INDIA: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project

INDIA: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project 

First Implementation Review Mission: May 10 – June 30, 2011 

Aide Mémoire 

A. Introduction, Objectives, Acknowledgements and Schedule 

1. The first Implementation Review mission of this project was undertaken during May 10 – June 30, 2011. 

During the site visits and the discussions, the World Bank team 1 was joined by officials and staff of the 

SICOM (the national project management unit) and the State Project Management Units from Gujarat, 

Odisha and West Bengal. The mission made field visits to the city of Jamnagar and the villages along the 

southern coast of the Gulf of Kachchh in Gujarat; to Bhubaneswar and the villages around the Chilika 

Lagoon in Odisha; to Kolkata and the villages around the Digha-Shankarpur beach in West Bengal; and 

included progress review meetings with Project's Implementing Agencies and the National and State 

Governments in New Delhi, Gandhinagar, Bhubaneswar and Kolkata. 

2. Objectives of the mission included: (a) reviewing the process of initiation of the Project activities; (b) 

assessing the status of actions agreed since effectiveness of the Project; and fulfillment of the covenants 

applicable to implementation of the Project, which include, among others, opearationalization of the 

national and state project management units, recruitment and staffing of the national and state project 

management units and the priority investment executing agencies (PEAs) including the planned staffing 

for managing procurement and financial management activities; (c) reviewing the progress on the setting 

up of satisfactory financial management systems, procurement management systems, environmental and 

social impact management processes, grievance redress processes, and the roll-out of the communication 

strategy and plans; (d) appraising progress of the project activities since effectiveness of the project, 

including the schedule of completing the first and second year activities; and (e) discussing and finalizing 

the monitoring and evaluation processes for the project. 

3. The team had the opportunity to have limited discussions with the Government of India, Ministry of 

Environment Forests on (a) their expected plan/schedule for preparation of the nation-wide integrated 

coastal zone management program, and (b) their plan of organizing international workshop on marine 

biodiversity as a pre-event to the conference of parties to the convention on biodiversity hosted by India 

in 2012. 

4. Since project effectiveness on September 22, 2010, several field visits and technical discussions 

happened. These include (i) a project review meeting at Bhubaneswar, September 29-30, 2010, (ii) a 

project review meeting at Bangalore for the Hazard Mapping, November 30 – December 03, 2010, (iii) a 

workshop on coastal sediment cell in Bhubaneswar, December 5-7, 2010, (iv) technical discussions at 

Kolkata, December 11, 2010, (v) field visit, technical discussion and launch of Vedaranyam Ecologically 

1 The World Bank team consisted of Sonia Chand Sandhu (Senior Environmental Specialist), Ghanasham Abhyankar (Senior 

Institutions Specialist, Consultant), K. Roy Paul (Coastal Zone Management, consultant), Parthapriya Ghosh (Social 

Development Specialist), AS Ramakrishna (Environment Specialist), D Nagaraju (Senior Procurement Specialist), S. 

Krishnamurthy (Financial Management Specialist), Sona Thakur (Communications Officer), Surbhi Goyal (Operations 

Analyst), Kavita Saraswat (Senior Power Engineer), Mrinal Mathur (Research Analyst), Roshni Sarah John (Program 

Assistant), and Tapas Paul (Senior Environmental Specialist and TTL).

INDIA Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (P007985) 

Sensitive Area program at Vedaranyam, December 24-25, 2010, (vi) workshop on coastal disaster 

management in Kolkata, January 13, 2011, (vii) orientation workshop for all project staff at New Delhi, 

January 2011, (viii) technical discussions on ICZM in the Global Geospatial Forum at Hyderabad, 

January 19, 2011, (ix) stakeholder workshop on CRZ 2011 at Kolkata in March 01-02, 2011, (x) 

workshop and centenary celebration of the International Women’s day at Gandhinagar, March 08, 201, 

(xi) workshop with the judicial officers of Gujarat at Jamnagar, April 2011, (xii) field visit and technical 

discussions on the National Centre for Marine Biodiversity at Jamnagar, April 12-13, 2011, (xiii) 

stakeholder workshop on CRZ 2011 and ICZM Planning at Ahmedabad, April, 2011, (xiv) field visit and 

technical discussions at Bhitarkanika, April 28-30, 2011, (xv) state level workshop to review and discuss 

recommendations from the study on “Integrating Community Livelihood and Ecotourism Opportunities in 

Plans for Architectural Conservation of Eight Heritage Sites in Coastal Odisha and Improvement of the 

State Museum”, at Bhubaneswar, June 16, 2011, (xvi) national workshop to initiate participation of fisher 

persons in implementation of CRZ Notification, 2011, and (xvii) national workshop on “Livelihood 

Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Coastal India”, based on the first set of finding from the 

study on “Appraisal of Occupational Hazards, Entrepreneurial Capacity and Decision-Making Role of 

Women in Coastal India”, at Chennai, June 30, 2011. This Aide Mémoire also summarizes the results of 

these field visits and technical discussions. 

5. During the mission, discussions were held with the State Project Directors and the staff of the State 

Project Management Units (SPMUs), Priority Investment Executing Agencies (PEAs), and community 

groups including community-based organizations (CBOs) and Self-help Groups (SHGs) involved in 

implementation of the Project in Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal. The mission had meetings with the 

Principal Secretary, Economic Affairs Department and the Principal Secretary, Forest and Environment 

Department in Gujarat; the Principal Secretary, Environment and Forest Department in West Bengal. In 

Odisha, the mission had met the Chief Secretary, the Principal Secretary, Finance Department, the 

Agriculture Production Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Fisheries Department, and Principal 

Secretary, Environment Department, and also had the occasion to debrief the Minister for Environment, 

Government of Odisha. In New Delhi and Bangalore, the mission discussed with the National Project 

Director and the staff of the National Project Management Unit (NPMU or SICOM), the PEAs involved 

in implementing the Component One of the Project. Wrap-up meetings were held with the Director, 

Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), and the Special Secretary and the Secretary of the Ministry of 

Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India. The list of officials and prominent stakeholders 

met during the mission is presented in Annex I. 

B. Key Project Data 

Project Data 

Project Performance Ratings 

Board Approval June 15, 2010 Summary ratings Last Now 

Effectiveness Date September 22, 2010 Achievement of PDO S S 

Original Closing Date December 31, 2015 Implementation Progress S S 

MTR Date January 07, 2013 Financial Management MS MS 

Procurement MS MS 

Original Credit Amount US$ 221.96 million Project Management S S 

Amount Disbursed US$ 13.57 million Counterpart Funding - S 

Monitoring and Evaluation S S 

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C. Achievement of Development Objectives 

6. The Project Development Objectives are to assist GOI in (i) building national capacity for 

implementation of comprehensive coastal management approach in the country, and (ii) piloting the 

integrated coastal zone management approach in states of Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal. 

7. Substantial progress has been made with respect to building the national capacity for implementation of 

comprehensive coastal management approach in the country. The most notable include the following. 

8. Policy and regulatory changes: In January 2011, the CRZ Notification 2011 became formally effective, 

and replaced the CRZ Notification 1991. In addition, for the very first time, an Island Protection Zone 

Notification, 2011 was notified covering Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands. Both 

these new Notifications, under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, reconcile three objectives: (i) 

protection of livelihood of traditional fisher communities: (ii) preservation of coastal ecology; and (iii) 

promotion of economic activities that have necessarily to be located in the coastal regions. These 

notifications also provide the legal basis for the “appropriate national institutional structure for guiding 

and coordinating implementation of ICZM approaches” – the most important PDO indicator. The public 

engagement (more than 100,000 people took active part in the consultations and written submissions, 

specifically over last 18 months) and consensus building processes led by the MOEF/SICOM was 

comprehensive, well conceived and executed, and should be considered a best practice, especially in light 

of the complexities of issues influencing lives of nearly 250 million people. 

9. Separately, under the Environment Protection Act, 1986, MOEF has enacted the Dandi Eco-Sentive Area 

Notification in pursuance of the Project’s focus on conservation of ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs), 

and enhancement of livelihood of local communities dependent on these ESAs. This notification had been 

finalized based on agreements of the 6 village Panchayats, the Government of Gujarat. Discussions on 

similar notifications for the Gulf of Kachchh (in Gujarat) and Vedaranyam (in Tamil Nadu) have 

progressed substantially; and have been initiated for Vembanad (in Kerala). The MOEF has also 

announced policies for moratorium on development on the coastal area which are subject to severe 

erosion (based on analytical work described in paragraph 12 below). 

10. Augmenting institutional capacity: The National Coastal Zone Management Authority (NCZMA), and 

the State Coastal Zone Management Authorities (SCZMAs) have been reorganized; and formation of 

District Level Coastal Zone Management Authorities (DCZMAs) has been initiated. MOEF has mandated 

the Society for Integrated Coastal Management or SICOM (which is the national project management 

unit) to be responsible on behalf of MOEF, to (i) coordinate all conservation and community livelihood 

programs for integrated management of the coastal and marine areas; and (ii) coordinate all program for 

conservation and sustainable development of marine biodiversity of the country. The Government of 

Odisha has mandated the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Society of Odisha (which is the SPMU) to 

be the secretariat of the Odisha SCZMA. The National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management 

(NCSCM) has been established in Chennai; and recruitment of initial batch of about 60 staff is underway. 

The NCSCM has been established in partnership with Anna University; and until facilities for the new 

NCSCM are ready, the Anna University has agreed to provide all accommodation, buildings and 

facilities. SICOM has facilitated, through a declaration signed by all concerned, a tie up of 14 institutes 

across the coastal States and Union Territories with NCSCM. NCSCM has already prepared a work 

program for the first two years of its operation. Draft Memorandum of understanding, and draft joint 

project agreements have been prepared to set up medium term partnership between national 

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of USA and NCSCM. 

11. Improving knowledge base: SICOM, through the Institute of Ocean management, Anna University, 

Chennai has started preparation of shoreline change maps (1972-2010) for the entire country. Wherever 

shoreline erosion is severe, MOEF has directed that no new development projects or activities can take 

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place; and in areas of high and medium erosion, projects will be permitted only after cumulative impact 

analysis, and not based on project by project environmental impact assessments. The shoreline change 

maps for Gujarat, Odisha, Kerala and Pondicherry (about 2210km, or about 44% of mainland coast) had 

been prepared, jointly verified with the respective state governments, and publicly disseminated. The 

remaining shoreline change maps are under preparation, or verification by the state governments, and are 

expected to be completed before December 2011. MOEF, through SICOM, has set up (i) an Expert 

Committee to recommend measures to protect highly critical assets on the shore from possible tsunami 

events; and the committee is likely to submit their recommendations by July/August 2011; (ii) an Expert 

Committee to recommend priority national program for conservation of marine biodiversity. MOEF has 

also announced the setting up of the National Centre for Marine Biodiversity in Jamnagar, Guajarat in 

partnership with private sector; a Wetland Research Centre at an initial cost of US$ 12 million; and a 

Turtle Research Centre – both in Odisha. Initial work on each of these has started. Gujarat has published 

detailed mangrove and coral maps; a report on valuation of the corals in Gulf of Kachchh – first such 

work in India. All these knowledge products are available in public domain, such as at websites. 

12. State level activities to adopt integrated management approaches: In all there Project states of 

Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal, there had been very significant communication and consultation with 

stakeholders. At village and community level consultation, Gujarat has done very well. In the 173 villages 

that the project has started initial activities, each group of stakeholders had been consulted; community 

groups formed and provided capacity building support. For organizing this community level consultation, 

participation and capacity building activities, the Gujarat SPMU has recruited about 40 specialist staff and 

positioned them in the villages. Looking at the success in Gujarat, Odisha SPMU has started replicating 

this model; and West Bengal SPMU is discussing appropriate modifications to this model for use. 

Together with this local and community level participation and consultation activities, there had been 

state level discussions on integrated management approach in all states. The most visible results are at 

Odisha, where there had been very high level of involvement of senior policy-makers and officers across 

the entire State Government. Both Gujarat and Odisha SPMUs has established a regular system of project 

and program review at the highest levels of the State; regular inter-departmental meetings; and joint site 

visits. In West Bengal, such activities are yet to be established, even if there are non-regular interactions 

among department of the State Government, primarily due to the lack of adequate capacity for project 

management. It is important to note that the current activities in Gujarat and Odisha need to be sustained 

(and in the case of West Bengal the activities comparable to Gujarat or Odisha need to be implemented 

and sustained) to be able to achieve the objective of integrated management. 

Likelihood of achieving Project Development Objective 

13. Implementation of the Project has started recently; and very limited data is available for an objective 

assessment for the likelihood of achieving the PDOs. The initial progress made, and the current and the 

continuing public and stakeholder engagement suggest that the PDOs are likely to be achieved. 

14. Replication: As agreed between the World Bank and the GOI at appraisal of the Project, replicability 

more than sustainability will be the true test of the Project. The GOI cabinet Committee on Economic 

Affairs has recommended that MOEF should start preparing plans and proposals for replicating the 

Project in all of the 9 coastal states and 4 coastal union territories. MOEF has started a discussion on this 

with all coastal states and union territories. Each State Government and Union Territory Administration 

has started internal discussions on this. A national meeting to formally launch preparation of plans and 

proposals for replication is expected in CY 2011. 

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Likelihood of Achieving Intermediate Outcomes 

15. Following is a summary discussion on the likelihood of achieving the intermediate outcomes. Annex 2 

describes the achievement in each sub-component activity including the related indicators in greater 

detail. 

Compo 

-nent 

Planned Intermediate 

Outcome 

Up to last 

mission 

Major achievements since last mission 

Overall 

Remarks 

One 

National Capacity 

Built for guiding and 

coordinating ICZM 

- 

Reorganization of NCZMA SCZMAs started; 

DCZMAs initiated. SICOM has been 

mandated to implement coastal and marine 

conservation program. The NCSCM has been 

established; and its tie up with 14 national 

institutes finalized. 

Likely 

Coastal Management 

Areas Demarcated 

and Verified 

- 

Hazard mapping progressing. ESAs (or 

CVCAs) included in CRZ Notification 2011. 

Two ESAs already mapped. Sediment Cell 

mapping likely to start soon. 

Highly 

Likely 

Two 

Gujarat state and 

other stakeholder’s 

capacity built in 

implementing ICZM 

approaches 

- The project and the ICZM agenda are 

receiving adequate attention at the highest 

policy levels, as well as at the village 

communities on the coast. Very substantial 

communication and consultations took place 

related to ICZM issues. Training for State 

Judicial Staff organized. Very good interaction 

and collaboration among government 

departments established. A few knowledge and 

capacity building activities completed. Most 

pilot investments progressing well. 

Highly 

Likely 

Three 

Odisha state and 

other stakeholder’s 



approaches 

- The project and the ICZM agenda are 

receiving adequate attention at the highest 

policy levels. Very substantial communication 

and consultations took place related to ICZM 

issues. Very good interaction and collaboration 

among government departments. Most 

knowledge and capacity activities initiated. 

Most pilot investments progressing well. 

Highly 

Likely 

Four 

West Bengal state 

and other 

stakeholder’s 



approaches 

- The project and the ICZM agenda continue to 

receive adequate attention at the highest policy 

levels, in spite of the change in State 

Government. The communication and 

consultation at local levels has been 

substantial. However, the State Government 

Departments have not collaborated adequately, 

and most of the pilot investment activities are 

delayed. To some degree the lack of 

Likely 

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Compo 

-nent 

Planned Intermediate 

Outcome 

Up to last 

mission 

Major achievements since last mission 

implementation was related to the cap on 

decision-making before and during the longdrawn 

State elections. It can now be expected 

that implementation will accelerate and 

become fully satisfactory by FY12-13. 

Overall 

Remarks 

Overall 

Building national 

capacity for 

implementation of 

comprehensive 

coastal zone 

management 

approaches 

- MOEF stewardship for the coastal zone and 

marine area management has been good. This 

project coincided with the reform in CRZ 

Notification; as well as a number of parallel 

policy measures. Overall interest from 

stakeholders including civil society has been 

good during this period. 

Likely 

D. Current Progress of Implementation 

16. Following is a summary discussion on current progress of implementation. Annex 2 describes the 

achievement in each sub-component and each of the activities within the sub-component in greater detail. 

Overall, the current progress of implementation in Components One, Two and Three is satisfactory, while 

for Component Four (Piloting ICZM Approaches in West Bengal) the current progress is marginally 

satisfactory. 

17. Component One - National ICZM Capacity Building: The activities related to hazard mapping have 

progressed well, one major work for aerial photography is already awarded, and another for 

photogrammetry will be awarded soon. Flood level estimates and erosion estimates have progressed well, 

and the entire hazard mapping activity could be completed earlier than scheduled. MOEF and the Survey 

of India are discussing expanding scope of this activity to include mapping of all island areas, and to 

include marine bathymetry for the entire country. Two areas – Dandi in Gujarat and Vedaranyam in 

Tamil Nadu have been declared as ecologically sensitive area, and the mapping is complete. Plans for 

conservation and enhancement community livelihood in these areas are being prepared. Similar mapping 

will be undertaken for Vembanad in Kerala, while a full-fledged mapping of all such ecologically 

sensitive area for the entire country is yet to be initiated. Although initial technical discussions have taken 

place, systematic work on coastal sediment cells has not yet started. The National Centre for 

Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) has been established, and recruitment of the initial batch 

of 60 staff of NCSCM is under progress. The National Center for Marine Biodiversity will be set up at 

Jamnagar in partnership with the private sector, and a conceptual design has been prepared. A draft 

capacity building plan for training of coastal zone managers in the country has been prepared and will 

be implemented once approved by MOEF. In terms of project management, the national project 

management unit (NPMU or SICOM) is already operational, including its technical, procurement and 

financial management, and the communications cells. Since its establishment, SICOM has led a number 

of activities in the country, including providing adequate support to MOEF for public and stakeholder 

consultation on CRZ Notification, 2001. 

18. Component Two – Piloting ICZM Approaches in Gujarat: This component, overall, has progressed 

well, and the current achievements are good. Consultations and expert meetings for preparation of an 

ICZM Plan for the Gulf of Kachchh have been initiated although preparation of such plan will start only 

in Year 3 of the Project. The capacity building activities of Gujarat State Pollution Control Board and 

the Gujarat Ecology and Environment Research Foundation are progressing well; and the progress of the 

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Bhaskarachaya Insitute of Space Application and Geo-Informatics has been excellent. Among the pilot 

investments, progress is very good with respect to the sewerage system in Jamnagar city, where one 

minor work has been completed; a major work and the project management consultancy has been 

awarded. The remaining work related to the sewage treatment plant will be procured once the industry 

discussions on the issue of leveraging private sector investment is over and incorporated in bid 

documents. About 1,300ha of mangrove had been planted and verified; and community mobilization 

work is near complete in 80 villages. For livelihood improvement pilot investments, community 

mobilization is nearly completed in 70 villages, and progressing well in the remaining villages; and 42 

entry point activities, mostly small civil works, have been completed. However, the works related to the 

marine oceanarium and the central research facility of the Gujarat Ecology and Environment Research 

Foundation are delayed due to the need to integrate these with the proposed NCMB. The initial work 

related to development of appropriate models for coral reef regeneration is delayed, although some 

capacity building activities have been implemented. Ecotourism related works in the Marine national Park 

has not progressed at all. With respect to project management, the Gujarat SPMU is functioning well, 

and its communication cell has undertaken excellent initiatives. The SPMU website is under preparation, 

but all information is already hosted in a temporary webpage; an MIS has been prepared; and the 

grievance redress processes have all been set up and functioning. 

19. Component Three - Piloting ICZM Approaches in Odisha: This component, overall, has also 

progressed well, and the current achievements are good. Some consultations and one expert meeting for 

preparation of ICZM Plan(s) for the two stretches of Chilika-Gopalpur and Dhamra-Bhitarkanika have 

been initiated; but further discussion is dependent on the delineation of coastal sediment cell by the 

NCSCM. Given that preparation of such plan(s) will start only in Year 3 of the Project, and delineation of 

coastal sediment cell will probably be initiated this year by NCSCM, the current lack of full-scale 

consultation on the planning process is not yet a major concern. The capacity building activities of the 

Chilika Development Authority are progressing well, where substantial recruitment of staff and 

procurement of equipment, hardware and software have been completed; and there has been reasonable 

progress in the activities by the Odisha State Pollution Control Board. The SPMU has already taken a lot 

of initiative on the regional coastal process study, and subject to the outputs from the NCSCM related to 

delineation of coastal sediment cells, this activity is likely to be completed on schedule. Among the pilot 

investments, progress is very good with respect to the provision of cyclone shelters in the remote coastal 

villages by the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority, where bidding process for the work of 10 

cyclone shelters is nearly complete, and the work is expected to be awarded in August 2011. A small 

work and a consultancy have been procured related to the pilot work of shoreline protection at village 

Pentha, and the major work is being finalized to be procured as scheduled. Social and environmental 

analysis, community mobilization, and soil surveys have been completed for all 14 cyclone shelters. In 

most other cases of pilot investment, the planned consulting services, such as for design and supervision 

consultancy, had been procured, and the works are expected to be procured during the remainder of 

FY11-12. Pilot investments depending on community contracting have also progressed well, although 

more intensive work is required to conclude the community contracts, such as for the Wildlife 

Department, the Industries Department or the Fisheries Department. With respect to project 

management, the Odisha SPMU is functioning well, and its communication cell has undertaken excellent 

initiatives. The SPMU website is under preparation, but all information is already hosted in a temporary 

webpage; a regular schedule of progress review meetings has been agreed to and is being implemented; 

the technical unit is adequately engaged in coordination and monitoring; and the grievance redress 

processes have all been set up and functioning. 

