii) conducting social safeguard assessments including a resettlement plan if required. All the individual consultants will assist the counterpart officials of the implementing agency in their respective areas of expertise and will coordinate with the respective sector staff at INRM. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Banerjee, Jyotirmoy |
Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | India Resident Mission (INRM) |
Executing Agencies |
Government of Odisha, Department of Energy |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | - |
Fact Finding | 06 Jan 2014 to 17 Jan 2014 |
MRM | - |
Approval | 15 Apr 2014 |
Last Review Mission | - |
Last PDS Update | 14 Sep 2015 |
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Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
15 Apr 2014 | - | 15 Apr 2014 | 30 Apr 2015 | 31 Oct 2015 | 17 Feb 2016 |
Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
0.00 | 100,000.00 | 15,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 115,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 88,564.54 |
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