Uttarakhand Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Project (WB-P179749)

Countries
  • India
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Specific Location
Uttarakhand
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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Voting Date
Apr 1, 2024
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 - Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority, Government of Uttarakhand
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Humanitarian Response
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 135.00 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)
$ 200.00 million
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Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS May 29, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Sep 11, 2023

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to enhance the climate and disaster resilience of select critical public infrastructure in Uttarakhand and strengthen the capacity of the State Government to respond to emergencies, including fires.

Components:
Enhancing Infrastructure Resilience
Improving Emergency Preparedness and Response
Preventing and Managing Forest and General Fires
Project Management
Contingency Emergency Response Component
Front End Fee

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 environmental and social risks are considered Substantial. The exact nature of environmental and social risks and impacts of the project will only be known during the subproject-level assessments. Possible environmental risks related to the project activities include impacts on environmentally sensitive areas resulting from subproject locations and associated project activities within or close to such areas and adverse impacts from construction activities. The latter might include health and safety risks to communities and occupational health and safety risks to workers due to negative impacts from debris, waste, dust, and noise, as well as the disruption of service provision and/or usage of buildings during retrofitting works. Possible social risks include (a) sexual exploitation and abuse/sexual harassment (SEA/SH) risks due to project-induced labor influx; (b) minimal physical displacement (approximately 80 project-affected families) and economic displacement (300 project-affected families) from limited private land acquisition (approximately 40 ha) for bridges and approach roads under Component 1, including temporary restrictions of villagers from accessing Van Panchayat forest land for activities under Component 3; (c) inadvertent exclusion of vulnerable people from accessing project benefits such as knowledge and training; and (d) noncompliance with labor standards. The possible weak capacity of multiple implementing institutions to effectively manage, monitor, and report on environmental and social risks could also lead to negative impacts.

 

Investment Description
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A PROPOSED LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF US$135 MILLION:

Component 1 - Enhancing Infrastructure Resilience (Total: US$50 million; IBRD: US$40 million; Government: US$10 million)

Component 2 - Improving Emergency Preparedness and Response (Total: US$56 million; IBRD: US$44.8 million; Government: US$11.2 million)

Component 3 - Preventing and Managing Forest and General Fires (Total: US$45 million; IBRD: US$36 million; Government US$9 million)

Component 4 - Project Management (Total: US$17.4125 million; IBRD: US$13.8625 million; Government: US$3.55 million)

Component 5 - Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) (US$0)


Contact Information
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World Bank

Henrike Brecht
Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist

Wanli Fang
Senior Urban Specialist

Vijetha Bezzam
Transport Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

India
K. Manicka Raj, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, manickraj.k@nic.in

Implementing Agencies

Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority, Government of Uttarakhand
Ranjit Kumar Sinha , Secretary Disaster Management, Uttarakhand, pd.udrpaf@gmail.com

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

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