20. Component Four - Piloting ICZM Approaches in West Bengal: This component, overall, has been 

experiencing delays and lack of adequate project management, and the current achievements are less than 

expected. A major reason for this was the inability to take decisions before the State Elections and during 

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the long period when the Election Commission’s Code of Conduct was in force. This was compounded by 

the lack of availability of a full-time State Project Director. In spite of these, there had been some 

progress with the sub-components related to capacity building (mainly the activities of Calcutta 

University) and pilot investments (mainly the activities of the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution 

Company). West Bengal SPMU has organized some internal consultations and expert meetings for 

preparation of ICZM Plan for the coast of West Bengal; but further discussion is dependent on the 

delineation of coastal sediment cell by the NCSCM, and the progress of regional coastal process study in 

Odisha and in West Bengal (by the Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management). Based 

on current preparedness, it is likely that preparation of ICZM Plan is likely to start in Year 3 of the Project 

as scheduled. The capacity building activities of the Calcutta University are progressing very well, where 

most of the planned staff has been recruited, and the procurement of the planned equipment is expected to 

be awarded in August 2011. Based on the activities already undertaken since effectiveness of the Project, 

the research team of Calcutta University has already published 4 papers in international scientific 

journals. There has also been some useful progress in the activities of the Institute of Environmental 

Studies and Wetland Management, which has already set up instrumentation in the Sundarban to gather 

data on tidal range, current and amplitude; started preparing base maps of the coastal areas using satellite 

imagery, and initiated estuarine bathymetry surveys. There has been substantial discussion and agreement 

with respect to completion of the Sundarban Interpretation Centre of the Tagore Rural Development 

Society, although final agreement has not been signed yet. Among the pilot investments, the most 

notable progress has been made by the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company which has 

now nearly completed the work of transmission line over the 4km wide river; and the sub-station in Sagar 

Island is expected to be commissioned by August 2011. The bidding process for the supply and 

installation of the distribution lines is under progress, and the work is expected to be awarded in 

September 2011. The Fisheries Development Corporation has done all preparatory work, and can now 

move quickly to procure works of the Fish Auction Centre. However, for all other pilot investment, the 

progress has not been satisfactory; and unless improved project management attention is provided by the 

SPMU and the respective Departments of the Government of West Bengal, it will be difficult to make 

good the delay that already occurred. With respect to project management, the West Bengal SPMU has 

recently completed most of the recruitment, and is now expected to function well. On the positive side, 

the SPMU website is under preparation, but all information is already hosted in a temporary webpage of 

the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Wetland Management; the technical unit with its limited staff 

is adequately engaged in coordination and monitoring; and the grievance redress processes have all been 

set up and functioning. 

E. Status of Legal Covenants: 

21. The Table below presents the compliance status related to the covenants applicable to project implementation. 

Covenant Limit Due Date Status 

MoEF and the States shall maintain NPMU and SPMU 

with suitably qualified personnel and sufficient 

resources 

Each participating Pilot Investment Execution Agency 

(PEA) will maintain dedicated suitably qualified 

personnel and sufficient resources 

Each Project State will make adequate annual 

budgetary allocations, and shall transfer 10% of the 

Throughout 

Project 

period 

Throughout 


period 

First part of 

each FY 

September 

22, 2010 

March 21, 

2011 

December 

2010 (FY11) 

Complied with. 


Complied (partial 

compliance in 

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Covenant Limit Due Date Status 

estimated cost of the respective State Component to 

the SPMU 

Each Project State will establish and maintain a State 

Level Steering Committee to provide guidance and 

approval 

NPMU and SPMUs shall maintain specific dedicated 

units as agreed; and will engage full-time procurement 

specialists and finance professionals with agreed 

qualification 

The NPMU will submit quarterly consolidated IUFRs 

Internal Auditors (for NPMU and SPMUs) and 

External Auditors (by NPMU) will be in place 

NPMU will submit annual audit reports for the entire 

project 

NPMU and the SPMUs will establish, operationalize 

and maintain computerized accounting system 

Throughout 


period 

Throughout 


period 

45 days 

after end of 

quarter 

6 months 

from start 

6 months 

from close 

of FY 

3 months 

from start 

November 

2011 (FY12) 

September 

22, 2010 

September 

22, 2010 

July 15, 

2011 

March 21, 

2011 

September 

30, 2011 

December 

21, 2011 

Gujarat & West 

Bengal). 

Likely. 


Complied with 

albeit with some 

delay in West 

Bengal. 

Complied with as 

per due dates. 

Complied with, but 

with some delay 

Not yet due. Very 

likely. 


F. Environmental Management 

22. The project, in its initial stages of implementation is following the avoidance principles built in its design 

to ensure long-term conservation of coastal and marine resources and at long term sustainability. 

Implementation plans for all activities include environment management measures; monitoring measures 

to ensure that the issues avoided during design do not recur. The proposed monitoring and evaluation 

processes (which are yet to start in a systematic way) include plans for conducting social audit and thirdparty 

audits as relevant. All these environment management measures have been adequately budgeted and 

staffs have been designated to provide the required oversight. The three tier grievance redress system has 

been established in the SPMUs in Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal. Regulatory clearances, such as the 

CRZ clearance where relevant is being ensured before award of works contracts. 

23. The project is being implemented by professionals of NPMU and SPMUs with a good level of 

environment awareness and experience. However, not all the staffs of the NPMU, SPMUs and the PEAs 

are fully aware of the precautionary needs of this Project, nor about the environmental avoidance, 

mitigation or monitoring processes agreed for this Project. It was agreed that (a) an activity-wise detailed 

chart should be prepared summarizing all actions proposed in the environmental management plan for the 

Project, and disseminated to all staff of NPMU, SPMU and PEAs by September 2011; and (b) an 

orientation cum training program for all such staff is held by October 2011. The Quarterly Project Report 

starting from for the period of July-September 2011 (to be submitted by December 2011) will need to 

provide clear understanding of how the environmental management plan is being implemented for each 

activity by each of the PEAs, and overall by SPMUs and NPMU. 

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G. Management of Social Issues and Impacts 

24. The mission was pleased to note the good progress made in community mobilization in Gujarat. In order 

to generate baseline data from the village and to mobilize the community, the Gujarat SPMU has 

recruited about 35 field workers located in the villages and 3 coordinators located in the area. This strong 

and dedicated field staff helped in mobilizing community through participatory methods. In all target 

villages collection of baseline data is complete including identification of entry level activities. Self Help 

Groups (SHGs) for income generation activities, Eco-Development Committees (EDCs) and Community 

Based Organizations (CBOs) for mangrove plantations have formed. Several awareness generation and 

capacity building activities including orientation or exposure visits for CBOs, EDCs and SHGs. For the 

Project as a whole, there had been several initiatives, such as the toll free phone line, a theme based 

interactive and informative website has been designed, which apart from disseminating ICZMP 

information also serves as one of the channels for grievance redress. A day long workshop was also 

organized by SPMU for judiciary officials to orient them to the ICZM project and its grievance redress 

mechanism. The workshop was very well received by the officials of the State Judiciary, and the Chair of 

the State Legal Aid Cell has recommended that such workshop should be taken up at all the coastal states, 

and at the National level with involvement of the National Legal Aid Cell. Gujarat SPMU has also 

initiated the idea of participatory monitoring by CBO, which is an innovative idea that can be replicated 

in other Project states. 

25. The Odisha SPMU has made an encouraging start, though more staff may be required, especially at the 

field level. Interaction with the community members during field visits revealed that community 

mobilization has been very effective. Substantial progress has been made in the activities related to 

livelihood enhancement pilot investment by the Fisheries Department 221 SHGs have been identified and 

22 SHGs have already received Rs. 50000 each towards entry point activities. The Directorate of 

Handicraft and Cottage Industries is also involved in developing alternative livelihood options for 

fishermen through coir making and has identified 5 SHGs to start with. It was revealed that the 

Departments (such as the Department of Fisheries) is involved in operating the bank account of the SHGs, 

which all agreed will be avoided from now, to avoid the issue of conflict of interest, and to provide 

operational freedom to the SHGs. It was also agreed that all SHGs will have a separate bank account for 

this Project, as far as practicable. For many of the pilot investments where not much progress has been 

otherwise made (such as the activities of the Forest Department; the Odisha Tourism Development 

Corporation or the Department of Culture) communities have been informed about the activities, but 

formal mobilization and participatory processes have not started. These processes are essential 

particularly because the assets will be managed, operated and maintained by the communities in most 

cases. Though none of the Project activities require any acquisition of private land, government owned 

land will be transferred to the project. It was agreed that SPMU will conduct social screening to ensure 

that all such land parcels are free of encroachment and other encumbrances. In the event any use of such 

land is found to trigger physical or economic relocation (including for non-titleholders), resettlement 

action plans will be prepared as per the agreed Resettlement Policy Framework for the Project. For the 

overall project, the SPMU has installed a toll free phone line and has also launched a dedicated website 

with an interactive grievance redress link. 

26. In West Bengal, the social/rural development specialist is yet to be hired in the SPMU. Though no 

private land acquisition will be required for any of the activities in the Project, government land will be 

transferred to the project at various locations. It was agreed that SPMU will conduct social screening to 

ensure that all such land parcels are free of encroachment and other encumbrances. In the event any use 

of such land is found to trigger physical or economic relocation (including for non-titleholders), 

resettlement action plans will be prepared as per the agreed Resettlement Policy Framework for the 

Project. For most of the pilot investments, especially related to livelihood enhancement of the coastal 

communities, where not much progress has been otherwise made communities have been informed about 

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the activities, but formal mobilization and participatory processes have not started. These processes are 

essential particularly because the assets will be managed, operated and maintained by the communities in 

most cases. With respect to the environmental improvement of the Digha beach, it was re-emphasized that 

all the nearly 1650 kiosks (and not any subset of it, such as the old proposition of resettlement of 620 

kiosks) will need to be organized as part of the in-situ resettlement; and the consultants to be hired for 

design and supervision will focus on a comprehensive solution. The kiosk owners who had last year been 

consulted by the Digha-Shankarpur Development Authority and the SPMU have not been contacted since. 

The consultation process needs to restart, and SPMU will need to ensure that these kiosk owners 

participate in the design process. 

H. Procurement 

27. There is considerable progress in hiring consultants, awarding major works and initiating goods 

procurement. There is adequate procurement capacity in the NPMU and SPMUs except in the West 

Bengal SPMU where the situation is likely to improve by August 2011. The project will need to monitor 

disclosure framework and risk mitigation measures identified during project preparation and take action. 

The project has prepared a Procurement Activity Schedule for the next 12 months, which the National and 

State Project Directors will need to review every month to ensure that there are no further slippages. The 

agreed key actions for next six months are: (i) to monitor procurement of Goods and works and ensure 

award as per procurement activity schedule; (ii) to ensure all the agreed disclosures are made as per 

disclosure framework; (iii) develop online complaint handling and Procurement MIS; and, (iv) to ensure 

compliance with mitigation measures agreed during project preparation. The agreed details with respect 

to procurement management are listed in Annex 6, and supplementary activity-specific supplementary 

details are available in Annex 2. 

I. Financial Management 

28. The NPMU and the SPMUs in Gujarat and Odisha have carried out most of the actions agreed during 

preparation. The West Bengal SPMU is in the process of completion of the agreed actions and it is 

expected that before the next mission all the agreed actions would be completed. Except for Gujarat and 

West Bengal SPMUs, where there is a partial compliance to the legal covenant related to counterpart 

budget, other financial covenants have been met by the project. The project has agreed on a time based 

action plan which is summarized in Annex 5 on Financial Management. Based on the above factors, 

agreed action plan and review of the financial management systems across the project, the Financial 

Management rating for the Project is pegged as Moderately Satisfactory. 

J. Agreed next Steps and Mission 

29. The next formal Implementation Review Mission is scheduled around mid-October 2011. It was agreed 

that this next mission will also be a joint mission, in which officials from the NPMU, the SPMU and 

select PEAs will participate. 

30. Following is a list of major agreed actions required from the national and the state project management 

units (or the MOEF and the State Governments, as applicable) to be undertaken and completed within the 

next six months. Note that Annex 2 lists all other actions that were discussed and agreed for more 

successful implementation of the Project. 

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Component 3 (Odisha) 

Component 2 (Gujarat) 

Component 1 

(National) 

Overall 


Major Actions Responsibility Due Date 

Prepare and finalize Annual Action Plans to ensure that by March 

2012, all activities planned earlier for the first and the second year 

of the Project is complete as per original targets; and the backlog of 

the first year which arose due to the late start of the Project is 

cleared by March 31, 2012. 

Finalize format for the Quarterly progress Report (Quarterly 

Progress reports starting for the period of April-June 2011 shall be 

prepared and submitted to World Bank using this standard format) 

For each parcel of land being used for the project until July 2011 

(whenever transfer from one department to another is involved) 

undertake site level social screening survey, and share the results 

with the World Bank, including any recommendation for 

preparation of Resettlement Action Plans, if needed as per Project’s 

Resettlement Policy Framework. 

NPMU staffing to be completed, including recruitment of the 

Deputy Project Director (also head of the Finance and Procurement 

Unit) 

Formal declaration of MS Swaminathan research Foundation 

(MSSRF) as PEA for the Vedaranyam ESA 

Establish a forum to discuss the methods and tools for preparation 

of ICZM (led by NCSCM) 

Appoint a senior official as full-time State Project Director 

replacing the State Project Director who recently retired. Until such 

appointment, the Principal Secretary, Forest and Environment 

Department will continue to act as the State Project Director. 

Prepare a Comprehensive Plan for Oil-Spill Disaster risk 

Management with the Gujarat Maritime Board as the PEA 

NPMU and all 

SPMUs 

NPMU and 

SPMUs 

All SPMUs 

NPMU 

September 

30, 2011 

September 

30, 2011 

October 

30, 2011 

October 

31, 2011 

NPMU August 21, 

2011 

NCSCM and 

NPMU 

GoG, Forest 

and 

Environment 

Department 

SPMU 

September 

30, 2011 

October 

30, 2011 

October 

31, 2011 

Release State share of the FY11-12 budget for the Project 

GoG, Finance 

Department 

September 

30, 2011 

Appoint adequate number of rural development specialists 

(specialization in social work or equivalent) and village-based 

professionals to lead the various livelihood activities executed by 

the different PEAs 

Finalize the site for setting up the solid waste management facility 

in Paradip; and a finalize agreement of land transfer from the 

Paradip Port Trust 

Pursue Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) to complete 

all pending statutory audit up to the financial year 2010-11; and 

share a copy of these statutory audit reports with World Bank. 

SPMU August 31, 

2011 


2011 

SPMU, 

OSPCB 

August 05, 

2011 

Release the remaining part of the State share of the FY11-12 budget GoO Finance 

September 

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Component 4 (West Bengal) 


Major Actions Responsibility Due Date 

for the Project Department, 30, 2011 

Appoint a senior officer of the State as the full-time State Project 

Director. Until such appointment, the current Additional State 

Project director (Administration) will act as the State Project 

Director. 

Environment 

Department 

October 

31, 2011 

Organize the first meeting of the State Level Steering Committee SPMU August 31, 

2011 

Formally agree with each PEA to ensure reasonable (3-5 years) 

tenure of Nodal Officers 

Establish the Communication and Capacity Building Cell of the 

SPMU, and initiate communication activities 

Complete recruitment of the remaining staff positions in the SPMU, 

especially the Social/Rural Development Specialist and the 

Procurement Specialist 

Finalize alternative proposals for managing cyclone risks in the 

coastal villages. 

Finalize plans for pollution management, solid waste management, 

sanitation and other minimum hygienic facilities at the “mela 

ground” at Gangasagar 

SPMU and the 

PEAs 

August 15, 

2011 


2011 


2011 

SPMU and 

Disaster 

Management 

Department 

SPMU and 

Public Health 

Engineering 

Department 

December 

31, 2011 

October 

31, 2011 

K. List of Annexes 

31. The following annexes are part of this aide memoire. 

Annex 1 - List of Officials and Resource Persons met during the Mission 

Annex 2 - Activity-wise Summary of Progress and Agreed next Steps 

Annex 3 - Management of Environmental Issues and processes 

Annex 4 - Management of Social Safeguards and Social Development Processes 

Annex 5 - Financial Management Systems and Performance 

Annex 6 - Procurement Management Systems and Performance 

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Annex 1 

Officials, Resource Persons and other Stakeholders met during 

the Mission 

Government of India and Stakeholders for the National Component 

1. Dr. Tishya Chatterjee, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests 

2. Mr. J. M. Mauskar, Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests 

3. Dr. Nalini Bhat, Advisor, Ministry of Environment and Forests 

4. Dr. A. Senthilvel, National Project Director, SICOM 

5. Dr. Indrani Chandrasekharon, Advisor, Planning Commission 

6. Ms. Kavita Prasad, Director, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance 

7. Prof. S. P. Gautam, Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board 

8. Dr. P. Mannar Jawahar, Vice Chancellor, Anna University 

9. Prof. R. Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor, National Law School of India 

10. Prof. S. Shanmugavel, Registrar, Anna University 

11. Dr. M. Sekhar, Dean, College of Engineering Guindy 

12. Dr. A. Ramachandran, Director, Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research 

13. Dr. G. M. Samuel Knight, Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Anna 

University 

14. Mr. Akash Sharma, SICOM 

15. Dr. Asir Ramesh, SICOM 

16. Dr. Mishra, SICOM 

17. Ms. Anamika, Law officer, SICOM 

18. Mr. V S Krishnan, SICOM 

19. Mr. Sumeet Singh, Team Leader, PFM Support Consultant, SICOM 

20. Mr. Gairola, SICOM 

21. Mr. Dharma Raj, Additional Surveyor General of India, Survey of India 

22. Mr. R. M. Tripathi, Additional Surveyor General of India (Tech), Survey of India 

23. Dr. Ajai, Group Director, SAC ISRO, Ahmedabad 

24. Prof. R. Ramesh, Acting Director, NCSCM 

25. Dr. Purvaja Ramachandran, Institute of Ocean Management, 

26. Anna University, Chennai 

27. Prof. M S Swaminathan 

28. Dr. Ajay Parida, MSSRF 

29. Dr. V. Selvam, Director, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation 

30. Dr. Sophia, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation 

31. Dr. C. B. S. Dutt, Group Director, National Remote Sensing Centre 

32. Mr. Prabir Banerjee, PondyCAN 

33. Mr. T. K. Rehiman, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Andhra Pradesh 

34. Ms. K. Lakshmi, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Andhra Pradesh 

35. Ms. B. Ramalamma, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Andhra Pradesh 

36. Mr. Dasari Satyanarayan Rao, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Andhra Pradesh 

37. Mr. S. Raja Rao, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Andhra Pradesh 

38. Mr. A. Hannu Rao, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Andhra Pradesh


First Implementation Support Mission, June 2011 

39. Mr. K. Aleya, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Orissa 

40. Ms. P. Gauri, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Orissa 

41. Mr. Ganesh Rao, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Orissa 

42. Mr. Prasanna Ku Behera, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Orissa 

43. Mr. Narayan Chandra Haldar, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Orissa 

44. Mr. Sudhir Pal, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Orissa 

45. Mr. SriKrishna Das, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, West Bengal 

46. Mr. Debashish Shyamal, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, West Bengal 

47. Mr. Sujay Jana, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, West Bengal 

48. Mr. Gobinda Das, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, West Bengal 

49. Mr. Tejen Das, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, West Bengal 

50. Mr. Pradip Chatterjee, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, West Bengal 

51. Mr. Anton Gomez, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Tamil Nadu 

52. Mr. Gilbert Rodrigo, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Tamil Nadu 

53. Mr.M. Ilango, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Tamil Nadu 

54. Mr. Jesuratnam, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Tamil Nadu 

55. Mr. R. Vasantha, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Tamil Nadu 

56. Mr. John Nepolean, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Tamil Nadu 

57. Mr. Paul Samy, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Tamil Nadu 

58. Mr. V. Vivekanand, Resource person from Civil Society 

59. Ms. Chandraika Sharma, Resource person from Civil Society 

60. Ms. Aarthi Shridhar, Dakshin Foundation 

61. Mr. Sudarshan Rodriguez, Tata Institute of Social Sciences 

62. Mr. Vinod Malayilethu , Representative ,WWF India 

63. Mr. Sanjiv Gopal, Greenpeace 

64. Mr. Sajeer, Representative, Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs 

65. Mr. Ravi Bhalla, FERAL 

66. Ms. Manju Menon, Kalpavriksh 

67. Ms. Shweta , Representative, Equations 

68. Mr. Rajendra Prasad, PAD, Tuticorin 

69. Dr. Santanu Chakravorti, Secretary, Society for Direct Initiative for Social and Health Action (DISHA) 

70. Ms. Rachel Pearlin, Representative, WWF 

71. Mr. Sajith, Representative, Fisheries Management Resource Centre 

72. Mr. Shriji Kurup, Representative CEE, Ahmedabad 

73. Mr. Jayagopal, Architect, Cochin 

74. Mr. Benny Kuriakose, Architect, Chennai 

75. Mr. Agnelo Rodrigues, President of GRE Dando, Velsao 

76. Mr. Matanhy Saldanha, Chairperson, National Fish-workers’ federation (NFF) 

77. Mr. Bharat Patel, Resource person and Representative of Fisherpersons NGOs, Gujarat 

78. Mr. Usmangani Sherasia, Resource person from Civil Society 

79. Mr. Agnelo Rodrigues, Resource person from Civil Society 

80. Mr. Debi Goenka, Resource person from Civil Society 

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81. Mr. R.K.Patil, Resource person from Civil Society 

