India: Andhra Pradesh 24x7 - Power For All (AIIB-000009)

Countries
  • India
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Andhra Pradesh, Anantapur, Kurnool
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Financial Institutions
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
May 2, 2017
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Republic of India, Andhra Pradesh Transmission and Distribution companies
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 160.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 571.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AIIB website

Updated in EWS Jun 29, 2020

Disclosed by Bank May 2, 2017

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

The project has four components: power transmission system strengthening, smart grid development in urban areas, rural distribution system strengthening, and technical assistance for institutional development and capacity building.

Specifically, the project constructs a high voltage distribution system and adds to the 33 kV and lower voltage systems in rural areas, invests in smart grids and underground cables, SCADA distribution, automated sub-stations, and adds to 33 kV and 11 kV lines, upgrades and adds to 220 kV, 132 kV, 66 kV, and 33kV lines, improves ICT systems and business and administrative processes, provide transitional financing, and give technical assistance and training to help the State power distribution sector.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

The total project cost is $571 USD million. The estimated AIIB investment is $160 USD million.


Contact Information
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AIIB:
Hari Bhaskar
Project Team Leader/Senior Investment Operations Specialist
Tel: +86 10 8358 0167
E-Mail: hari.bhaskar@aiib.org

World Bank:
Mani Khurana
Task Team Leader/Senior Energy Specialist
Tel: +91 11 4924 7000
Email: mkhurana@worldbank.org

Borrower:
Bhaskar Dasgupta
Director, Multilateral Institutions Division
Depart of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Republic of India
Tel: +91 11 2309 2883
E-Mail: bhaskar.dasgupta@nic.in

Implementation Agencies:
B. Ramesh Prasad
Executive Director, World Bank Projects
AP EPDCL
Tel: +91 891 2582525
Email: apepdclpiu@gmail.com

T Vanaja
Executive Director, Projects
AP SPDCL
Tel: +91 94408 12366
apspdclpiu@gmail.com

J. Devanand
Chief Engineer, Construction
AP TRANSCO
Tel: +91 94408 11123
ce_construction_aptransco@yahoo.co.in

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AIIB

The AIIB has established the Accountability Mechanism for Project-Affected People (PPM).  The PPM provides “an opportunity for an independent and impartial review of submissions from Project-affected people who believe they have been or are likely to be adversely affected by AIIB’s failure to implement the ESP in situations when their concerns cannot be addressed satisfactorily through Project level GRMs or AIIB Management processes.” Two or more project-affected people can file a complaint.  Under the current AIIB policy, when the bank co-finances a project with another development bank, it may apply the other bank's standards. You can refer to the Project Summary Information document to find out which standards apply.  You can learn more about the PPM and how to file a complaint at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/how-we-assist-you/index.html.

The complaint submission form can be accessed in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Chinese, English, Tagalog, Hindi, Nepali, Russian, Turkish, or Urdu. The submission form can be found at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/submission/index.html.




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