📋 Tender Overview
Project ID: P170873
Region: South Asia
Commitment Amount: US$ 500.00 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 713.41 million
Borrower : Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs
Implementing Agency :
Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd., Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO), Government of Gujarat, Water Resources Department, Government of Chhattisgarh, Water Resources Department, Government of Kerala, Water Resources Department, Government of West Bengal, Irrigation and Waterways Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Meghalaya Power Generation Corporation Ltd. (MePGCL), Government of Maharasthra, Water Resources Department, Government of Manipur, Water Resources Department, Central Water Commission (CWC), Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of Rajasthan, Water Resources Department, Government of Odisha, Water Resources Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Water Resources Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Water Resources Department, Government of Karnataka, Water Resources Department
Proposed Development Objective(s):
The project development objective (PDO) is to improve dam safety and strengthen institutional capacity for enhancedoperational performance of selected existing dams in participating states.The proposed project would cover 18 States – Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat,Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan,Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal and two Central agencies (Central WaterCommission and BBMB). The States were selected based on their interest in establishing State damsafety programs and their readiness to engage in the project (in terms of conducting requisiteassessments for preparing rehabilitation plans, etc.). Four additional States / agencies have indicated aninterest and are currently being considered for inclusion. For the two Central agencies, the funding ratiowill be 50:50, IBRD:counterpart funding. For the States, it will be 70:30 or 80:20, IBRD:counterpartfunding as per GoI funding arrangements. The proposed project would comprehensively address State-level dam safety concerns in the participatingStates (including institutional reforms and modernization, instrumentation, etc.), although the investmentsin dam rehabilitation will be limited to selected dams in each State. Approximately 300 dams will be takenup for rehabilitation under the project. The dams were preliminarily selected based on multiple criteriafollowing the CWC’s Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Risks Associated with Dams, 2019.