82. Mr. Ramesh Dhuri, Resource person from Civil Society 

83. Mr. Sudarshan Rodriguez, Resource person from Civil Society 

84. Mr. Manju Menon, Resource person from Civil Society 

85. Mr. Vijayan. M.J, Resource person from Civil Society 

Government of Gujarat and Stakeholders in Gujarat 

1. Mr. S.K.Nanda, Principal Secretary, Forest & Environment Department 

2. Mr. J.K.Vyas, Director & Addl. Secretary, Forest & Environment Department 

3. Mr. Shri Atanu Chakroborthy, Principal Secretary, Finance Department 

4. Mr. Manish Verma, Addl. Secretary, Finance Department 

5. Mr. P. Swaroop, Commissioner, Jamnagar Municipal Corporation 

6. Mr. Rajesh Parmar, Deputy Engineer 

7. Mr. R.D. Kamboj, Chief Conservator of Forest, Marine National Park 

8. Mr. P.H. Sata, Deputy Conservator of Forest, Marine National Park 

9. Mr. C.H. Pandya, Addl. Project Director, SPMU & Director, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

10. Mr. Nischal Joshi, Head of Operation, SPMU, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

11. Mr. C.B. Bhimani, Assistant Conservator of Forest, Marine National Park ,Jamnagar 

12. Mr. T.P. Singh, Director & Addl. Secretary, Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Application & Geoinformatics 

13. Mr. Lomesh Bhrambhatt, Field Manager, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

14. Dr. Shailesh Dodia, Project Officer, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

15. Mr. Ishwar Desai,Social Scientist, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

16. Ms. Margi Purohit, Project Assistant, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

17. Ms. Kinjal Pathak, Project Assistant, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

18. Mr. Manoj Dube, Manager Account, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

19. Ms. Kajal Jaswal, Account Officer, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

20. Mr. Avtar Thakor, Account Assistant, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

21. Ms.Varsha Parmar, Project Coordinator, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

22. Ms. Vibha Patel, Project Coordinator, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

23. Mr. Kamlesh Dave, Project Coordinator, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

24. Mr. Sanjay Bariya, Project Coordinator, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

25. Mr. Pradeep Patel, Field Assistant, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

26. Ms. Rekha Joshi, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

27. Ms. Vijay Jora, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

28. Mr. Kamlesh Purohit, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

29. Mr. Popatbhai Bharvad, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

30. Ms. Nisha Joshi, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

31. Ms. Nilam Patel, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

32. Ms. Nilesh Bagada,Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

33. Mr. Kalpesh Gopani, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

34. Ms. Jagdish Gohil, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

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35. Mr. Amit Limbachiya, Field Worker , Gujarat Ecology Commission 

36. Mr. Mukesh Vadakhiya, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

37. Mr. Jasbhai Sindha, Field Worker,Gujarat Ecology Commission 

38. Mr. Dinesh Solanki, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

39. Mr. Chandrapal Rathod, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

40. Mr. Rajubhai Solanki, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

41. Mr. Jaysukhbhai Solanki, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

42. Mr. Bhavesh Nai, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

43. Ms. Nayna Patel, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

44. Mr. Daya Ribadiya, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

45. Ms. Joshi Pooja A., Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

46. Mr. Raval Amrutbhai L, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

47. Ms. Maya Makwana, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

48. Mr. Kishan Golsar, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

49. Ms. Chandrika Makwana, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

50. Ms. Dhara Mehta, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

51. Ms. Nidhi Raval, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

52. Ms. Gayatri Bhatt, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

53. Ms. Sheetal Solanki, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

54. Mr. Sanjay M. Kadivar, Field Worker, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

55. Mr. J.Jayraman, Financial Advisor, SPMU, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

56. Mr. B.J.Vasavda, Procurement Consultant, Gujarat Ecology Commission 

57. Mr. Dishant Parasharya, Project Co-ordinator-Coral & Coral Reef, GEER Foundation 

58. Mr. Chetan Chavda, JRF,Gujarat Ecological Education & Research (GEER) Foundation 

59. Mr. Vikram Singh, Project Manager,Gujarat Ecological Education & Research (GEER) Foundation 

60. Mr. Dipak Patel, Representative,Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd. (TCGL) 

61. Mr. S.Suburaman, SCUBA Diver,Wild Life Trust of India(WTI) 

62. Mr. Gautam, SCUBA Diver,Wild Life Trust of India(WTI) 

63. Mr. M.D.Rana, Executive Engineer, Jamnagar Municipal Corporation 

64. Mr. N.M.Parmar, Deputy Engineer, Jamnagar Municipal Corporation 

65. Mr. Amit Kansagara, Addl. Assistant Engineer,Jamnagar Municipal Corporation 

66. Mr. G.V.Sadani, Town Planning Officer, Jamnagar Municipal Corporation 

67. Mr. D.K.Vasoya, Estate Officer,Jamnagar Municipal Corporation 

68. Mr. Vivek Buchket, Security Officer,Jamnagar Municipal Corporation 

69. Mr. Kanak Singh Jadeja, Ex-Mayou & sitting corporate, Prabhukrupa Society, Jamnagar 

70. Mr. Arvind Shah,Social Worker,Prabhukrupa Society, Jamnagar 

71. Mr. Fernandis, Resident,Prabhukrupa Society, Jamnagar 

72. Mr. G.A.Sodha, RFO, Marine National Park, Jamnagar 

73. Mr. M.K.Shillu, RFO,Marine National Park, Jamnagar 

74. Mr. Manoj, Account Officer, Gujarat Ecological Education & Research (GEER) Foundation 

75. Ms. Khyati Vora, Account Assistant, Gujarat Ecological Education & Research(GEER)Foundation 

76. Mr. Vipul Chouhan, Account Assistant,Marine National Park, Jamnagar 

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77. Mr. Chetan Sogitra, Accountant, Marine National Park, Jamnagar 

78. Mr. K.M.Karangiya, Accountant,Marine National Park, Jamnagar 

79. Mr. A.N.Shah,Lab Incharge,Gujarat Pollution Control Board(GPCB) 

80. Mr. S.M.Jha, Senior Scientist, Nodal Officer, Gujarat Pollution Control Board(GPCB) 

81. Dr. Harshad Salvi, Scientist,Gujarat Ecological Education & Research (GEER) Foundation 

82. Mr. Yogeshbhai B.Ramani ,EDC President,Khijadiya Village, Jamnagar 

83. Mr. M.B.Dafra,Member Secretary, Khijadiya Village, Jamnagar 

84. Mr. Varshaben Y.Ramani,Sarpanch, Khijadiya Village, Jamnagar 

85. Mr. Babubhai P.Mungara, Community leader & Member, Khijadiya Village, Jamnagar 

86. Mr. Hirabhai H.Kathiriya, Community leader & Member, Khijadiya Village, Jamnagar 

87. Mr. Varshaben S. Agravat, Community leader & Member,Khijadiya Village, Jamnagar 

88. Mr. Vasoya Varshben V., Secretary; Satyam SHG, Khijadiya Village, Jamnagar 

89. Mr. Vasoya Sarojben Rajeshbhai, President; Shivam SHG,Khijadiya Village, Jamnagar 

90. Mr. Jiviben R. Dhrangiya,Member, Shivam SHG, Khijadiya Village, Jamnagar 

91. Mr. Tejiben B. Dhangiya, Member of Shree Shakti Krupa Bachat Juth Khijadiya Village, Jamnagar 

92. Mr. Noghabhai Chavda, EDC President,Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

93. Mr. L.D.Ghochla, Member Secretary,Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

94. Mr. Bhanuben Jethva, President, Aalbai Mahila Mandal, Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

95. Mr. Kuvarben Bharvad,Secretary, Aalbai Mahila Mandal, Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

96. Mr. Hiriben Rathod, President, Ambedkar Mahila Mandal, Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

97. Mr. Pamiben Chavda, Secretary, Ambedkar Mahila Mandal,Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

98. Mr. Aalabhai Chavda, President, Ramdev Yuvak Mandal, Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

99. Mr. Palabhai Rathod, Secretary, Ramdev Yuvak Mandal, Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

100. Mr. Janaben Chavda, President, Jay Chamunda SHG,Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

101. Mr. Puriben Chavda, Secretary; Jay Chamunda SHG, Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

102. Mr. Rajiben Rathod, President, Rohidash SHG,Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

103. Mr. Lakhiben Chavda, Secretary, Rohidash SHG, Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

104. Mr. Vajsibhai Lagariya, Community leader,Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

105. Mr. Devabhai Karangiya,Community leader, Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

106. Mr. Saudshbhai Lagariya, Community leader, Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

107. Mr. Maldevbhai Lagariya, Community leader, Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

108. Mr. Baldevbhai Chavda, Community leader, Mota Asota Village, Jamnagar 

Government of Odisha and Stakeholders in Odisha 

1. Mr. Bijay Kumar Patnaik, Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha 

2. Mr. Aurobindo Behera, Principal Secretary, Environment and Forest Department 

3. Dr. Ajit Kumar Pattnaik, Project Director, ICZMP-Orissa 

4. Mr. H.K. Bisht, APD (Operations), ICZMP- Orissa 

5. Mr. B. K. Das, Joint Director, Joint Director, Directorate of Handicraft & Cottage Industries, Orissa 

6. Mr. S. Mohanty, Asst. Director, Directorate of Handicraft & Cottage Industries, Orissa 

7. Mr. B.P. Ray, Deputy Director - Culture, Orissa 

8. Mr. P.K. Nanda, Coir Superintendent, Directorate of Handicraft & Cottage Industries 

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9. Mr. Avaya Ku Nayad, DGM OSDMA 

10. Mr. B.N. Mishra, GIS Expert & Environment Specilist OSDMA 

11. Mr. K.C.Bisoi, Social Expert, OSDMA 

12. Mr. Aswini Ku. Satapathy, Curator, State Archeology Culture Dept. 

13. Dr. D.K. RoutSr. Scientist, OSCPB, Orissa, BBSR 

14. Dr. S.S. Pati OSPCB, Orissa, BBSR 

15. Mr. Sridhar Mahala, Asst. Engineer,OTDC 

16. Mr. J.K. Das, Sr. DMBD-II, OTDC 

17. Mr. R.K. Ghadai, Executive Engineer, Aul Embankment Div. 

18. Mr. Abhimanyu Behera, Asst. Engineer, Rajnagar Embankment, Sub-division Rajnagar 

19. Mr. Chiitaranjan Mishra, Asst. Chief Executive, CDA, Orissa 

20. Mr. Surath Ch. Mallick, Executive Officer, Paradeep Municipality, Orissa 

21. Mr. Mahesh Ku. Mishra, M.E., Paradeep Municipality, Orissa 

22. Mr. C.M. Behera, ACF, Chilika WL Division 

23. Dr. N.C. Biswal, Fishery Specialist, SPMU, ICZMP 

24. Dr. Mamta Mishra, RD Expert 

25. Dr. P.K. Panigrahy, Oceanographer 

26. Mr. Sibananda Mishra, Programme Manager & Communication officer 

27. Dr. A.K. Sahu, Ecologist,SPMU, ICZMP - Orissa 

28. Mr. Biswajit Sahoo,Communication Officer, ICZMP - Orissa 

29. Mr. Parameswar Swain, Administrative Officer, ICZMP - Orissa 

30. Mr. Binayak Padhi, MIS Expert, ICZMP - Orissa 

31. Mr. Manaswini Mishra, Documentation Officer, ICZMP - Orissa 

32. Mr. Dinabandhu Sankhua, System Manager, ICZMP - Orissa 

33. Mr. Manoj Mahapatra, DFO, Rajnagar 

34. Mr. Bimal Prasanna Acharya, DFO, Balugaon 

35. Mr. Shyam Sundar Soren, ADF(M) Ganjam 

36. Mr. V.Bhatoskar, BAIF, PUNE 

37. Mr. Ar. Srenevas Tripathy, Consultant, Forest & Environment Dept, Orissa 

38. Dr. C.S Kar, WL HQ, Orissa, BBSR 

39. Mr. Santosh Ku Mahaparta, PCCF (WL), Government of Orissa 

40. Mr. A.K. Jena, DFO, Berhampur, Orissa 

41. Ms. Areeeba Hamid, Green Peace India 

Government of West Bengal and Stakeholders in West Bengal 

1. Mr. K. S. Rajendra Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary 

2. Mr. MD. Kamran, Special Secretary Urban Development Department 

3. Mr. A. Palodhi, Joint Secretary, Urban Development Department 

4. Dr. Anil Mahapatra, Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Digha, Zoological Survey of India 

5. Mr. Shambhu Das Pramanic, Public Health Engineering Directorate. 

6. Mr. N. Sanjeev Kumar, Public Health Engineering Directorate 

7. Mr. Subir Kumar Ghosh, Public Health Engineering Directorate 

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8. Mr. Saroj Ghose, Tagore Society 

9. Mr. Soumen Pal, Digha Sankarpur Development Authority 

10. Mr. Mahim Maity, Digha Sankarpur Development Authority 

11. Mr. B.G.Gupta, WEBCON 

12. Mr. Anil Kumar Mondal, T.S.R.D. Rangabelia Panchayat 

13. Mr. A.K.Ghosh, WBSEDCL 

14. Mr. B. Chakraborti, WBSEDCL 

15. Ms. S. Mukhopadhyay, WBSEDCL 

16. Mr. P. Raychaudhuri, WBFCL 

17. Mr. P. Sarkar, WBFCL 

18. Mr. P. K. Pal, WBFS, Forest West Bengal 

19. Mr. K.Majumdar, Department of Forest 

20. Mr. D.J.Chakraborty, Chief Engineer, Sunderban Development Board 

21. Mr. Subhash Chandra Basu, SIDCL 

22. Mr. Uttam Roy, T.A.L.C.E, Sundarban Development Board 

23. Mr. Sarosh Hasan, Urban development 

24. Mr. Kash, Sundarban Board 

25. Mr. D Pal, Joint Secretary, Department of Disaster Management 

26. Mr. D.C.Bandhopadhay, HSCL, Kolkata 

27. Mr. H Samaddar, HSCL, Kolkata 

28. Mr. A Gupta, HSCL, Kolkata 

29. Mr. R.N.Pattanaik, Department of Fisheries 

30. Mr. B.K.Dash, Department of Fisheries 

31. Mr. G.D. Patra, Department of Forests 

32. Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Kolkata University 

33. Dr. Maitree Bhattacharyya, Associate Professor & Nodal Officer, Kolkata University 

34. Ms. Arpita Chakraborty, Project Scientist, Kolkata University 

35. Mr. Pijush Basak, Project Scientist, Kolkata University 

36. Mr. Arindam Mondal, Project Scientist, Kolkata University 

37. Mr. Amit Bera, Project Scientist, Kolkata University 

38. Dr. Prasanna Yennawar, MARL, ZSI, Digha 

39. Mr. Himadri Maitra, DMO, Department of Disaster Management, Government of West Bengal 

40. Mr. D.K.Bhagat, Manager, FQA, WBSEDCL 

41. Mr. Sudipta Bandyopadhyay, Assistant General Manager, FQA, WBSEDCL 

42. Mr. Saroj Ghose, Tagore Society for Rural Development 

43. Dr. Dipankar Roy, Tagore Society for Rural Development 

44. Mr. Anil Kumar Mondal, Tagore Society for Rural Development 

45. Mr. Alak Haldar, Chief Administrative Officer, IESWM 

46. Mr. Himadri Maitra, DMO, Department of Disaster management, Government of West Bengal 

47. Mr. D. K. Bhagat, Manager, FQA, WBSEDCL 

48. Mr. Sudipta Bandyopadhyay, Assistant General Manager, FQA, WBSEDCL 

49. Mr. Saroj Ghose, Tagore Society for Rural Development 

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50. Dr. Dipankar Roy, Tagore Society for Rural Development 

51. Mr. Anil Kumar Mondal, Tagore Society for Rural Development 

52. Mr. P.K.Pal, West Bengal Forest Department, Purba Medinipur Forest Division 

53. Mr. Sarosh Hasan, Urban Development 

54. Mr. K.Majumdar, Forest Department 

55. Mr. P.K.Maiti, Forest Department 

56. Mr. Samir Kumar Ghosh, Senior Accounts Officer, SDB & A.O SIDCL 

57. Mr. Banibrata Das, Manager (Finance), WBFC LTD 

58. Mr. Siba Nath Dutta, Project Engineer , West Bengal Fisheries Corporation Ltd 

59. Mr. Soumen Pal, E.O, DSDA 

60. Mr. P.B.Baksi, WBSEDCL 

61. Mr. P.B.Baksi, WBSEDCL 

62. Ms. Saswati Mukhopadhyay, WBSEDCL 

63. Prof. Jyotiranjan Naskar , President, SEED 

64. Mr. Swapan Basu Mallick, Director, SEED 

65. Dr. Kalyan Acharya, Member, SEED 

66. Ms. Maya Karmakar, Member, SEED 

67. Dr. Kamal Sen, Member, SEED 

68. Mr. Manoj Barui, Member Local Gram Panchayat 

69. Mr. Pradip Patra , President, Local Village Development Committee 

70. Ms. Subhasini Das, Secretary, Local Village Development Committee 

71. Ms. Jyotsna Das, Convener, Local Village Development Committee 

72. Ms. Gita Bhokta, Lodha Tribe Women Group 

73. Ms. Kausalya Bhokta, Lodha Tribe Women Group - 

74. Ms. Arati Bhokta, Lodha Tribe Women Group 

75. Ms. Behula Laik , Lodha Tribe Women Group 

76. Ms. Puni Laik, Lodha Tribe Women Group 

77. Ms. Suku Bhokta, Lodha Tribe Women Group 

78. Ms. Kajal Bhokta, Lodha Tribe Women Group 

79. Ms. Kamini Bhokta, Lodha Tribe Women Group 

80. Ms. Kachi Mallik , Lodha Tribe Women Group 

81. Ms. Kalpana Bijuli, SC Women Group - 

82. Ms. Sandhya Patra, SC Women Group 

83. Ms. Radharani Das, SC Women Group 

84. Ms. Jharna Sahu, SC Women Group 

85. Ms. Sefali Mondal , SC Women Group 

86. Ms. Kajal Mondal , SC Women Group 

87. Ms. Pushpa Mondal, SC Women Group 

88. Ms. Rinki Bera, SC Women Group 

89. Ms. Bandana Das, SC Women Group 

90. Ms. Namita Barui, SC Women Group 

91. Ms. Panchami Bhuyian , SC Women Group 

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Annex 2 

Activity-wise Summary of Progress and Agreed Next Steps 

COMPONENT ONE: NATIONAL I.C.Z.M. CAPACITY BUILDING 

Activity Current Progress Agreed Next Steps & World Bank Recommendations 

[1A] 

Hazard line 

Mapping (Flood 

Level Estimate; 

Erosion 

Estimate; Digital 

Terrain – Aerial 

Photography and 

Photogrammetry; 

Ground 

Marking) 

Overall, this has progressed very well, and there is a chance that this activity could be 

completed ahead of schedule. There has been several factors behind this satisfactory 

progress, prominent among those are: (A) keen interest at the policy-making levels of 

the MOEF and the Ministry of Science and Technology (DOST); (B) substantial 

involvement of the Surveyor General of India and the high level officers of SOI, and 

project leadership by the Additional Surveyor General of India; (C) functioning, 

decision-making and proactive monitoring by the steering committee for this activity, 

headed by the Special Secretary, MOEF. 

1. Flood Level Estimate: SOI has analyzed data for all major and minor ports in the 

country; with all available data. A draft report is available including illustration for 

one port. 

