Early Warning System

Countries

India

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Specific Location

Bhogapurna, Andhra Pradesh

Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.

Financial Institutions

US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Proposed

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

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."

Borrower

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Transport

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Amount (USD)

Not Disclosed

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 @ DFC website

Updated in EWS Mar 16, 2024

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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.

According to the Bank’s website, the proposed Project involves the construction and operation of the greenfield Bhogapuram International Airport (BIA). BIA will be a state-of-the-art airport with modular facilities for both domestic and international passengers and cargo capacity to accommodate the projected air traffic. The Airport will be designed to adopt an airfield layout to accommodate code E aircraft (B777 Series/B787 Series/A330 Family) with occasional Code F aircraft (BOEING 747-8/AIRBUS A-380-800). The airside facilities will include passenger and cargo terminal buildings, runway systems, aprons, taxiways, airfield lighting systems, air traffic control towers, Navigational Aid Systems (NAVAIDs), utilities and infrastructure including approach road, car parking, power supply system, stormwater drainage system, and sewage treatment plant. BIA is part of a planned development of the area, which is expected to include city side developments such as hotels, hospital and office buildings as well as residential development.

The Bhogapuram International Airport (BIA) will be a state-of-the-art airport with modular facilities for both domestic and international passengers and cargo capacity to accommodate the projected air traffic. The Airport will be designed to adopt an airfield layout to accommodate code E aircraft2 with occasional Code F aircraft3. The overall layout is segregated into three distinct zones:
• Air side development
• City side development
• City side development for residential development

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

The Project has been reviewed against DFC’s categorical prohibitions and determined to be categorically eligible. The Project is screened as Category A because the Project involves the construction a greenfield international airport which could have significant environmental and social impacts that are diverse and irreversible. The major environmental and social concerns related to the Project include noise impacts, impacts on air quality during the construction phase, large volumes of solid waste and sanitary wastewater that must be properly managed, and occupational health and safety concerns. The land acquisition negatively impacted some landowners and livelihoods, but the Project is expected to generate significant employment opportunities during the construction and operating phases.

Investment Description

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

US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Investment type and amount not available at the time of disclosure.

Private Actors Description

A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited is an Government owned company which maintains infrastructure investments funds for international and Indian investors anchored by the Government of India.

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
-	-	-	-	National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited	Client	-

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
3rd Floor, Hindustan Times House,
18-20, Kasturba Gandhi Marg,
New Delhi – 110 001

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Unlike many other development finance institutions, DFC does not currently have an access to information policy.

Under the United States Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), DFC is obliged to respond to reasonably formulated requests for Agency records. However, DFC may apply exemptions from release to certain types of information and may charge fees in responding to requests. DFC has a designated FOIA officer who is trained in how to respond to requests and implement the law. You can learn more about filing a FOIA request at: https://www.dfc.gov/foia

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION (DFC)

The Office of Accountability is an independent office that addresses complaints about environmental or social issues related to DFC-supported projects. The office provides communities an opportunity to have concerns independently reviewed and addressed. If you submit a complaint to the Office of Accountability, it may assist you by either seeking to address your problems by facilitating a problem solving dialogue between you and those implementing the project and/or investigating whether the DFC complied with its policies to prevent environmental, social, human rights, and labor harms.

You can find more information about the Office of Accountability at: https://www.dfc.gov/who-we-are/office-accountability