📋 Tender Overview
Project Name
JBM Odisha Electric Bus Financing Project
Project Number
58099-001
Country / Economy
India
Location
Odisha
Type or Modality of Assistance
Approval Number Facility Fund Source Amount Status
7843 Debt Security Ordinary capital resources INR 1,119.65 million Committed
Sector / Subsector
Transport / Urban public transport
Gender
Gender equity theme
Project Sponsor(s)
Description
The project will part fund the procurement, operation, and maintenance of 200 electric buses and associated infrastructure in the state of Odisha, India.
Environmental Aspects
The potential environmental impacts from the use of ADB loan proceeds, particularly on the operation and maintenance of the e-buses, are related to hazardous waste generation from e-bus parts for replacement, wastewater from cleaning and maintenance, and occupational and community health and safety. No part of the proceeds will be used for any construction activities at the existing depots except for minor civil works for the installation of charging infrastructure and construction of new depots that are likely to cause no significant adverse potential environmental impacts. While the locations of the depots are known, these have not been subjected to due diligence because these are yet to be formally allocated and turned over to the project. As such, Borrower has developed an environmental assessment and review framework (EARF) to cover identified and future depots.
Involuntary Resettlement
The project will have two depots per the concession signed by the Borrower with Captial Region Urban Transport (CRUT), Odisha's State Transport Undertakings (STU) partner: Pokhariput in Bhubaneswar and Naraj in Cuttack. Pokhariput depot is an existing bus depot that will be demolished to give way to the construction of a new depot on the same land. Naraj is vacant land owned by the transport authority where a new bus depot will be constructed. The bus Operator License with the STU partner includes the parking space license agreement which provides the operator the right to use and the right of way to the bus parking space. While the agreements have been signed, the government is yet to allocate the depots to the project, thus, the site-level due diligence is yet to commence. In compliance with SR2 on Involuntary Resettlement, a resettlement framework was developed to anticipate potential involuntary resettlement (IR) impacts of the depot land allocation for the project which may include informal land users and structures, temporary access restrictions and economic displacement of informal businesses around the depot area during construction/renovation. Once allotted, a site visit and audit of the depots will be done by a consultant to assess site conditions, ascertain impacts, and consult with project-affected people, if any. A detailed resettlement plan will be required if IR impacts are identified on site.
Indigenous Peoples
The locations of the two proposed bus depots in Bhub