2. Erosion Estimate: MOEF (through Institute of Ocean Management and NCSCM) has 

already made very good progress in shoreline change maps for the country 

(comparing maps and satellite imageries between 1982 and 2010 – as per the 

methodology approved by MOEF, the Survey of India and the Ministry of Earth 

Sciences ). After joint verification and ground-truthing with the respective states, 

these maps have been published and are in public domain for Gujarat, Orissa, 

Puducherry and Kerala (covering 46% of mainland coasts). The remaining work, 

majority currently under joint ground-truthing is expected to be completed by October 

2011. The quality of shoreline change maps had been satisfactory. These are expected 

to be very useful in estimation of the 100 year erosion line for the entire cost. The 

formal work for estimation of the 100 year erosion line will start as a joint exercise by 

SOI and NCSCM, and is expected to be completed by January-February 2012. 

3. Aerial Photography: This activity managed by SOI has progressed very well. The 

aerial photography contracts (8 packages) has been awarded, and the progress of 

mobilization has been satisfactory and on schedule. In-principle permission for flying 

low-height aircrafts and carrying out photography has been obtained by SOI and 

MOEF from DGCA, Ministry of Home, and Ministry of Defence. Given the current 

progress, the aerial photography work could be completed ahead of schedule (say, by 

April 2012). 

1. Flood Level Estimate: A Revised Report will be 

prepared by October 2011, including all quality 

assurance process described; detailed description on 

how erroneous data, if any, had been excluded. Flood 

level for each transect for the entire mainland coast 

will be ready by December 2011. 

2. Erosion Estimate: NCSCM is currently recruiting 

professionals and procuring the minimum equipment 

needed to support SOI for this purpose. Given the 

progress on shoreline mapping, this activity can be 

fully completed by March 2012. It is important for SOI 

and NCSCM to develop a schedule showing 

milestones to complete this activity by September 

2011. 

3. Aerial Photography: The flight plan should be finalized 

and regulatory clearances should be obtained as per 

schedule. SOI, MOEF and the Contractors (two JV 

partners) should meet formally to reconfirm the 

availability of resources and the detailed work 

schedule, as well as reconfirm all details of the quality 

assurance plan. 

[Additional Work] MOEF and SOI together will 

prepare a proposal for aerial photography of the (i) 

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and (ii) Lakshadweep 

Islands, including a brief analysis as to whether it is 

beneficial to have a separate contract or to have a 

variation order to the current contract, and share with 

Bank for concurrence. Separately, MOEF and SOI 

together will prepare a proposal for completing marine 

bathymetry survey for the entire country covered by 

the CRZ Notification 2011.




[1B] 

Mapping 

Ecologically 

Sensitive Areas 

(ESAs) 

[Additional Work] MOEF has decided, and Bank concurred, that aerial photography 

of (i) Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and (ii) Lakshadweep will also now be attempted 

– not only for hazard mapping, but also for planning purposes so as to implement the 

recent Island Protection Zone Notification. MOEF is also interested that SOI takes up 

marine bathymetric surveys for the country. 

4. Photogrammetry: The draft bidding documents are ready. The contracts are expected 

to be awarded by September 20111. The work is on schedule. 

5. Ground marking: Several ideas including replacing some of the ground markers and 

using an alternative of village kiosk had been discussed. This activity will probably 

start in 2013, and the final ideas will need to be concretized by mid-2012. 

1. Dandi: Mapping, identification and stakeholder consultation for the first ESA declared 

under this project is complete. After such surveys and in agreement with the State 

Government, MOEF notified 4 villages in coastal Gujarat to be part of this ESA, 

under the Environment (Protection) Act. During the period of public consultation on 

the draft Notification, 2 more villages resolved to be included in the ESA. Therefore, 

the Notification was finalized including the 6 villages (viz., Onjal, Smapor, Matwad, 

Dandi, Sultanpur and Aat) covering an area of 20,500 ha to be included in the ESA. 

The MOEF, through SICOM, has also announced that this ESA will be protected, 

managed and developed as a national heritage commemorating the environmental 

teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. An activity called “Green Actions for National Dandi 

Heritage Initiative” or GANDHI was launched. Under this activity, some work related 

to beach cleaning, solid waste collection and disposal, solar street lighting, and 

preparatory works for mangrove plantation is already undertaken. Rapid rural 

appraisal (a very satisfactory exercise per Bank review) was completed, a small 

survey about home-stay tourism is completed; and some training on maintenance of 

solar street lights had been organized. RFP for preparation of the Integrated 

Management Plan for Dandi ESA is advanced; and plan recommendations will be 

implemented. This activity will be implemented by Gujarat Ecology Commission 

(GEC) as a PEA with support from Gujarat Vidyapeeth. 

2. Vedaranyam: Mapping and identification of the second ESA, Vedaranyam is 

completed. MOEF has recommended that planning, protection, management and 

livelihood development activities at this ESA is done through MS Swaminathan 

Foundation (MSSRF) as the PEA, and the Bank agreed with this recommendation 

(provided that goods, works and consultancies if required for this activity will be 

procured by SICOM; and MSSRF will only use shopping and community 

4. Nil. 

5. Nil. 

1. Dandi: The consultants for preparation of the 

Integrated Management Plan should be in place by 

September 2011. Meanwhile, priority actions such as 

mangrove plantation, solid waste management, should 

continue including working through CBOs for 

eventual disposal of solid wastes. GEC will also 

organize the first meeting of the Steering Committee 

for Dandi ESA by July 2011. In addition, GEC and the 

Gujarat Vidyapeeth will recruit multi-disciplinary staff 

to be positioned at Dandi; and set up the field office at 

Dandi. 

2. Vedaranyam: SICOM should prepare an MOU 

(similar to what has been signed between SPMUs and 

PEA) and sign with MSSRF by July 2011. The first 

work for MSSRF will be to start the rapid rural; 

appraisals to be completed by December 2011. 

3. Vembanad: SICOM will prepare a detailed proposal. 

For this purpose, SICOM will recruit a few individual 

professional staff on contract by October 2011, who 

will in parallel, provide input to preparation of a 

proposal for GEF financing for management of the 

Lakshadweep Sea. Further, SICOM will identify 

national and international experts who should be 

involved in development of the integrated plan for 

conservation of Vembanad by October 2011. 

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[1C] 

Coastal 

Sediment cell 

mapping 

[1D] 

National Centre 

for Coastal Zone 

Management. 

contracting). SICOM and MSSRF has already prepared a plan of actions over the next 

3 years, focusing on composite mangrove, halophytes and related capacity building of 

communities. These proposals are acceptable to the Bank. 

3. Vembanad: MOEF and the State Government have agreed to declare Vembanad in 

Kerala as an ESA. The actual mapping and the integrated area development plan 

proposals are yet to be developed. 

4. The CRZ Notification 2011 has identified the initial list of 13 ESAs (called Critical 

Vulnerable Coastal Areas or CVCAs). These are Gulf of Kachchh and Gulf of 

Khambat (Gujarat), Malvan and Achra-Ratnagiri (in Maharashtra), Karwar and 

Coondapur (in Karnataka), Vembanad (in Kerala), Gulf of Mannar (in Tamil Nadu), 

Coringa, East Godavari Delta and Krishna Delta (in Andhra Pradesh), Bhitarkanika 

(in Odisha), and Sundarban mangrove areas (in West Bengal). Mapping and 

stakeholder discussions on each are yet to start. 

5. No work has yet started on (1) finalizing the comprehensive guidelines for 

identification, mapping and preparation of integrated plans for the ESAs; (2) a 

comprehensive analysis of potential ESAs covering the entire coastal and marine 

areas in India. 

1. A 2 day workshop was organized in Bhubaneswar to discuss the specific scope of 

coastal sediment cell mapping. During the workshop the modalities of mapping was 

agreed. A preliminary map for major sediment cells was also prepared, and the ways 

of refining the method was discussed. The workshop also discussed the context of this 

sediment cell mapping in relation to the coastal process studies, and the issue of 

forward looking preparation of shoreline management plans. 

2. NCSCM has included mapping of sediment cells and sub-cells as one of the priority 

research work in their program. 

1. MOEF and Anna University signed an MOU specifying the roles and responsibilities 

of either party. Anna University agreed to provide 5 acres of land within the Anna 

University campus for the NCSCM. 

2. The Senate of the Anna University has approved transfer of the land to NCSCM. 

Further activities for formal transfer of land to NCSCM (and mutation) is under 

progress. 

3. NCSCM has been established as a society under the Tamil Nadu Societies registration 

Act. The memorandum of agreement and the bye-laws had been agreed by all parties 

including the MOEF. 

4. NCSCM will prepare a plan and schedule for 

identification, mapping and preparation of integrated 

plans for all ESAs (in collaboration with National 

Partner Institutions) by December 2011. 

5. To be covered in the NCSCM plan and schedule 

referred above. 

NCSCM will prepare a detailed statement on the process 

and schedule of mapping coastal sediment cells and 

sub-cells. This detailed statement, showing resource 

requirements for desk analysis, field investigation and 

identification of the cause-effect relationships will be 

prepared by Dec 2011; such that the work can be fully 

completed by Dec 2012. 

1. Nil. 

2. NCSCM will ensure that all land registration process 

is completed by October 2011. 

3. Nil. 

4. Nil. 

5. SICOM will select the interview panels; and explain 

the detailed selection criteria to ensure highly qualified 

young professionals are offered a job in NCSCM. 

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[1E] 

Centre for 

Marine 

Biodiversity 

4. The Governing Council of NCSCM has met and agreed on the immediate program 

and the first batch of recruitment. 

5. SICOM for NCSCM had advertised for a first batch of 58 staff. In response it received 

about 3000 applications. Selection process is underway; and expected to be completed 

by end August 2011. 

6. NCSCM has prepared the design brief for building the buildings, laboratories and 

facilities for the NCSCM. It is expected that an architectural design competition will 

be organized by August 2011; and architectural designers will finally be selected by 

September 2011. 

7. Pending the construction of buildings, laboratories and facilities of the NCSCM, Anna 

University has agreed to allow the NCSCM to function from 3 of its buildings (Dana 

Bergh hall, a floor in the Institute of Ocean management, and another floor in the 

Centre for Water Resources Management). NCSCM will need to refurbish these 

spaces for their use, including some repairs and basic investment in interiors. 

8. At a specific direction from MOEF, SICOM has added a new division for “Island 

Studies” in addition to the 6 divisions already planned. NCSCM has prepared outline 

of the immediate research program. 

9. SICOM/MOEF has set up an Expert Committee, under chairmanship of Dr. A. 

Muthunayagam, to advise the MOEF about the needs and opportunities to protect 

critical coastal infrastructure, such as the nuclear power plants from tsunami events. 

The Expert Committee Report is expected in August 2011. 

1. The overall objective of the NCMB has been agreed by SICOM and MOEF. 

2. With the idea of attracting private sector finance for the NCMB, MOEF has already 

identified Reliance Industries and other industries as partners for the NCMB. 

3. Alternative sites (at Jamnagar and at Dwaraka) have been identified. A final decision 

is awaited, but the Dwaraka site appears more attractive from the perspective of the 

NCMB objectives, and from the advantage that can be gained by developing common 

infrastructure for the MRCI already proposed under the Gujarat Component of the 

Project. 

4. MOEF/SICOM has set up an Expert Committee, under the chairmanship of the 

Minister for Environment and Forests to suggest the priority research needs of the 

country. The Expert Committee Report is expected by September 2011. 

5. SICOM will prepare a detailed plan for NCMB with inputs from experts. The plan 

SICOM and NCSCM discussed the need to provide 

reimbursement for travel to the shortlisted candidates; 

and Bank mission concurred. 

6. The REOI for architectural competition will be 

published by SICOM latest by July 15, 2011. To 

enable a good number of EOI, the design brief will be 

uploaded in the NCSCM website by the same date. 

7. NCSCM will complete such small repair, 

refurbishment and interior works by October 2011, 

such that the first batch of staff recruited can start 

work immediately after joining. 

8. NCSCM will prepare a detailed description of 2 or 3 

priority research program for each of the 7 divisions of 

NCSCM; share with the Bank by September 2011, and 

get it endorsed by their High Powered Research 

Committee and the Governing Council by October 

2011. 

9. Nil. 

1. The objectives need to be detailed out, including the 

program and the scope of work of NCMB, by SICOM 

by September 2011. The objectives, the program and 

the scope of work, once finalized should be translated 

in detailed MOA and Byelaws by October 2011. 

2. Once the program for NCMB is final, a round of 

consultation is needed with Reliance Industries and the 

other industries to agree on the details of investment 

and structure of this investment. 

3. Site at Dwaraka should be confirmed by SICOM and 

the Government of Gujarat by October 2011. By 

October 2011, the details of design brief of the NCMB 

facilities will also be worked out – so that this can be 

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[1F] 

Capacity 

building of 

MOEF 

[1G] 



will include the plan for operation of NCMB until the infrastructure and facilities are 

not established (but some initial recruitment of staff takes place). 

1. Draft training plan is ready. 

2. Preliminary trainings organized in selected areas (procurement, financial 

management). 

3. Some drafts of technical training modules and refresher courses under preparation. 

1. SICOM had been registered as a society. MOEF had mandated SICOM to (i) 

implement the project, (ii) implement all ICZM activities of the MOEF, and (iii) 

implement all MOEF activities related to conservation of marine biodiversity. The 

Governing Council of SICOM, under chairmanship of Secretary, MOEF had met 3 

times already. 

2. SICOM office was established; office space refurbished and repaired, the minimum 

office infrastructure has been created. 

3. Ten staff members of SICOM has been recruited. For other positions, two rounds of 

advertisements failed to identify candidates with requisite qualification. A third round 

of advertisement and interview process is underway to fill up the remaining positions. 

4. The Procurement and Financial management cell is working at full steam – with 

recruitment of consultants for (i) procurement and financial management support, (ii) 

internal audit, and (iii) external audit. Financial management reports (including 

interim unaudited financial reports) for two quarters, viz., September-December 2010 

and January-March 2011 has been submitted and approved by the Bank. Tally 

accounting software has been installed and training completed at SICOM and at 

attached with the bid document for the MRCI (which 

will also use a PPP model for construction, 

development and operation). 

4. Nil. 

5. SICOM will also look to appoint a recognized expert 

as the interim Director of NCMB by December 2011, 

who will be in charge of implementation of the startup 

research, national and international collaboration 

and also for development of the requisite laboratories 

and infrastructure of NCMB. 

1. Finalize Training Plan by December 2011. Start 

procurement process to get a consultant to coordinate 

implementation of the training plan including the 

planned national and international exposure programs. 

2. Share a list of training activities undertaken so far in 

the Project (including in the State Components). 

3. Hand over the job of development of training modules 

and refresher courses to NCSCM (and in turn to the 

partner institutes of NCSCM). 

1. SICOM, in collaboration of the SPMUs will prepare a 

Status Report on implementation by December 2011, 

and present to the GC in January 2012. This will be in 

addition to the process of approval of Annual Action 

Plan for the next year (2012-2013). 

2. Given that the current office space is limited, SICOM 

should start thinking about expansion of the office 

space, and shall finalize a plan by March 2012. 

3. In addition to the process of recruitment, SICOM 

should appoint a few short-term (1-2 years) contract 

staff for supporting important initiatives such as (i) 

Vedaranyam, (ii) national centre for marine 

biodiversity, (iii) profiling coastal communities and 

their culture and built spaces, (iv) developing 

initiatives of conservation of cultural aspects of 

coastal communities including community ecomuseums, 

(v) strategic thinking about housing for 

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PEAs. Statutory audit report for 2010-11 has been prepared and is under review of 

SICOM. Necessary support is being provided to SPMUs and state level PEAs for 

accounting and financial management. 

5. The Communication Unit has started working with recruitment of part-time staff 

(pending recruitment of full-time staff expected at the current round of recruitment). 

The Cell led publication of a monthly newsletter (6 such monthly issues have been 

published until now). The website for SICOM is under development, and is expected 

to run as a full-fledged website by end-July 2011. SICOM has supported a number of 

national and state level stakeholder workshops on the CRZ Notification 2011. It has 

specifically organized workshops to facilitate discussion among stakeholders (such as 

coastal fisher people) on ways of implementation of the new regulation, as well as to 

receive the ideas on the national program for coastal zone management. 

6. All legal covenants (as recorded in the PAD) had been complied with within time. 

7. Repeated attempts failed to identify any candidate for the position of Additional 

Project Director. Attempts will be renewed. 

8. Operations Cell is not yet fully staffed. The work processes are also in the midst of 

being finalized. 

9. Although the project is preparing progress reports, no specific progress has taken 

place with respect to systematic monitoring and evaluation. 

10. SICOM is involved in discussion with National Oceanographic and Atmospheric 

Administration of the USA and other international institutions about knowledge 

partnerships. It has engaged in discussions with the Global Forum for Oceans, Coasts 

and Islands about organizing the next global conference in India, and is involved in 

the discussion between the MOEF and the Secretariat of the Conference of Parties to 

the Convention on Biodiversity related to the organization of the conference of parties 

in India in 2012. 

traditional communities on the coast, etc. Specialists 

for these positions could be recruited by October 

2011. 

4. The Procurement part of procurement and Financial 

Management Cell needs strengthening and improved 

working. A plan for improving the work on the 

procurement aspects should be shared with Bank by 

end-July 2011. 

5. Communication Cell needs strengthening as planned. 

6. Nil. 

7. The issue of Additional Project Director is very 

important. SICOM shall prepare a plan to recruit a 

senior government officer for this position; and if 

necessary obtain permission of GC for doing so. 

8. It is important to recruit services of consultants 

specializing on Human Resources Development to 

design the HR systems of SICOM including defining 

work processes, responsibilities and performance 

management, incentive and disincentives. A fullfledged 

HR system should be available by December 

2011 for full implementation. 

9. QPR (for the period of July-September 2011) will be 

prepared using the final QPR format, which will used 

for the remaining duration of the project. Also, the 

TOR/RFP for the Evaluation consultants will be 

prepared by October 2011, so that the first evaluation 

report is available by March 2012. 

10. Nil. 

IMPORTANT: Please note the specific agreements 

related to the improvements required in the 

Procurement and the Financial Management Systems 

– described in detail in Annex 5 and Annex 6. 

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COMPONENT TWO: PILOTING I.C.Z.M. APPROACHES IN GUJARAT 


[2A] 

ICZM plan for 

Gulf of Kutchch 

[2B-1] 

Capacity 

Building of 

Forest and Env 

Department & 

Gujarat 

SCZMA 

[2B-2] 

capacity 

building of the 

Gujarat State 

Pollution 

Control Board 

(GSPCB) for 

monitoring 

coastal waters 

of the Gulf of 

Kachchh 

1. The project has initiated a number of communication activities to 

gradually build awareness about integrated management plan. 

2. A 2-day national workshop was organized on the issue of scope and 

objective of ICZM planning process. In this stakeholders representing 

academia, industry, civil society and government agencies participated. 

3. The RFP for ICZM Plan is not expected until mid-2011. SPMU is 

collecting all information and stakeholder views which should be 

useful in formulating the ToR. 

1. Gujarat SPMU shall coordinate with the other SPMUs and NCSCM to 

gradually build up enough information to finalize the ToR. 

2. A specific brief from the National Workshop relevant to ICZM 

planning process should be prepared and shared with all states and 

NCSCM. 

3. By January 2012, a formal process for finalizing ToR for ICZM plan 

should start. 

1. Nil. 1. A detailed proposal for capacity building of the Forest and 

Environment Department, including the needed capacity building to 

start using a part of the SPMU as the secretariat to SCZMA (if 

recommended by GoG) should be prepared by December 2011. 

1. GSPCB has signed MOU with SPMU, nominated a senior officer as 

the nodal officer; has opened the required bank account; delegated 

technical and financial powers to the nodal officer; and has installed 

the financial management and accounting software. 

2. The new regional office at Bhuj has been set up; and setting up of its 

laboratory is underway. 

3. Appointed 10 new scientific staff for analytical works; and each has 

been sent for a 1-month in-house training. 

4. GSPCB has applied for NABL accreditation, and the pre-audit for such 

accreditation is complete. 

5. Bid document for purchase of equipment was finalized and is expected 

to be advertized in July 2011. A technical committee was established to 

finalize specifications. SPMU and GSPCB organized meetings with 

suppliers and manufacturers to finalize technical specifications. 

6. Prepared proposals for upgrading the laboratories at Gandhinagar, 

Rajkot and Jamnagar. 

1. Nil. 

2. A full description of the objective, staffing, resources and work 

program for the Regional office at Bhuj and Jamnagar should be 

prepared and shared with NPMU and Bank by October 2011. 

3. GSPC will finalize and include requisite details in the plan for 

monitoring the coastal waters of the Gulf of Kachchh, and ascertain 

whether the scientific staff is adequate to cope up with the workload. 

