India: Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project (AIIB-000448)

Countries
  • India
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Amritsar and Ludhiana
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Financial Institutions
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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Voting Date
Apr 27, 2021
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
Government of India
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Sectors
  • Infrastructure
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 105.00 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)
$ 296.00 million
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Bank Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AIIB website

Updated in EWS Jul 11, 2021

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Project Description
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According to the bank's documents, "The Project Objectives are to: (i) support strengthening of urban governance, finances, and delivery of sustainable water services in Amritsar and Ludhiana; and (ii) support Punjab municipalities to respond to the COVID-19 crisis."

The project has four components:

"Strengthening urban service delivery systems. This component will include Technical Assistance, training, equipment and studies to support two biggest cities (Amritsar and Ludhiana) in Punjab State for transition into more financially sustainable, administratively efficient, technically capable and institutionally accountable municipal corporations;

Improving water supply infrastructure. The component will provide raw water intake structures, water treatment plants (WTP, 440 MLD in Amritsar and 580 MLD in Ludhiana), clear water pumping systems, transmission lines and overhead storage reservoirs (OHSRs) in both cities;

COVID-19 crisis response. This component will support various municipalities in Punjab with short to medium term interventions to address the COVID-19 crisis, including, upgrading or rehabilitating vital health/community infrastructure or and amenities, clean-up of city spaces/community amenities, provision and/or coordination of local services -- both infrastructure and social services -- that cater to COVID-19 responses, especially targeting poor and vulnerable households and communities; and

Project management. This component will support various project management activities, including but not limited to: incremental operating costs, social and environmental safeguards management and fiduciary management, monitoring and evaluation activities, and technical and other studies."

Investment Description
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Co-financing:
World Bank loan (IBRD): USD105.0 million
Government of Punjab: USD86.0 million


Contact Information
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Toshiaki Keicho
Sr. Investment Operations Specialist-Urban
toshiaki.keicho@aiib.org
 
World Bank
Balakrishna Menon Parameswaran
Lead Urban Specialist
bmenonparameswar@worldbank.org

BORROWER
Prasanna V. Salian
Deputy Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
pv.salian@nic.in

IMPLEMENTING ENTITY
Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Company (PMIDC),
Amritsar Municipal Corporation (AMC),
and Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (LMC).

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can submit an information request for project information at: https://www.aiib.org/en/contact/information-request/index.html

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AIIB

The AIIB has established the Accountability Mechanism for Project-Affected People (PPM). The PPM provides Òan 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 AIIBÕs failure to implement the ESP in situations when their concerns cannot be addressed satisfactorily through Project level GRMs or AIIB Management processes.Ó 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

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