4. Nil. 

5. SPMU (and GSPCB) will finalize issue the bid document for 

procurement of office equipment by July 2011, and the bid document 

for scientific instruments by August 15, 2011 (and schedule receiving 

Bank’s no-objection for prior review contracts with these final targets 

in mind). 

6. A separate detailed note describing the improvement proposals, and 

the relevance to achievement of the project’s objectives will be 

finalized by October 2011; and if required the cost table should be 

modified during the next round of approval of annual action plans 

(January 2012). 

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[2B-3] 

Capacity 

building of 

Gujarat 

Environment 

and Ecology 

Research 

(GEER) 

Foundation for 

bio-physical 

monitoring of 

the Gulf of 

Kachchh; 

biodiversity 

benchmarking 

for Gujarat 

Coast; and for 

developing 

appropriate 

coral 

transplantation 

models. 

[2B-4] 

Bhaskaracharya 

Institute of 

Space 

Applications 

and Geo- 

Informatics 

(BISAG) for 

1. GEER has signed MOU with SPMU, nominated a senior officer as the 

nodal officer; has opened the required bank account; delegated 



2. Recruited 15 staff members and conducted training, including training 

is GIS. In addition, 6 persons have been trained in scuba diving; and 

more such training is planned. 

3. Design layout for 5 field stations under progress. Design layout for 

central laboratory completed and cost estimate finalized. A small 

number of small instruments had been purchased. 

4. For procurement of major equipment, the technical specifications 

have been finalized, bid document under preparation. 

5. Sampling plan finalized; primary survey and data collection started 

from May 2011. 

6. For developing coral transplantation model, a technical committee has 

been nominated; and an action plan has been prepared. 

1. BISAG has signed MOU with SPMU, nominated a senior officer as the 

nodal officer; has opened the required bank account; delegated 



2. Recruited adequate staff for delivering outputs planned in the Project. 

3. Procured satellite imagery required; procured all available revenue 

maps, and information on a range of public infrastructure. 

4. Prepared a GIS base map (including contours available from the 

1. Nil. 

2. GEER should prepare a revised staffing plan including the methods 

and schedule for recruitment; and share with the Bank by October 

2011. This staffing plan should be accompanied by the revised work 

plan (showing how the initial delay of 6-9 months will be recovered 

during this and next year; and specific quarterly milestones). GEER 

should also re-confirm that staff hired by the Project will be sustained 

by GEER after the Project is over. 

3. GEER will drop the proposal for strengthening the central laboratory 

at Gandhinagar in view of the upcoming larger facilities in Jamnagar 

district (the Marine Research Centre and Oceanarium and the National 

centre for Marine Biodiversity). The central laboratory of GEER 

should instead be at Dwaraka where it can gain from and complement 

the larger facilities. The plan for filed stations does not change, and 

should be the focus of GEER in the upcoming months. These field 

stations should not be works contracts, but should be using installation 

of prefabricated units available in the market to minimize any 

potential of environmental impacts. If possible, these laboratories can 

be set up in existing building (which could be taken up on rent) if 

such acceptable buildings are available. Procurement (or leasing) of 

these should be initiated by August 2011. 

4. Bid for major equipment should be invited by August 2011. 

5. A brief document describing the monitoring; and how the results will 

be disseminated should be shared with the Bank by March 2012. 

6. Strategy for procurement of an agency for transportation of corals 

from Lakshadweep should be prepared and shared with Bank by 

October 2011. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil. 

3. Nil. 

4. Although all maps prepared by BISAG are available to any of the 

Government Departments, the specific maps prepared from the Project 

should also be shared with the SPMU (including in a GIS platform) 

and research agencies such as GEER for their use including analytical 

work. BISAG should prepare a plan for wider use of these maps and 

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coastal 

information 

system for 

Gujarat 

[2C-A1] 

Mangrove 

plantation by 

Gujarat Ecology 

Commission 

[2C-A2] 

Coral reef 

regeneration by 

Marine National 

Park (MNP) 

[2C-A3] 

Mangrove and 

shelter-bed 

plantation by 

MNP. 

satellite imageries, and digital terrain dependent on such contours) and 

a range of layers of information covering the entire coast of Gujarat. 

5. Thematic maps (including mangrove maps, coral atlas, maps of 

aquaculture or salt pan) have been prepared. Further work continues. 

1. GEC has nominated a senior officer as the nodal officer for the 

mangrove plantation activities; has opened the required bank account; 

delegated technical and financial powers to the nodal officer; and has 

installed the financial management and accounting software. 

2. A total of 163 villages have been selected for mangrove plantation 

(based on application of detailed criteria). Mapping of these areas (to 

reconfirm the absence of mangrove) is complete. 

3. Awareness campaign almost completed. Mangrove Yatra (including 

moving tableau, puppet show, street plays, audio and video shows) 

completed in 158 villages. 

4. In total 30 eco-development committees, 70 community based 

organizations. 

5. Nursery works is planned to start immediately. 

1. Work is not expected to start until the model is perfected by GEER 

(say by mid-2013). 

2. MNP and GEER together are studying a large sample of locations 

along the Gulf of Kachchh to understand the environmental contexts 

that will be suitable for specific species and/or specific techniques. 

1. MNP has nominated a senior officer as the nodal officer for the 

mangrove and shelterbelt plantation activities; has opened the required 

bank account; delegated technical and financial powers to the nodal 

officer; and has installed the financial management and accounting 

software. 

2. At 10 villages, eco-development committees (EDCs) and 78 associated 

self-help groups (SHGs) have been formed. Formation of EDC under 

progress in 20 other villages. Entry point activities have started in 10 

villages or eco-development committee (EDC) areas; and these 

activities are expected to be completed within September 2011. 

3. Through the EDCs, a total of 600ha of mangrove has been planted. 

Additionally, 300ha of shelterbelt plantation is completed. 

4. An additional 700ha mangrove has been planted on remote islands, 

data for research work, and share such a plan with the Bank by March 

2012. 

5. Nil. 

1. Nil. 

2. This data should be kept readily available – and a thematic layer 

included in BISAG GIS. All other data collected through PRA 

exercises should be incorporated in the thematic layers as attributes. 

3. A report (and brief documentary) should be prepared on the mangrove 

yatra, and shared with SICOM and other SPMUs. 

4. Community contracts should be signed without delay. GEC shall 

reconfirm by July 2011 that all CBOs (or SHGs) involved have 

substantial number of woman members, and either the president or the 

secretary of the CBO/SHG should be a woman. 

5. Nil. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil. 

1. Nil. 

2. MNP shall share a copy of the contract (or MOU) entered with the 

EDCs and SHGs with the Bank by July 2011. MNP will additionally 

reconfirm, by July 2011 that all EDCs and SHGs have sufficient 

women members, and either the president or the secretary of each of 

the EDCs and SHGs is a woman. 

3. Mangrove plantation through EDCs should be continued, and the 

quality of plantation and their survival should be monitored closely by 

SPMU, and frequency and result of such monitoring should be 

recorded in each QPR. 

4. Given the issue of uncertainty of measuring performance of force 

accounts, mangrove plantation using force account should only be 

taken up in 3 villages of Gorghat, Jodia and Charkhala (as these 

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[2C-A4] 

Marine 

Resources 

Conservation 

and 

Interpretation 

Centre and 

Oceanarium 

(MRCI) at 

Dwaraka 

[2C-B1] 

Sewerage 

System of 

Jamnagar by the 

Jamnagar 

Municipal 

Corporation 

(JMC) 

using force account. The quality of plantation and their survival rate 

has been monitored and found to be very good. 

1. Government of Gujarat decided to consider the Tourism Department 

the responsible PEA instead of MNP. The Tourism Department brings 

additional technical strength; improved the potential of private sector 

investment; and if required the Tourism Department is agreeable to 

invest additional money to fill viability gap. This is agreeable to the 

Bank. 

2. Site for oceanarium selected, as per the Pre-Feasibility Study. 

3. Discussion with private sector to be initiated; various models being 

discussed. 

4. Discussions have taken place about combining facilities for the MRCI 

with that of the NCMB and the proposed central laboratory of GEER. 

1. JMC has nominated a senior officer as the nodal officer; has opened 

the required bank account; delegated technical and financial powers to 

the nodal officer; and has installed the financial management and 

accounting software. 

2. Sewerage including house connection: [A] a pilot work of laying 

sewers and providing house connections at Prabhukripa Society was 

procured using local shopping; and the work has been completed at a 

cost of Rupees 4.435 million. The quality of the work has been good 

and accepted; and the communities expressed satisfaction about the 

quality of the work, and the benefit it brought to the community, 

especially cleaned out the area of accumulated sewage. [B] For the 

larger sewerage works, the project management consultancy (PMC) 

was awarded to consulting firm Mott MacDonald in March, 2011; and 

the consultants completed mobilization in April 2011. Work of the 

PMC is progressing satisfactorily, especially related to examination 

and evaluation of the existing sewers in the city for its suitability to be 

integrated with new sewers that will be laid by the project. [C] 

villages have been declared “no-go” areas). All other planned 

mangrove plantation in islands should be done through EDCs and 

SHGs with clear and distinct MOU or contracts. 

5. . 

1. The Tourism Department as the PEA should prepare a protocol on 

how species under respective Schedule s of the Wildlife Act will be 

procured, displayed and conserved; and the responsibilities of the 

Wildlife Department and the marine National Park, describing 

respective responsibilities. This should be shared with the Bank by 

October 2011, before the bid for the PPP is initiated. 

2. Site for the MRCI (as also the NCMB and the GEER Central 

Laboratory) should be reserved for such purpose by a government 

order. Actual mutation/lease will be needed when the private investor 

comes on board (say by April 2012). 

3. Initial discussion with potential private sector investors should be 

organized by October 2011, so as to understand the industry demands. 

4. Once the scope of NCMB is known better (see 1E), a conceptual 

design brief should be prepared by SPMU, SICOM and the two PEAs 

so as to finalize the scope of PPP by March 2012. 

1. Nil. 

2. Sewerage including house connection: [A] The PMC (with help from 

the SPMU Communications Cell as agreed between SPMU and PMC) 

will prepare a brief documentation of the work, and the reaction of the 

community, and with a special focus on the issue of how to provide 

incentives and disincentives such that 100% consumers connect to the 

sewers based on interviews and household survey; and share this with 

SPMU/SICOM/Bank by August 2011. [B] PMC will now prepare in 

agreement of the contractors, a final detailed execution schedule, and 

a plan for communication campaign, and share this with 

SPMU/SICOM/Bank by October 2011. [C] Nil. [D] JMC, with help 

from PMC shall prepare (i) a plan for advance warning, 

communication and grievance redress wherever public amenities such 

as water supply, street lights, storm water drain, or access road will be 

impacted by laying of sewer lines; and finalize actions to implement 

this plan; and (ii) a plan to achieve the target that 100% consumers in 

the sewered areas in the city get connected to the sewer network, 

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[2C-B2] 

Oil-Spill 

Management in 

Gulf of 

Kachchh by 

Gujarat 

Maritime Board 

Preparatory work for inviting bids for deep suction machine, and for 

sewage pumping stations is almost complete. [D] Two works packages 

together worth Rupees 418 million has been awarded in June 2011. 

This award was delayed as the bids invited in September 2010 failed 

elicit bids from qualified bidders, and a second round of bids were 

invited in March 2011. SPMU and JMC had undertaken substantial 

pre-bid activities including consultation with the contracting industry 

within Gujarat and outside Gujarat (at Chennai and Hyderabad). 

Response to the second round of bids was encouraging, implying the 

successful pre-bid activities by JMC and SPMU, where 18 potential 

bidders purchased bid documents, and 6 submitted, and all six bidders 

were found to be qualified. Overall this bidding process provided 

several learning to be replicated in the remainder of the Project. 

3. Sewage treatment plant: [A] The site for the STP is adequate; and the 

site selection is technically sound. The site has been screened for any 

negative social impact; and it was reconfirmed that no person is 

affected physically or from a livelihood or access to livelihood points 

of view. [B] Given the opportunity to invite private sector investment, 

several options had been discussed. It has been agreed that the STP will 

be developed as a DBO contract with 15 years operation and 

maintenance period. Details, standards and norms will be finalized 

before the bids are invited. Services of PPP experts are being organized 

by SPMU, and these will be finalized by October 2011. 

1. The Government of Gujarat has decided that in view of the looming 

oil-spill risks, oil-spill risk management is a priority. It has decided that 

the Gujarat Maritime Board will prepare and implement a oil-spill risk 

management plan for the Gulf of Kachchh. It needs to be noted that at 

the Project Concept Note stage of project preparation, this was indeed 

indicated by the MOEF and the Government of Gujarat as a priority 

activity. However, this activity was not included in the Project as there 

was lack of agreement about whether the Government of India or the 

Government of Gujarat were to take a lead. The Government of 

Gujarat now requested the Bank to include this in the Project. 

2. The Bank agreed that preparation of a comprehensive plan is 

important; and depending on the final plan proposals, a decision can be 

taken to include some activities in the Project at, say, mid-term review. 

including detail description of public outreach, incentives and 

disincentives, changes in municipal byelaws, etc. Both plans should 

be ready by December 2011. 

3. Sewage treatment plant: [A] JMC shall immediately install fencing of 

the entire site available for STP. A brief site plan including the 

important and aesthetic features on and around the site and 

photographic records of these features should be compiled, to be used 

as part of the design brief for the PPP investment. [B] PMC will 

prepare a short note on the relative advantages and disadvantages of 

EPC contract versus DBO contracts, and a final decision will be made 

based on this by August 2011. SPMU will appoint individual PPP 

experts to support the process of finalization of the DBO documents 

including norms, performance standards, environmental standards, 

and compliance to any other requirement that JMC/SPMU may have. 

Extensive consultation with potential investors will be needed, and 

should be completed by September 2011, before the bid documents 

are finalized. In addition, the JMC will examine options for 

constructing a world-class STP with suitable landscaping so that the 

opportunities presented by the STP site is not lost, and the site does 

not fall in to a state of disuse or abuse in future. These additional 

standards, relevant and specific to the site will be incorporated in the 

bid document. 

1. Bank agreed in principle to include preparation of a plan for 

comprehensive oil-spill management in the Gulf of Kachchh in the 

Project. Such a plan should be prepared tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 

facilities (as defined by the national policy). Once the comprehensive 

plan is prepared, depending on plan proposals, some tier 2 facilities 

can be financed by the Project (or the follow-up project), subject to 

the agreement that the Government will continue to build capacity for 

tier 3 facilities and capabilities, and subject to confirmation that GMB 

and all the individual ports and foreshore facilities have adequate and 

fully functional tier 1 facilities, and pledge these tier 1 facilities to be 

coordinated by the GMB (during tier 2 oil-spill and for mock drill 

purposes). 

2. SPMU will procure the consultancies, if required, to prepare the 

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[2C-C1] 

Livelihood 

improvement 

activities by the 

GEC 

[2C-C2] 

Eco-tourism and 

livelihood 

improvement by 

1. GEC has nominated a senior officer as the nodal officer for the 

livelihood improvement activities. [Others covered in item 2C-A1.] 

2. Highly satisfactory progress has been achieved in this activity. A major 

factor in this has been recruitment of a group of 38 motivated and 

qualified young graduates and post-graduates specializing in rural 

development or social work. One field worker has been posted on-site 

for a group of 5 villages; and 3 senior professional is coordinating 

these activities. 

3. In total, 48 participatory rural appraisals, 140 gram sabha meetings and 

411 village meetings were completed. Coastal dependency surveys 

conducted for Jamnagar, Gandhidham and Naliya. Eco-development 

committees have been organized in 30 villages, CBOs formed in 70 

villages, and SHGs have been created in 196 villages. These have been 

completed in parallel to the implementation of 42 entry-point activities 

related to mangrove plantation activities. All CBOs and SHGs have a 

majority of women members, and either the president or the secretary 

of each of the CBOs or SHGs is a woman. 

4. Each of the newly formed CBOs, SHGs, and EDCs has been provided 

with initial orientation training. Most of the SHGs have been covered 

by exposure visits to elsewhere in the state. Wherever solar lighting has 

been already provided, training on maintenance of the solar lighting 

systems have been imparted to the CBOs. Further substantial training is 

planned. 

5. An important workshop was organized on the occasion of the 

centenary of International Women’s Day at Gandhinagar, where more 

than 500 women involved in implementation of the Project 

participated, and pledged to the State Minister for Environment that 

their livelihood development activities will be closely linked to 

protection of environment. 

comprehensive oil-spill management plan, subject to the provision 

that the GMB will manage and guide the consultants. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil. GEC and SPMU is encouraged to prepare a brief description of 

how the field workers and coordinators are implementing the activity, 

and share with SICOM and the other Project States. GEC is also 

encouraged to provide additional transportation support to the filed 

workers if required. 

3. Nil. 

4. Nil. The training program (which will be a total of around 800 training 

sessions) should start without delay. 

5. Nil. 

1. No progress so far. 1. MNP will immediately start taking actions on this. No work should be 

done through force accounts. The next QPR should clearly show the 

schedule of activities planned. SPMU and MNP will discuss all 

corrective measures required, and SPMU will provide necessary 

support to MNP as required. 

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the MNP 

[2D] 


management 

1. Nearly all SPMU staff appointed including staff of the operations unit, 

communication unit, finance and procurement unit. The State Steering 

Committee has met and approved annual action plan. 

2. SPMU office was established; office space refurbished and repaired, 

the minimum office infrastructure has been created. 

3. The Project was launched at Dandi in presence of the Union Minister 

for Environment and Forests. 

4. The Procurement and Financial management cell is now fully 

operational– with recruitment of consultants for (i) procurement and 

financial management support; (ii) internal audit; (iii) development of 

an integrated management information system; and, (iv) preparation of 

a dedicated website for SPMU. Financial management reports 

(including interim unaudited financial reports) for two quarters, viz., 

September-December 2010 and January-March 2011 has been 

submitted and approved by the Bank. Tally accounting software has 

been installed and training completed at SPMU and at PEAs. Statutory 

audit report for 2010-11 has been prepared and is under review of 

SICOM. 

5. The Communication Unit has started working full steam. The Cell led 

publication of a monthly newsletter (“Sagarika”), 3 such monthly 

issues have been published until now. The website for SPMU is under 

development, and is expected to run as a full-fledged website by end- 

July 2011. Currently, all documents are available in a Project-specific 

webpage in the GEC website. A toll-free telephone line is operational 

to record grievances. 

6. All PEAs have opened bank accounts, nominated nodal officers, signed 

MoU with SPMU, put in place computerized accounting system; 

recruited staff. Additionally, all audit backlog of JMC has been 

updated, and the entity audit is now up to date. 

7. SPMU has organized several workshops: (i) a two day workshop for 

district judges and judges of the High Court on CRZ Notification 2011, 

ICZM Project and the proposed grievance redress procedures in the 

Project; (ii) a two day National ICZM workshop, (ii) a three day PRA 

training workshop; (iii) an orientation workshop with MNPS; (iv) a 

procurement workshop; (v) a communications workshop, and (vi) a 

1. The State Project Director has recently retired. The Government of 

Gujarat is in the process of selection of a new State Project Director to 

be chosen from among the senior officials of the State. Until such new 

State Project Director is nominated by the State, the Principal 

Secretary, Forest and environment department will act as the State 

Project Director. 

2. Nil. 

3. Nil. 

4. SPMU will finalize the format for Quarterly Progress report, and the 

QPR for the period of April-June 2011 will be submitted using this 

finalized format. 

5. Nil. 

6. Nil. 

7. Nil. 

8. See Annex 5 for a detailed discussion on State share of Financing. 

IMPORTANT: Please note the specific agreements related to the 

improvements required in the Procurement and the Financial 

Management Systems – described in detail in Annex 5 and Annex 6. 

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celebration of the centenary of the International Women’s Day. 

Additionally SPMU is organizing monthly meetings with PEAs, and 

quarterly progress review meetings. 

8. All legal covenants (as recorded in the PAD) had been complied with 

within time, except that there is a partial compliance to the covenant 

related to allocation and transfer of the State’s portion of budget. 

Procurement Plan for the entire Project has been updated. 

COMPONENT THREE: PILOTING I.C.Z.M. APPROACHES IN ODISHA 


[3A] 

ICZM plan for 

the stretches of 

Gopalpur- 

Chilika and 

Paradip-Dhamra 

[3B-1] 

Capacity 


Department of 

Forest and 

Environment 

(Orissa 

SCZMA) 



2. SPMU has organized several multi-stakeholder workshops to create 

awareness about objectives of ICZM. Prominent among these has been 

a meeting of Members of Parliament and the Members of State 

Legislative Assembly belonging to the coastal districts of Odisha, 

which was chaired by the Chief Minister. The meeting discussed and 

recommended guidance related to the major coastal zone management 

issues. Other such initiatives include multi-stakeholder workshops and 

meetings chaired by the Chief Minister, the Minister for Environment 

or the Chief Secretary of the State. 




1. The SPMU has been already designated as the secretariat of the State 

Coastal Zone Management Authority. A minimum infrastructure has 

been created. 

2. No other specific progress has been made on the issue of capacity 

building of the Forest and Environment Department. 

1. Support the Gujarat SPMU to establish forum to coordinate discussion 

on the ToR for preparation of ICZM Plan. 

2. Nil. 


should start; and all inputs from the progress of preparation of the 

regional coastal process study and the proposed shoreline 

management plan should be provided by Odisha SPMU. 

1. SPMU should prepare a brief estimate of the workload related to the 

work as the secretariat to the SCZMA, and if required ask to 

additional resources, particularly for supporting decision-making by 

SCZMA and for dissemination of the SCZMA decisions. Such a plan 

for additional resources should be finalized by March 2012; and if 

required should be included in the next year’s annual action plan. 

2. A detailed proposal for capacity building of the Forest and 

Environment Department, based on the state capacity building plan 

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[3B-2] 

Capacity 


Orissa State 

Pollution 

Control Board 

(OSPCB) for 

monitoring 

coastal water 

quality and 

environment 

[3B-3] 

Capacity 


1. OSPCB has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a senior officer 

as the nodal officer for the activities to be undertaken; has opened the 

required bank account; delegated technical and financial powers to the 

nodal officer; and has installed the financial management and 


2. OSPCB has established a project office (temporary until the coastal 

management laboratory is in place) including its minimum facilities 

and office equipment; and deployed staff for the activity in February 

2011. 

3. Coastal Monitoring laboratory at Paradip: OSPCB has taken over by 

lease a site at the Paradip Town for the laboratory. This site, 1 acre, 

free of any claims and encumbrances is suitable for the laboratory. A 

consultancy for architectural design and construction supervision for 

the laboratory was awarded. The consultants have completed soil 

testing, and prepared a conceptual plan, which is expected to be shortly 

approved. Overall the consultancy is progressing well, and the bid 

documents for works contract is expected in July-August 2011. It is 

possible that the civil work will be completed by June 2012. The bid 

documents for equipment are under preparation, and all equipment are 

expected to be procured matching the milestones in completion of the 

building. Overall, the activity is on schedule. 

4. Environmental Monitoring: OSPCB has started preparing an action 

plan for environmental monitoring of the coasts. This plan is expected 

to be finalized by March 2012. 

5. OSPCB completed the entity level statutory audits up to 2008-09. It is 

expected that such audits for the OSPCB up to 2010-11 shall be 

completed by October 2011. 

1. CDA has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a senior officer as 

the nodal officer for the activities to be undertaken; has opened the 



prepared by the XIM, Bhubaneswar, should be shared with SICOM 

and World Bank by December 2011. Odisha SPMU is requested to 

share a draft proposal with NPMU and other SPMUs, so that by 

December 2011 the other SPMUs are also supported to prepare the 

final proposal. 

1. Nil. 

2. OSPCB will need to prepare a recruitment plan and schedule and 

share with the World Bank by October 2011. Given that OSPCB 

suspects that there could be conflicts among the newly recruited staff 

in the Project (which will be sustained after closure of the Project) and 

the older OSPCB staff; and there could be lack of interest in skills 

development due to this, World Bank recommends that OSPCB 

prepares a Human resources Plan taking each of these into 

consideration by March 2012 (or before the full recruitment drive is 

launched, if earlier). 

3. Coastal Monitoring laboratory at Paradip: OSPCB will ensure that the 

new laboratory building will comply with all the environmental and 

pollution control norms; and should be able to demonstrate best 

practices in areas such as minimization of effluent discharge, solid 

waste management, chemicals and hazardous wastes management and 

disposal, handling of chemicals; solar passive architecture and 

generation of solar energy. SPMU and OSPCB will ensure that all 

procurement activities are on schedule, without further delay. 

4. Environmental Monitoring: As part of the environmental monitoring 

action plan, OSPCB will specifically decide level of aggregation of 

monitoring data to be disseminated in its website. The action plan 

should also include how the large capability for data storage, collation 

and dissemination will be built. 

5. Until such time that statutory entity level audits of OSPCB is not 

completed and updated, SPMU will transfer only such amount of 

money to the OSPCB bank account to service commitments of 

contracts already awarded under this Project. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil. However, if the second round of recruitment also fails, CDA and 

SPMU will need to prepare an alternative plan. As the instruments and 

equipment procured by WRTC cannot be put into substantial use in 

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Chilika 

Development 

Authority 

(CDA) for 

species and 

wetland 

research. 

[3B-4] 

Regional 

Coastal Process 

Study (by 

SPMU) 


2. Nine project staff has been recruited, and most already joined. For 3 

other positions (Water resources Modeller; mathematical Modeller; and 

Analyst for Dolphin Research Electronics) the first round of 

recruitment failed to identify suitably qualified professionals, and a 

send recruitment process has been initiated. 

3. Habitat Evaluation & Monitoring of Avian Fauna in Chilika Lake: the 

procurement process is nearly over and the awarded to the consultants 

is expected early to mid-July 2011. 

4. Study on Fish Ecology and Diversity: RFP for procurement of 

consultants is issued, and the final award is expected by end-August 

2011. 

5. Assessment of Macrophytes Biodiversity in and around Chilika: RFP 

to shortlisted consultants will be issued in July/August 2011, and award 

is expected by September 2011. 

6. Inventory of Benthic Faunal Assemblage: REOI issued. Award 

expected by October 2011. 

7. Strengthening the Wetland research and Training Centre (WRTC): For 

procurement of scientific instruments - bid received in May 2011. Bid 

evaluation going on. Similarly, bid evaluation for computers and 

hardware is under progress. Modelling software such as MIKE21, GIS 

platform (ArchGIS 10, ArchInfor, ArchView and 3D Analyst), and 

image processing software (ERDAS Imagine, Imagine Autosync and 

Imagine Deltacue) have been procured. Civil work contract for 

renovation and upgrading of the WRTC laboratory has been awarded; 

and procurement process for office equipment and office/laboratory 

facilities is going on. All activities are on schedule. 

1. SPMU has organized a 3 day national workshop and technical 

discussions at Bhubaneswar to finalize the specific objectives and 

scope of the assignment. Experts from all over the country and the state 

were invited, and the workshop deliberated on the scope. Based on the 

consensus of the workshop, it was decided that the assignment involves 

3 distinct parts; (i) delineation of sediment cells along the Odisha coast, 

which will be done by NCSCM; (ii) collection and analyses of regional 

coastal processes data – primary data collection by consultants to be 

absence of these 3 professionals, CDA should always keep a back-up 

plan ready. 

3. Nil. However, with respect to all the 4 studies already launched or to 

be launched (and the other proposed studies in future), CDA will need 

to work out with all the consultants together the manner and schedule 

that the data collected by consultants is uploaded in the GIS by 

WRTC staff. 

4. Same as above. 



7. WRTC should prepare an action plan for the entire research program 

of the WRTC (including the ICZM Project funded activities and the 

activities funded by other sources including governments) describing 

the research objectives, the outputs, the schedule of delivery for the 

period of next 3-5 years. Such a plan should be shared with the World 

Bank by December 2011. 

Additional: Recently MOEF has declared that it will finance/support 

Odisha to set up (a) Centre of Excellence on Wetland management 

and Training at a cost of Rs. 500 million; and (b) under the Coastal 

Zone Management program, a centre for research on turtles. The 

mission encouraged the SPMU and the Department of Environment 

and Forests to consider combing all these proposals, and locate these 

new centers adjacent to WRTC (given that it already exists) instead of 

at Bhubaneswar such that a world-class facility (or a complex of 

facilities) for research and training can be created in Odisha. SPMU 

with help from CDA will propose such an alternative to the 

Government of Odisha. 

1. Nil. 

2. SPMU and SICOM should meet with NCSCM to finalize the schedule 

of delineation of sediment cells (including the geomorphological 

analysis at NCSCM, and the field investigations that is required to 

confirm the nature, characterization, and factors influencing the 

specific sediment cells in Odisha). NCSCM should be able to finalize 

and share such a schedule by October 2011. Based on the schedule 

(where the delineation of sediment cells and sub-cells on the eastern 

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[3C-A1] 

Protection of 

aquatic wildlife 

by the Wildlife 

Department 

(WD) 

procured. The Odisha State Remote Sensing Application Centre 

(ORSAC) is providing the secondary data from remote sensing and 

satellite images with respect to geomorphological maps, land use maps, 

wetland maps, shoreline maps and CRZ maps; and (iii) preparation of a 

shoreline management plan through consultants and stakeholder 

discussions, which plan will then be an input to the preparation of 

ICZM plans in the state. 

2. Initial discussion undertaken with NCSCM to hasten the process of 

delineation of sediment cells. 

3. Terms of reference for primary data collection (by engagement of 

consultants) prepared. Depending on the progress of delineation of 

sediment cells by NCSCM, this RFP can be quickly used to initiate the 

process of procurement of consultants. 

1. WD has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a senior officer as 





2. The proposed project staff (project coordinator and 4 accountants) has 

been recruited, and have undergone initial round of training. 

3. Protection of Olive Ridley Turtles: Procurement of speed boats and 

trawler for the purpose of marine patrolling is complete. Procurement 

of tube wells and surveillance motorbikes, and equipment such as 

DGPS, GPS, Radar, Eco-sounder is progressing. Foundation stone for 

the interpretation centre at Gupti has been laid. Architectural design 

services consultancy has been awarded for designing Sea Turtle 

Interpretation and Research Centre at Gokaharkuda. No specific 

progress is there with respect to the other sub-activities: (i) monitoring 

centre at Babubali, except that CRZ clearance document has been 

prepared; (ii) actual design and operation of the interpretation centre at 

Gupti; (iii) setting up of 2 permanent camps (except that CRZ 

clearance document has been prepared) and 33 temporary camps and 

tube wells (16 in Rajnagar, 8 in Chilika and 9 in Berhampur). 

4. Protection of Estuarine Crocodile: No specific progress has been made 

on activities such as (i) redesigning and reconstruction of the hatchery 

coast of peninsular India should be the priority), SPMU should 

prepare a schedule of procurement of consultants. 

3. Although the terms of reference for (i) primary data collection for the 

regional coastal process study; and (ii) preparation of shoreline 

management plan has been prepared in substantial detail, a similar 

detailed document needs to be prepared as regards the activities of the 

ORSAC. SPMU and ORSAC will together prepare a document which 

will describe (a) the process and scope of collection of secondary data; 

(b) the process of setting up the GIS which will be able to digitally 

process the collected secondary data, and the primary data that will be 

collected by consultants; (c) process of modelling and technical 

analyses that will need to be undertaken; and (iv) schedule of all 

ORSAC activities. SPMU will share such a document or action plan 

with the bank by November 2011. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil.. 

3. Protection of Olive Ridley Turtles: A separate detailed action plan 

will be prepared by the WD by September 2011, so that the major 

activities all can start by December 2011. 

4. Protection of Estuarine Crocodile: A separate detailed action plan will 

be prepared by the WD by September 2011, so that the major 

activities all can start by December 2011. 

5. Awareness Camps, field visits and communication: A separate 

detailed action plan will be prepared by the WD by September 2011, 

so that the major activities all can start by December 2011. 

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[3C-A2] 

Mangrove 

plantation by 

the Wildlife 

Department 

(WD) 

[3C-A3] 

Conservation of 

Archeological 

Heritage by the 

Culture 

Department 

and rearing complex Dangamal; (ii) establishment and operation of the 

river protection squads for Bhitarkanika. 

5. Awareness Camps, field visits and communication: No specific 

progress. 

1. Restoration of Mangroves: WD has identified 138ha of forest land and 

30ha of community land for restoration plantation. Such sites had been 

surveyed in detail in Bhitarkanika. Mangrove nurseries have been 

established. Collection of seeds and hypocotyles from the Bhitarkanika 

national park and the Mahanadi Delta has started. Discussion is under 

progress to procure NIPA seedlings from the Sunderban Biosphere 

Authorities in West Bengal. 

It is important to note that that (A) the mangrove plantation works 

should be done through clearly identified community contracts to be 

eligible for financing by the World Bank. Departmental expenditure 

including work done through labour payments will not be eligible for 

financing by the World Bank. (B) The Government of Odisha has 

expressed an interest that the target of mangrove plantation should be 

larger than the currently planned 168ha. The World Bank agrees in 

principle; and would like the SPMU to propose a formal revision in 

target in discussion with NPMU. 

2. Development of Gene Bank, Herbarium and Mangrove Atlas of 

Odisha: No specific progress has been made. 

1. Culture Department has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a 

senior officer as the nodal officer for the activities to be undertaken; 

has opened the required bank account; delegated technical and 

financial powers to the nodal officer; and has installed the financial 

management and accounting software. 

2. No progress in staffing up. 

3. Restoration and Conservation of 8 Heritage Properties. All properties 

have been identified. Detailed site assessment was carried out, and 

several community consultation sessions were organized at each site. 

Site plans have been prepared at each site. RFP for recruitment of 

conservation architects prepared and is under review by SPMU and 

1. Restoration of Mangroves: WD will prepare a clear document 

specifying how the mangrove restoration activity will be undertaken 

through community contracting. EDCs formed under the State’s 

applicable Joint Forest Management Resolution would be involved in 

execution of the activities. The EDCs should assure women’s 

participation in execution of the activities. Each EDC executive 

committee should consist of a chairperson, a vice chairperson, a 

treasurer, ward member(s), a forester (who should be the ex–officio 

member secretary), a forest guard, and a village opinion leader. Of 

this at least 5 or at least 50%, whichever is more, should women, 

including that either the chairperson or the vice chairperson should be 

a woman. The number of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe 

members in the executive committee should be in proportion to their 

membership in each EDC. The joint bank account of each EDC 

should be operated by the forester cum member secretary and the 

chairperson as per the State’s JFM resolution. WD should complete 

these community contracting activities by October 2011. 

2. Development of Gene Bank, Herbarium and Mangrove Atlas of 

Odisha: A separate detailed action plan will be prepared by the WD 

by September 2011, so that the major activities all can start by 

December 2011. 

1. Nil. 

2. The Department of Culture will, by September 2011, complete 

recruitment process for the contract staff for implementing the project 

as per proposed in the detailed project report. From the viewpoint of 

project management, dedicated accounting staff will be important, as 

some work will be undertaken by skilled workers that cannot be paid 

against measurement of work. The architectural supervision 

consultants will need to finalize productivity norms for paying against 

milestones. 

3. All actions to be undertaken to see that the procurement of 

architectural conservation supervision consultants is not delayed. 

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[3C-A4] 

Shoreline 

protection for 

Pentha by the 

Water 

Resources 

Department 

(WRD) 

World Bank. Annual work plan for 2011-12 has been prepared. Actual 

start of work is dependent on procurement of the conservation 

architects who will supervise the work. 

4. Separately, with support of the World Bank, a study was completed by 

a consortium of consultants Lea Associates and INTACH. The study 

outputs include 3 parts – (i) outline designs, drawings and plans for 

each of the 8 sites incorporating potential opportunities for livelihood 

enhancement for local communities; (ii) a documentation on the 

traditional stone craft; and (iii) an outline plan for improvement of the 

state museum at Bhubaneswar. While recommendation of part (i) will 

be incorporated in the work to be undertaken by the Culture 

Department for the 8 sites; additional action plan will be made to start a 

training program involving the identified master masons within the 

financing available in this ICZM project as per output part (ii). 

Recommendations of part (iii) related to improvement of the museum 

will be taken forward by the Government of Odisha. This study was 

concluded with a State Level Workshop on June 16, 2011, where the 

policymakers including the Chief Minister, the Minister for 

Environment, the Minister for Culture and Tourism, the Principal 

Secretary, Department of Environment, and the Principal Secretary, 

Department of Culture and Tourism endorsed the recommendations of 

the study and expressed the need to take the recommendations forward. 

1. WRD has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a senior officer as 





2. WRD has recruited the accounting and data entry staff needed for this 

activity. These staff had been provided adequate training. 

3. WRD has completed setting up of the field office required to complete 

this activity. 

4. Bid document for civil works for construction of an approach road and 

the godowm-cum-monitoring building was advertised. None of the bids 

received qualified for the work. Consequently, rebidding process was 

undertaken; and currently bids received are being evaluated. It is 

expected that this civil work could actually start right after the current 

4. Culture Department will prepare a action plan for capacity building 

and training on traditional stone craft involving the master masons, 

and targeted towards reviving the cultural tradition currently at risk. 

This action plan should be prepared by January 2012, and should be 

made part of the Annual Action Plan for 2012-13. 

Separately, the World Bank desires that any plan prepared by the 

Department of Culture for revitalizing, improvement or scaling up the 

state museum be shared with the World Bank for information. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil. 

3. Nil. 

4. WRD should ensure that bid evaluation is done in a manner that the 

work can be awarded at the earliest. The work will need to be 

monitored closely, as the schedule of completion of this work is 

closely linked to the next item of installation of the geo-tubes. 

5. WRD and SPMU should ensure that the consultancy is awarded as 

soon as possible. Consultants should be asked to give proper attention 

to the objective of measuring performance of geo-tube installed 

including the instrumentation required to measure performance under 

field condition after installation. 

WRD will also work with the Forest Department to ensure that the 

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[3C-B1] 

Solid Waste 


for the Paradip 

Town and the 

Paradip Port by 

the Paradip 

Municipality 

[3C-C1] 

Livelihood 

Improvement 

Support for 

Fisher people 

by the Fisheries 

Department. 

monsoon. 

5. Procurement process for a consultancy to provide a detailed design and 

quality assurance services for installation of Geo-Tubes is under 

progress. Proposals are under evaluation. 

1. Paradip Municipality has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a 





2. Recruitment of accountant and other support staff is under progress. 

3. Procurement of office equipment has started. 

4. A site for the engineered landfill was offered by the Paradip Port Trust. 

A site investigation including site visits along with World Bank 

Specialist determined that the site originally offered is not suitable; and 

a discussion was held with the Paradip Port Trust for an alternative 

land. The Chairman, Paradip Port Trust offered an alternative site of 

about 25ha, which was determined to be suitable. Transfer of this land 

from the Pradip Port Trust was delayed due to procedural issues. The 

issues have now been resolved with intervention from the Chairman of 

Paradip port trust and the principal Secretary of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development. 

5. Procurement of a Transaction Advisory Consultancy is under progress. 

The RFP was delayed to ensure that the issues related to land transfer is 

resolved before the RFP is issued. Overall, the activity is on schedule. 

1. The Fisheries Department has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated 

a senior officer as the nodal officer for the activities to be undertaken; 




2. The Fisheries Department has created a separate and distinct ICZM 

Cell within the Department to implement and monitor progress of this 

activity. The Department has nominated Project Implementation 

Officers, and empowered them to sign contracts with community 

groups (CBOs or SHGs). The Department has started a system of 

monthly review meeting chaired by the Nodal Officer, and bi-monthly 

review meeting chaired by the Commissioner-cum-Secretary. 

planed work of the Forest Department on the site (to make this a 

composite activity: geo-tubes and shelterbelt plantation) are done in a 

pre-planned sequence and schedule. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil. 

3. Nil. 

4. Paradip Municipality and the SPMU will share with the World Bank a 

copy of the formal order related to transfer of land. Paradip 

Municipality should move quickly to complete mutation in the official 

land records of the State. SPMU will conduct a site assessment and 

prepare a formal report that the land is free of any encumbrances by 

August 2011. 

5. SPMU should now endeavor to award the consultancy as soon as 

possible. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil. 

3. Formal contract should be signed immediately with all SHGs, before 

any transfer of money to SHGs take place. In the event of the 22 

SHGs that have received cheques of Rs. 50,000 as advance but yet not 

used the money; contract with them should be done immediately 

before these SHGs start using the money. 

4. The selection of activities was through a process of consultation with 

SHGs. However, it is possible that with provision of training, and by 

means of the proposed exposure visits, the choice of activities by the 

SHGs will keep on changing. Ideally, in addition to supporting the 

SHGs with immediate livelihood enhancement, there should be some 

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3. Village Stakeholder meetings have been organized in 26 (of the 

planned 80 villages), and with 221 SHGs (of the planned 600 SHGs) in 

fishing villages in the priority investment stretches. Capacity building 

training has been completed for 77 SHGs, and skill upgradation 

training has been completed for 16 SHGs. A total of 22 SHGs have 

been provided with an advance of Rs.50,000 each during the project 

launch workshop organized at a fishing village where the Union 

Minster for Environment participated. 

4. The activities that have been identified in consultation with the 221 

SHGs include composite pisciculture (43 SHGs), scampi culture (9 

SHGs), shrimp culture (1 SHG), fish seed rearing (4 SHGs), sea bass 

culture (1 SHG), fish drying (96 SHGs), value addition through 

household level processing unit (3 SHGs), dairy and poultry (5 SHGs), 

and individual other activities (57 SHGs). 

5. Wherever possible and subject to fulfilling the objective of supporting 

fisher persons who have been affected adversely due to ban on fishing, 

the Fisheries Department is striving to use the existing but defunct 

SHGs. New SHGs are being formed only when necessary. All SHGs 

have a majority of women members, and in a near majority case, these 

are all-women SHGs. Each SHG has a bank account. 

6. For mobilizing and continuous capacity building of the SHGs, 

procurement of an NGO for providing the required support was 

proposed earlier. The SPMU has now decided to complement this by 

recruitment of contract staff with suitable qualification in rural 

development and social work and locating them in the villages. This 

additional workforce from SPMU will not only support the Fisheries 

Department, but all other PEAs as well. World Bank welcomes this 

idea, as the presence of young, energetic and qualified staff in the 

villages appears to be providing much greater and immediate success 

in Gujarat, and similar result is expected in Odisha. SPMU has initiated 

the process of recruitment of filed coordinators and community 

organizers. Although the number of such contract staff needed may be 

in excess of 40, the first batch of recruitment is of 27. 

7. The Fisheries Department and the SPMU has participated in the 

evaluation and stakeholder consultation related to the issue of 

livelihood of fisher persons in Odisha organized and led by Greenpeace 

strategic content in the choice of activities. This is important 

particularly in the light of the objective that by the 3 rd or 4 th year, these 

SHGs need to be organized (in federations or companies) to make 

them sustainable in the long run, including financial and commercial 

sustainability. To that end, the Fisheries Department shall take note of 

the recommendations of the Greenpeace India Report (see below), and 

the way the SHGs in the Chilika catchment are now slowly being 

transformed into federations. 

5. Fisheries Department will ensure that (a) priority will be to all women 

SHGs or SHGs where all members belong to vulnerable communities 

including scheduled tribe or scheduled castes; (b) further higher 

priority to all-women SHGs, where all members belong to vulnerable 

communities; (c) see that the bank account of the SHGs are operated 

by the president and secretary of the SHGs; (d) very strictly, no 

official of the government department should either have any 

executive position in the SHGs, nor should any government official 

should be involved in operating bank account of the SHGs. A few 

instances were noticed during the field visits that officials or nominees 

of the Fisheries Department are joint signatories in operating bank 

accounts; or are holding a executive position in the SHGs. All such 

cases should be immediately resolved; and all such actions taken to 

ensure that there is no conflict of interest, and to ensure that there is 

no liability of the Government in the running of the SHGs. Any 

responsibility of the SHG that the Fisheries department desires to 

monitor should be clearly specified in the contract document to be 

signed between the PEA and the SHGs. 

6. The recruitment of contract staff (filed coordinators and community 

organizers) should be such that best people could be recruited. This 

will mean, in addition to formal announcement and advertising, 

writing to management institutions such as XIMB and NGOs involved 

in such work to encourage young professionals to apply for such 

assignments. 

7. SPMU and the Fisheries Department will discuss the 

recommendations from the Greenpeace India Report when available; 

and prepare a brief paper on how these recommendations are already 

incorporated in the Project, or could be incorporated. SPMU will 

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[3C-C2] 

Support to 

Fisher Groups 

for Small-Scale 

Communitybased 

Tourism 

Activities by the 

Odisha State 

Tourism 

Development 

Corporation 

(OTDC) 

India. The final stakeholder workshops for this Greenpeace India 

initiative were organized in two coastal villages in June 2011, in which 

the officials of the SPMU and the Fisheries Department participated 

and interacted. The final report from Greenpeace will include 

recommendations for the India ICZM project concerning the livelihood 

enhancement activities for fisher people in Odisha, and should be 

available by July/August 2011. Based on the collaboration with 

Greenpeace India, some of the recommendations are already being 

incorporated in the revised detailed project report for this activity by 

the Fisheries Department and the SPMU. 

1. The OTDC has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a senior 

officer as the nodal officer for the activities to be undertaken; has 

opened the required bank account; delegated technical and financial 

powers to the nodal officer; and has installed the financial management 

and accounting software. 

2. Recruitment process for a few of the required staff is under progress. 

Recruitment process for contract staff such as community organizer, 

capacity building coordinator, or engineers is yet to start. 

3. Procurement of office equipment, furniture is under progress. 

4. As a part of community mobilization process, OTDC has used 

complementary resources (50% of the cost borne by MPEDA, 30% 

from CDA and 20% cost shared by beneficiaries) a large number of 

insulated ice boxes to the communities. 

5. For both Chilika and Tampara Areas: Several stakeholder consultation 

meetings were organized at most of the proposed locations of 

interventions. As each of the infrastructures created under this activity 

will be managed and operated by community groups, further work on 

community mobilization is underway. Consultancy for architectural 

design and supervision for the proposed tourism infrastructure has been 

awarded recently; consultants have mobilized. Procurement of another 

consultant to promote branding of OTDC and the proposed activities is 

also under progress. The SPMU and the OTDC has discussed with 

World food Program and the Odisha Bamboo Development Agency so 

that eco-friendly bamboo craft can be used at the maximum for the 

proposed infrastructure. 

6. Activities in Chilika Lake Area (Barkul, Satapada, New Moth Chilika, 

share this paper with World Bank by September 2011. Given that the 

SPMU and the Fisheries department were involved in the discussions 

and workshops organized by Greenpeace India, and that there seems 

to mutual agreement in many areas, it will also be a good idea to 

discuss with Greenpeace India for their continuing advice related to 

implementation of the livelihood enhancement activities targeted to 

the fisher people. 

1. Nil. 

2. SPMU may like to share the expertise of the community organizers 

and field coordinators being recruited at SPMU for “fisheries based 

livelihood” activities in support of the Fisheries Department also to 

OTDC. An additional number of such contract staff may, if required, 

also be recruited at SPMU instead of OTDC to make the recruitment 

process simpler. 

3. Nil. 

4. Nil. 

5. For both Chilika and Tampara Areas: Nil. 

6. Activities in Chilika Lake Area (Barkul, Satapada, New Moth Chilika, 

Rambha, Chhelliakuda and Ghantashila): Mobilization of the 

community groups, and formal contracts with the selected community 

groups should start as soon as possible. The community groups should 

be formed with the objective of using the fisher person’s existing 

groups (CBOs or SHGs). Capacity building of the selected community 

groups should start by October 2011. 

7. Activities in Tampara Lake Area: Given the location and current 

relatively pristine water quality of Tampara Lake, the OTDC should 

not propose any polluting activity; and should consider replacing the 

proposed procurement and deployment of motor boats and similar 

polluting activities. It is suggested that this lake area be rather used for 

water sports activities that do not require any use of fossil fuel. Also, 

the plan for community involvement should expand, given the 

relatively smaller size of the village (around 400 households) and the 

relatively higher educational status. OTDC shall revise the current 

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[3C-C3] 

Biodiversitybased 

Ecotourism and 

Livelihood 

Development by 

the Wildlife 

Department 

Rambha, Chhelliakuda and Ghantashila): Procurement of FRP Boats, 

Floating Restaurant, Floating Jetty and associated equipment is under 

progress; and the award is expected to be in August 2011. For all other 

goods and civil works, the procurement process will be initiated by 


7. Activities in Tampara Lake Area: For all other goods and civil works, 

the procurement process will be initiated by September 2011. 

1. Consultants have been selected and mobilized for architectural design 

of the proposed tourist facilities. 

2. Land alienation for the Interpretation centre at Okilapal, Gupti (an area 

of 2 acre) has been finalized. Such land alienation for tourist 

complexes at Krushnanagar and Nalitapatia (or the alternative sites at 

Debendranarayanpur and Jayanagar), and for the Interpretation-cum- 

Monitoring centre at the Rushikuliya Mouth is under progress. 

3. Turtle camp sites have been identified for digging of deep tube wells in 

all 3 forest divisions. 

4. Renovation of the Hokitola Building: Procurement process is underway 

for mechanized boat and floating Jetty. No other specific progress has 

been made. Wildlife Department proposed to include construction of a 

jetty and installation of another floating jetty. This was agreed. 

5. Ecotourism complexes at Khola, Nlitapatia (or the alternative sites at 

Debendranarayanpur and Jayanagar), Talchua and Gupti: No specific 

progress has been made. Wildlife Department proposed inclusion of 

mechanized luxury boats to be procured. World Bank agrees to this 

proposal provided the Wildlife Department can undertake additional 

environmental assessment as well as an assessment of the capacity of 

community groups to manage and operate such boats. 

6. Monitoring and Interpretation centre at the Rushikulya Mouth: No 

specific progress has been made. 

7. Wildlife Trekking Path from Pitisal to Patisonapur: No specific 

progress has been made. 

8. Permanent camp sites at Dobandhi and Chinchiri: No specific progress 

proposal in consultation with the community, and finalize this by 

January 2011 so that the Annual Action Plan for 2012-13 does not 

need any revision. Further an action plan to improve the capacity of 

the community as a whole (which should not only include training in 

administration and management of tourism infrastructure, but also on 

language skills, marketing, and behavioral norms expected at a world 

class tourism destination) should be prepared by January 2012 and 

included in the Annual Action Plan for 2012-13. The capacity 

building exercises should start from April 2012, so that when the 

infrastructure is ready, the community has by then acquired all the 

relevant capacities. 

1. The conceptual designs prepared by the consultants are not 

acceptable. These do not address the need of ecotourism, appropriate 

planning and design, or appropriate material for construction. Unless 

the consultancy firm comes up with revised acceptable conceptual 

proposals, this consultancy contract needs to be terminated. An 

assessment to this effect should be made by September 2011. 

Further the Wildlife Department should fully recognize that these 

facilities will be run, managed and operated by community groups 

such as EDCs under supervision of the Wildlife Department. The 

facilities should be designed as such keeping in view the capacity of 

the community groups to manage and operate; as well as the 

consideration that such facilities should cater to appropriate tourism 

within the nature reserves. 

2. Land alienation process should be accelerated. Once land alienation is 

done, Wildlife Department should move quickly to ensure mutation in 

land records of the State. SPMU will prepare for each such land, a 

brief note examining the presence or absence of encumbrances. 

3. Nil. 

4. Renovation of the Hokitola Building: Wildlife Department will ensure 

that acceptable plan and designs are available by December 2011. 

5. Ecotourism complexes at Khola, Nlitapatia, Talchua & Gupti: 

Wildlife Department will ensure that acceptable plan and designs are 

available by December 2011. Wildlife Department will prepare an 

additional separate environmental impact assessment with respect to 

the concept of mechanized luxury boats; along with a note to build 

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[3C-C4] 

Support to 

Fisher Groups 

for Coir Making 

by the 

Directorate of 

Handicrafts and 

Cottage 

Industries 

(DHCI) 

[3C-C5] 

Provision of 

Cyclone 

Shelters in 14 

has been made, except that the CRZ clearance document is being 

prepared. 

1. The DHCI (who replaced Coir Cooperative Corporation of Odisha as 

PEA for this activity) has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a 





2. Dedicated staff had been identified, and accounting staff received 

training. 

3. Stakeholder awareness workshop was organized on April 13, 2011. 

Four villages (Barkudi, karimpur, Mudirath and Baghalangi) were 

surveyed and village meetings held for community mobilization; 5 

SHGs already identified. 

4. Training Center: A parcel of 2ha of suitable land has been identified in 

Rebena-Nuagaon, and the land alienation process is progressing. 

5. A two member team (the Nodal Officer and the Coir Supervisor) 

visited Allapuzha in Kerala on April 18-19, 2011, to learn the 

experience of a “Coir Cluster Pulse” financed by SIDBI as a part of 

World Bank-financed SME-II Project. 

1. The OSDMA has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a senior 



powers to the nodal officer; and has installed the financial management 

capacity of the EDC to manage and operate such luxury boats; and 

share with World Bank for a final view on this by December 2011. 

6. Monitoring and Interpretation centre at the Rushikulya Mouth: 

Wildlife Department will ensure that acceptable plan and designs are 

available by December 2011. 

7. Wildlife Trekking Path from Pitisal to Patisonapur: Wildlife 

Department will ensure that acceptable plan and designs are available 

by December 2011. 

8. Permanent camp sites at Dobandhi and Chinchiri: Wildlife 

Department will ensure that acceptable plan and designs are available 

by December 2011. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil. 

3. The DCHI should follow the model prescribed by SPMU to organize 

community mobilization and capacity building of SHGs. SPMU 

should consider providing the support of field coordinators and 

community mobilizers of SPMU to the Industry Department for 

building capacity of SHGs. 

4. The DHCI should move quickly to complete mutation in the official 

land records of the State once the process of land alienation is over. 

SPMU will conduct a site assessment and prepare a formal report that 

the land is free of any encumbrances by September 2011. 

5. The lesson from Kerala is important particularly in the light of the 

objective that the SHGs need to be organized (in federations or 

companies) to make them sustainable in the long run, including 

financial and commercial sustainability. One clear indicator of success 

will be to organize these SHGs such that they become eligible and 

receive SIDBI financing. To facilitate this, the SPMU and the Industry 

Department may consider procuring services of an expert among those 

who were involved in planning and implementing the Coir Cluster in 

Kerala. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil. 

3. Nil. 

4. Nil. 

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villages by the 

Odisha State 

Disaster 

management 

Authority 

(OSDMA) 

[3D] 



and accounting software. 

2. Dedicated staff and resources already mobilized. 

3. Social & environmental screening was completed for all 14 sites; 

stakeholder consultation meetings have been completed in sites; 

consultations completed at village, district and state levels during 

September 2010 - March 2011. For each site the community 

organization including establishment of Cyclone Shelter Management 

Committee is progressing. 

4. Soil exploration has been completed for all 14 sites; initial test pit 

survey completed for 12 sites. For the remaining 2 sites proposed to 

use open foundation, plate load test is under progress. CRZ Clearance 

obtained for all 11 sites (of the 14), where such clearance is required. 

5. Model bid document prepared and cleared by the World Bank. 

6. Bid for 10 sites have been invited and received; bid evaluation is 

progressing. 

1. SPMU is fully geared up for implementation. Meetings of the Steering 

Committee (chaired by the Chief Secretary) and the Governing Body 

(chaired by the Principle Secretary, Forest and Environment 

Department) were organized. TALLY contract procurement completed, 

software installed and training completed; computer hardware procured 

and computers delivered to all PEAs with TALLY package; project 

coordination meetings are planned and undertaken as planned. The 

Annual Action Plan was approved by the Governing Body. 

2. Nearly all SPMU staff appointed including staff of the operations unit, 

communication unit, finance and procurement unit. The State Steering 

Committee has met and approved annual action plan. 


the minimum office infrastructure has been created. Within the SPMU 

Office, a space for the Secretariat for the State Coastal Zone 

Management Authority has been set up. 

4. The Procurement and Financial management cell is now fully 

operational– with recruitment of consultants for (i) procurement and 

financial management support; (ii) internal audit; and, (iii) preparation 

of a dedicated website for SPMU. Financial management reports 

(including interim unaudited financial reports) for two quarters, viz., 

September-December 2010 and January-March 2011 has been 

5. Nil. 

6. Nil. 

1. Nil. 

2. SPMU will organize the first meeting of the State Steering Committee 

latest by September 2011. 

3. Nil. 

4. Nil. 

5. Nil. 

6. SPMU should insist and support PEAs (who have not yet completed 

the agreed actions) to complete the necessary capacity building 

actions by September 2011. 

7. Nil 

8. Nil. 




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submitted and approved by the World Bank. Tally accounting software 

has been installed and training completed at SPMU and at PEAs. 

5. The Communication Unit has started working full steam. The Cell led 

publication of a monthly newsletter (“Sagar”) both in English and in 

Odiya, 4 such monthly issues have been published until now. The 

website for SPMU is under development, and is expected to run as a 

full-fledged website by end-July 2011. Currently, all documents are 

available in interim website of SPMU. A toll-free telephone line is 

operational to record grievances. The website has automated process of 

processing grievances received in the website. Each project site has 

dissemination board. Two sets of ICZM Project leaflets and other IEC 

material have been distributed at villages. The communication unit has 

developed strong linkages with print and electronic media. 

6. All PEAs have opened bank accounts, nominated nodal officers, signed 

MoU with SPMU, 5 PEAs have put in place computerized accounting 

system; recruited staff. Additionally, SPMU is following up with 

OSPCB to clear all audit backlogs; and such backlogs for about 10 

years has been cleared; and for the remaining two years (2009-11) will 

be completed soon. 

7. SPMU has organized several workshops and high level meetings: (i) 

State Level project launch Workshop chaired by the Chief Minister; (ii) 

a two day National Workshop on Coastal Sediment Cells, (iii) State 

Level Project Briefing meeting where the Chief Minister chaired, and 

the Members of Parliament and the Members of the State legislative 

Assembly participated; (iv) Meeting on project sites where the Chief 

Minister and Chief Secretary participated; (v) Project launch Workshop 

in a fishing village where Union Minister of Environment and Forest 

participated; (vi) a procurement workshop; (vii) a communications 

workshop; (viii) a Workshop on Cultural heritage chaired by the Chief 

Minister and where the Minister for Environment and Forests and the 

Minister for Culture and Tourism deliberated; and (ix) a progress 

review meeting chaired by the Chief Minister and co-chaired by the 

Minister for Environment and Forests. 

8. All legal covenants (as recorded in the PAD) had been complied with 

within time. Procurement Plan for the entire Project has been updated 

and cleared by the World Bank. 

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COMPONENT FOUR: PILOTING I.C.Z.M. APPROACHES IN WEST BENGAL 


[4A] 

ICZM plan for 

West Bengal 

[4B-1] 

Capacity 


Environment 

Department 

(West Bengal 

SCZMA) 

[4B-2] 

Capacity 

building of 

Calcutta 

University for 

Research on 

Microbial 

Diversity in the 

Coastal Areas 

[4B-3] 



2. The SPMU has a multi-stakeholder state level workshop to create 

awareness about objectives of ICZM and the CRZ Notification 2011. 




4. The SPMU/IESWM has started preparing base map for the entire 

coastal zone of the state. 

1. No specific progress has been made on the issue of capacity building 

of the Forest and Environment Department. 

1. Calcutta University has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a 

professor as the nodal officer for the activities to be undertaken; has 


powers to the nodal officer; and has installed the financial 


2. Recruitment of the first batch Research personnel completed. 

3. Procurement of the first set of research equipment (through an ICB) is 

under progress, and bid evaluation is nearing completion. 

4. Microbial samples collected at 2 stations in the Sundarban; analysis of 

data and experimentation is progressing well. Research teams have 

already published 4 papers in international refereed journals. 

1. IESWM is itself housing the SPMU, nominated a senior officer as the 

nodal officer for the activities to be undertaken; has opened the 

1. Support the Gujarat SPMU to establish forum to coordinate discussion 

on the ToR for preparation of ICZM Plan. 

2. Nil. 


should start; and all inputs from the progress of preparation of the 

regional coastal process study and the proposed shoreline management 

plan should be provided by Odisha SPMU. 

4. Nil. 

1. A 

2. SPMU should prepare a brief estimate of the workload related to the 

work as the secretariat to the SCZMA, and if required ask to additional 

resources, particularly for supporting decision-making by SCZMA and 

for dissemination of the SCZMA decisions. Such a plan for additional 

resources should be finalized by March 2012; and if required should be 

included in the next year’s annual action plan. 

3. A detailed proposal for capacity building of the Forest and 

Environment Department should be shared with SICOM and World 

Bank by December 2011. The SPMU is requested to coordinate with 

Odisha SPMU in this regard. 

1. Nil. 

2. It will be important to expand the scale of laboratory and field work. 

For this purpose, additional research scholars may be employed (or 

graduate students be involved at a part-time basis). 

3. It is important to award the contracts as soon as possible; and 

thereafter install the equipment also as soon as possible. Before or at 

the time of delivery at laboratories, CU should get qualified experts to 

inspect the equipment and ascertain that these equipment meets the 

standards and technical specifications in all aspects. 

1. Nil. 

2. It is important to distinguish between the staff of IESWM and that of 

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Capacity 


Institute of 

Environmental 

Studies and 

Wetland 


(IESWM) for 

Coastal Wetland 

Research 

[4B-4] 

Interpretation 

Centre of the 

Tagore Rural 

Development 

Society (TRDS) 

by SPMU 

[4C-A1] 

Plantation of 

Mangrove and 

Coastal Bioshield 

by the 




2. A few staff has been dedicated for the project activities. IESWM may 

need more people to be recruited (either by IESWM or by SPMU). 

3. IESWM has started preparing the basic maps and information base that 

is required to undertake studies and research on coastal wetlands. 

Procured satellite imagery from NRSA; and data from digital globe 

site; and started analysis of these. To augment its geospatial 

capabilities, IESWM has procured 2 licenses of ArcGIS; and procured 

MIKE 21 to augment its modelling capability. 

4. IESWM is mapping the entire coast in the State, and overlaying with 

revenue boundaries of villages. This work will be completed in 

October 2011, and thereafter physical surveys of infrastructure will be 

carried out. With the available information base, IESWM has already 

supported the State in siting of the system of proposed cyclone 

shelters. 

5. To understand the tidal characteristics in the Sundarban estuaries, and 

to develop understanding of the process interactions to prepare 

management solutions to expected sea level rise, IESWM has started 

bathymetry surveys, collection of tidal amplitude, current and different 

depth and range data by installation of 4 tide gauges In Saptamukhi, 

Phirkihali, Kaikhali and Jharkhali. 

1. TRDS has prepared the revised DPR; and has now used the best 

experts to develop the plan. SPMU has agreed with TRDS that all 

major procurement for this activity will be undertaken by the SPMU; 

and as much as possible all payments will be made and accounted by 

SPMU. TRDS and SPMU are discussing the timeline and sequence of 

activities. 

1. The Forest department has signed MOU with the SPMU, 

nominated a senior officer as the nodal officer for the activities to be 

undertaken; has opened the required bank account; delegated technical 

and financial powers to the nodal officer; and has installed the 

financial management and accounting software. 

the SPMU. To that end, recruitment of additional staff may be required 

at IESWM. SPMU will prepare a brief note on this issue, and share 

with the World Bank by December 2011. 

3. Nil. 

4. Nil. [Note that the procurement from NRSA is not eligible for 

financing as per the Procurement Manual, and will be treated as part of 

supplementary financing from the Government.] 

5. IESWM will prepare a short note on how to enlarge the current data 

collection in the Sundarban to develop full understanding of the whole 

estuary system, based on the experience of the few estuaries where tide 

gauges have been installed so far in the project. This should be done 

by January 2012, so that any additional requirements can be 

incorporated in the Annual Action Plan of 2012-13. 

1. The timeline and sequence of activities need to be clearly agreed 

between the TRDS and the SPMU. This activity is unreasonably 

delayed; and TRDS should deploy such resources, and SPMU to 

facilitate in all respects that the entire work can be completed in 2012. 

SPMU should designate one staff of SPMU responsible to move this 

activity. 

1. Nil. 

2. It is important to start the work now. In view of the low target (less 

than 500 ha), the Forest Department should plan to complete the 

plantation work by 2012-13. Forest Department shall prepare a Table 

showing sequence of actions including community mobilization and 

share with the Bank by September 2011. SPMU and Forest 

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Forest 

Department 

(FD) 

[4C-A2] 

Rehabilitation 

of the Marine 

Aquarium at 

Digha by the 

Zoological 

Survey of India 

(ZSI) 

[4C-B1] 

Completing 

Sewerage 

System at Digha 

by the Public 

Health 

Engineering 

Department 

(PHED) 

2. No progress has been made in terms of actual work of plantation of 

mangrove or coastal bio-shield. No community mobilization work has 

started either. 

1. The ZSI has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a senior officer 





2. The ZSI has not recruited the required staff for this activity, nor is 

there any dedicated staff. 

3. No progress has been made in terms of actual work or procurement of 

goods. 

1. The PHED has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a senior 

officer as the nodal officer for the activities to be undertaken; 

delegated technical and financial powers to the nodal officer; and has 

installed the financial management and accounting software. 

2. The PHED has not opened the required bank account to receive money 

under the Project. 

3. The PHED has been able to obtain only about 35% of the government 

land (22 acre) compared to the original expectation. Based on this 

limitation, the proposal treatment method has been revised. The DPR 

has been revised. 

4. Bid documents have been drafted for (i) sewerage system and sewage 

treatment plant; (ii) cleaning of existing sewer; (iii) pumping station; 

(iv) other civil works; and (v) arboriculture. 

5. No progress on procurement of goods. 

6. No progress related to start of preparation of an operation plan, 

including how to ensure that all residential, commercial and tourism 

establishments indeed connect to the sewerage network. 

Department will need to ensure that all works are done through 

community contracts, and no work is done using Forest Department 

Force Account. 

1. Nil. 

2. The ZSI to start recruitment at the earliest, and not later than August 

2011. 

3. The ZSI should start the procurement process for major goods and 

equipment by August 2011, and the small works by September 2011. 

1. Nil. 

2. The PHED should immediately open a bank account as per required by 

the Project. 

3. The revised DPR should be shared with World Bank for review. 

SPMU will prepare a brief report on the status and examination of 

encumbrances on the site, and share with the World Bank by 


4. Before proceeding on the procurement of works, the PHED is advised 

to visit Jamnagar, and discuss with the Jamnagar Municipal Authority 

and the SPMU on the procurement packaging, procurement process, 

and project management. Based on such discussion, revised bids 

should be prepared by October 2011. 

5. All bid documents for goods and equipment as per procurement plan 

and schedule should be submitted to World Bank after vetting by 

SPMU and NPMU. 

6. SPMU and PHED should appoint independent agencies to (i) ascertain 

the quality of the sewers already constructed some years ago; (ii) to 

inventory all categories of establishments including licensed and 

unlicensed hotels and guest houses in Digha-Shankarpur Area; (iii) and 

to provide project management services. Alternatively, all these can 

be merged into one consultancy for project management services. 

SPMU, PHED and DSDA should also prepare a plan to ensure that all 

establishments in DSDA Area eventually connect themselves to the 

sewerage network, and such plan should be shared with the World 

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[4C-B2] 

Cleaning, Solid 

Waste 


and 

Environmental 

Improvement of 

the Digha- 

Shankarpur 

beach by the 

Digha- 

Shankarpur 

Development 

Authority 

(DSDA) 

[4C-B3] 

Developing 

Drainage 

System and 

Phyto- 

Remediation 

Tanks at Digha 

by DSDA. 

[4C-B4] 

Fish Auction 

Centre at 

Digha- 

Shankarpur by 

the State 

Fisheries 

Development 

corporation 

(EDC) 

1. DSDA has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a senior officer as 





2. Accounting staff has not been recruited. 

3. Land for Plan for (i) landfill site and (ii) in-situ rehabilitation of the 

around 1700 vendors in the Digha beach area has been identified and 

earmarked. 

4. An RFP for area planning, landscape design, implementation 

supervision and project management services has been prepared, and is 

under review by the World Bank. 

5. No progress made on the study on the future financial sustainability of 

the entire set of project activities in DSDA Area. 

1. Land for the phyto-remediation tanks has been identified and 

earmarked. 

2. No other progress has taken place. 

1. The EDC has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a senior officer 





2. The EDC has dedicated staff for undertaking this activity. 

3. Stakeholder consultations carried out, and are continuing. 

4. Bid documents including working drawings, estimates, technical 

specification has been drafted, and is under review of SPMU. 

5. A decision on the cold storage and inclusion of the same in the bid 

document is awaited from the State Government. 

Bank by March 2012. 

1. Nil. 

2. Accounting staff should be recruited immediately, and trained. 

3. SPMU will prepare a brief report on the status and examination of 

encumbrances on the sites, and share with the World Bank by 


4. World Bank will share the comments by July 2011; and SPMU will 

thereafter proceed with the procurement. 

5. DSDA and SPMU should together develop a ToR for this study. 

1. SPMU will prepare a brief report on the status and examination of 

encumbrances on the site, and share with the World Bank by 


2. The actual design should be covered in the scope of work for the 

services of consultants (area planning, landscape design, 

implementation supervision and project management services) to be 

procured for Activity [4C-B2]. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil. 

3. In the next round of consultation with stakeholders, the issue of how 

the auction spaces will be allocated to different user groups should be 

discussed and finalized. EDC should ensure that a prominent space at 

the entry is reserved for women who sell fish in Digha currently in an 

unorganized manner, but who will be organized in a formal group with 

support of the EDC. 

4. SPMU should now facilitate EDCs to move with procurement quickly. 

EDC has to undertake actions that is required to finalize the bid 

documents with inclusion of cold storage and ice plants, without which 

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[4C-B5] 

Distribution of 

Grid Electricity 

in Sagar Island 

by West Bengal 

State Electricity 

Distribution 

Company 

Limited 

(WBSEDCL) 

[4C-C1] 

Support to CBO 

Coordinated 

Livelihood 

Improvement 

Program at 

Sagar Island 

(through 

SPMU) 

[4C-C2] 

Support to 

Community 

6. No progress yet on the issue of certification and/or accreditation to be 

able to meet international standards. 

1. The WBSEDCL has signed MOU with the SPMU, nominated a senior 



powers to the nodal officer; and has installed the financial 


2. The WBSEDCL has dedicated staff resources available to undertake 

and deliver this activity. 

3. The work on the transmission line across the 4km wide river is nearing 

completion. Purchase order for the sub-station was placed in July 

2010, and installation is expected to be completed in August 2011. It is 

expected that grid electricity will reach Sagar Island in August 2011. 

4. For the distribution system, the required soil testing work has been 

completed. Bids have been invited, and it is expected that the award 

will be in early September 2011. Albeit a little delayed, this activity is 

progressing very well. 

1. This activity was originally proposed to be coordinated by the 

Sundarban Development Corporation. Looking at the lack of capacity, 

and the lack of need to have the Sundarban Development Corporation 

to coordinate CBOs, it was recommended by the World Bank that 

SPMU is better placed to coordinate this activity. Implementation will 

remain to be delivered by a group of CBOs. 

2. Consultation meetings have been organized with a few CBOs; 

however no actual progress has been made. The CBOs have, in turn, 

undertaken several informal consultations in the villages of Sagar 

Island. 

3. Three prominent CBOs will take lead to prepare a joint action plan. 

SPMU will lend support to these CBOs to prepare the action plan. 

1. The SAD has not yet signed MOU with the SPMU, nor did they 

nominate a senior officer as the nodal officer for the activities to be 

undertaken. SAD has not opened the required bank account. 

the auction center will not work. 

5. EDC shall obtain all clearances that is needed by September 2011. 

6. EDC will prepare a plan of actions to achieve the required certification 

and accreditation, and share such plan with the World Bank by 

October 2011. 

1. Nil. 

2. Nil. 

3. The WBSEDCL is encouraged organize a celebration event at Sagar 

Island in August 2011, when grid electricity will reach the Island, and 

will connect a few establishment such as hospitals. 

4. Nil. 

1. SPMU will nominate a staff of the SPMU to lead and coordinate the 

activities by the CBOs. If required, the SPMU will recruit or contract 

specialists for this work as soon as possible, and not later than by 

March 2012. 

2. The SPMU will ensure that a clear set of agreements emerge by 


3. The SPMU will take all necessary actions (including if required 

modification in the choice of CBOs) such that CBO contracts are 

signed by SPMU in October 2011, and actual work by the CBOs starts 

by November 2011. 

1. The SPMU and the SAD should finalize the agreements related to (i) 

the project’s required processes, and (ii) the concept of eco-tourism 

including that clean-up of the Sagar Mela ground is essential before 

any new tourist facilities are added in Sagar. Unless such agreements 

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Livelihood 

through 

Ecotourism at 

Sagar Island by 

the Sundarban 

Affairs 

Department 

(SAD) 

[4C-C3] 

provision of 

Cyclone 

Shelters in 

Sundarban by 

the Disaster 


Department 

2. SAD officials have not retained any institutional memory of project 

preparation; and are therefore proposing activities and concepts which 

were rejected at preparation period of the project. The revised concepts 

and designs have not been prepared. 

3. No progress otherwise has been made. 

1. The Disaster Management Department has not signed MOU with the 

SPMU, but has nominated a senior officer as the nodal officer for the 

activities to be undertaken. The Disaster management Department has 

yet not opened the required bank account. 

2. No specific action has been undertaken to build the nascent capacity of 

the Disaster Management Department 

3. The proposal accepted at appraisal stage has been revised; the cost of 

one unit of cyclone shelter has been revised to RS.36.9 million instead 

of approximately Rs. 8 million at the time of appraisal. The new unit 

rate of construction is based on the States proposal under two other 

programs (PM Relief Fund and proposed National Cyclone Risk 

Mitigation Project – where the unit rate proposed by the State is 

Rs.38.6 million). The designs and estimates drew upon advice from an 

expert from IIT Kharagpur. 

4. Based on the above proposed rate escalation, the Disaster Management 

Department has proposed to reduce the number of planned cyclone 

shelter to 10 from the original target of 32. 

5. No other progress has been made. 

are in place by September 2011, SPMU will undertake the work itself 

(the actual work will anyway be managed and operated by CBOs and 

Panchayats, as is currently planned). 

2. SPMU will need to support SAD to revise the proposal. SPMU will 

collect the plan and survey data already available with PHED (who 

oversee the annual fair at Gangasagar); and start planning and 

designing activities in conformity to that plan, but with an aim of 

environmental improvement of the area. SPMU will prepare an update 

and share with World Bank by October 2011. [Subject to Point 1 

above.] 

3. SPMU and SAD will revise and confirm the Annual Action Plan of 

2011-12 and 2012-13 by November 2011. [Subject to Point 1 above.] 

1. These actions need to be completed in August 2011. 

2. It is important for the State to build capacity for disaster management. 

The Department should prepare a proposal for building adequate 

capacity, using the current program of cyclone shelters as a base. The 

proposal should include how the other states such as Maharashtra, 

Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and the like has built 

institutional capacity in the last decade; and what appropriate 

institutional models and elements should be replicated for West 

Bengal. This proposal should be internally agreed by the State, and 

shared with World Bank by March 2012. Based on this proposal 

approved by the State, initial institutional and capacity building 

activities should be included in the Annual Action Plan for 2012-13. 

3. This revision of cost is unacceptable to the World Bank. (A) The basic 

principle of constructing cyclone shelter is that creating a common 

facility has an economy of scale. Within the proposed unit cost of one 

cyclone shelter; around 300 households can be made cyclone proof, 

and if the cost of one unit of cyclone shelter is so high it might be 

rather appropriate and beneficial to use this money to retrofit a large 

number of houses. (B) The idea of very large size cyclone shelters, for 

either 2000 or 3000 persons is suspect. Such large size of cyclone 

shelters will mean that people at the time of cyclone have to travel 

long distances to reach the cyclone shelter. Also, land for construction 

of such large cyclone shelters is in short supply in the densely 

populated area. All cyclone shelters should usually be located in the 

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existing schools, and very few schools will have such land area 

available. For larger villages, more than one cyclone shelter needs to 

constructed, each for say, around 1000 persons, as is normally done 

elsewhere in the country. (C) The rationale that these cyclone shelters 

are costlier because of soil conditions, remoteness of Sundarban 

Islands and consequent higher lead cost, need for pile foundations, or 

absence of earth for construction are all suspect. Most of the cyclone 

shelters constructed in the country are in remote coastal areas, where 

the soil conditions are similar, most cyclone shelters use pile 

foundations, and lead cost is higher. Earth filling is a very small part of 

construction of cyclone shelters. Obviously, construction in Sundarban 

Islands will be costlier (say in the range of 20% - which could be 

checked by an analysis of all types of construction undertaken in the 

Islands) compared to mainland West Bengal due to the need crossing 

rivers for lead of materials. However, all of Sundarban is not islands; a 

large part of the area where cyclone shelters are proposed is accessible 

by road. What is needed is a careful analysis of alternative designs and 

cost estimate; so as to bring the cost to an appropriate and reasonable 

level. Otherwise, alternative solutions to cyclone shelters should be 

proposed. 

4. No such change is acceptable, unless the issues of design, siting 

(should be in schools or in common public facilities already in 

existence), and cost estimate are resolved. 

5. Construction of cyclone shelters is only a part of cyclone risk 

mitigation. Capacity of the community needs to be built up; 

communities and cyclone shelter management committees to be 

organized; safety trainings to be organized; other facilities, equipment 

and safety gear to be planned, and plan for use of the cyclone shelter 

and its facilities during calmer period to be finalized in discussion with 

village communities and panchayats. These are more important things 

to start implementation of. The Disaster management Department 

currently does not have capacity to plan and deliver these. It is 

suggested that the Government of West Bengal may chose to seek 

support from the Government of Odisha who have set up one of the 

better systems of disaster management in the country to help setting up 

and planning for the system that would be appropriate for West 

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the minimum office infrastructure has been created. 

2. Recruitment process for nearly all SPMU staff completed including 

staff of the operations unit, communication unit, finance and 

procurement unit. For the position of procurement specialist, no 

suitable candidate could be identified; and the recruitment process for 

this position will be started again. The State Project Director 

nominated at the time of appraisal of the Project could not provide 

substantial time for this project; and therefore the State is planning to 

appoint a new senior officer of the State as the State Project Director. 

In the interim period, the Additional Project director (Administration) 

will act as the State Project Director. 

3. The State Steering Committee has not met. 

4. The Procurement and Financial management cell has now recruited 

most of the staff needed, and the consultants for (i) procurement and 

financial management support; (ii) internal audit; and, (iii) preparation 

of a dedicated website for SPMU. With these, it is expected that the 

SPMU will become fully operational by September 2011. However, 

Bengal. The proposal under NCRMP should also be examined in a 

similar way; otherwise the construction of cyclone shelters under the 

ICZM Project or the NCRM Project, even if permitted will not serve 

the intended purpose of saving lives. SPMU and the Disaster 

management Department will prepare a revised proposal covering (i) 

community mobilization, (ii) community capacity building, (iii) 

construction of cyclone shelter including its appropriate design, (iv) 

plan for providing water supply, power, back-up power, sanitation and 

other required facilities in the cyclone shelters, (v) equipment and 

safety gears needed at the cyclone shelters, (vi) siting plan or strategy 

for cyclone shelters in schools or other regularly used public facility, 

(vii) management and operation of cyclone shelters including 

management of regular and periodic maintenance, (viii) full-fledged 

warning system in the villages managed by the communities, and (ix) 

cost estimates covering all of above and the cost of supporting all 

above, construction supervision, and supervision during operation. 

This proposal should be shared with the World Bank by December 

2011. 

1. Nil. 

2. The necessity of having a full-time (or near full-time) senior official as 

the State Project Director had been discussed with the State 

Government since October 2011. Owing to several administrative and 

procedural requirements, the issue could not be resolved until after the 

mission. The Government will nominate a senior official of the State 

Government as State Project Director as soon as possible (likely by 

October 2012 latest). Until then, the Additional Project director 

(Administration) will act as the State Project Director. This interim 

arrangement is acceptable to the World Bank. 

3. SPMU will organize the first meeting of the State Steering Committee 

latest by September 2011. 

4. It is important to renew agreements with PEAs those seem to be 

wavering (such as the Sundarban Affairs Department, the Forest 

Department or the Disaster management Department) from the 

agreements and objectives of the Project (and consequently all PEA 

level activities) with relation to the principles of ICZM, especially the 

need to implement activities through the community groups and the 

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even with limited staff, SPMU was able to submit Financial 

Management reports (including interim unaudited financial reports) for 

two quarters, viz., September-December 2010 and January-March 

2011 that has been approved by the World Bank. Tally accounting 

software has been installed and training completed at SPMU and at 9 

of the 10 proposed PEAs. Statutory audit report for 2010-11 has been 

prepared and is under review of SICOM. 

5. The Communication Unit has started working in a near satisfactory 

manner, even with the limited staff available. The website for SPMU is 

under development, and is expected to run as a full-fledged website by 

end-July 2011. Currently, all documents are available in a Projectspecific 

webpage in the IESWM website. A toll-free telephone line is 

operational to record grievances. 

6. Nine of the 10 PEAs have signed MoU with SPMU; eight of them 

have opened bank accounts, nominated nodal officers, and put in place 

a computerized accounting system. None of the 6 PEAs who required 

staff have recruited such staff. 

7. SPMU has organized two workshops: (i) a workshop on CRZ 

Notification 2011 and the ICZM Project; (ii) a financial management 

and accounting workshop. Additionally, SPMU had organized two 

review meetings with all PEAs; and several meetings with individual 

PEAs; as well as several stakeholder meetings in Sagar and in 

Digha_Shankarpur. . 

8. All legal covenants (as recorded in the PAD) had been complied albeit 

with a little delay. The delay could be ascribed to the nearly 3 month 

period when the state elections were conducted in 5 phases and the 

election-time code of conduct did not permit decision-making, 

especially related to procurement or recruitment.. Procurement Plan 

for the entire Project has been updated. 

associated focus community mobilization and stakeholder 

consultations. 

5. The Communication Unit, now expected to be fully staffed, should 

take a cue from Gujarat and Odisha SPMUs, and try to match and 

surpass the others. 

6. SPMU should insist and support PEAs (who have not yet completed 

the agreed actions) to complete the necessary capacity building actions 

by September 2011. 

7. A system of monthly review meetings with all PEAs need to start by 

September 2011. SPMU will endeavor that the State Steering 

Committee meets every 3 months. 

8. See Annex 5 for a detailed discussion on the issue of the State’s share 

of financing. 




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Annex 3 

Management of Environmental Issues and Processes 

1. Overall: The project, in its initial stages of implementation is following the prevention principles built in 

its design to ensure long-term conservation of coastal and marine resources and at long term 

sustainability. Implementation plans for all activities include environment management measures; 

monitoring measures to ensure that the issues avoided during design do not indeed occur. The proposed 

monitoring and evaluation processes (which are yet to start in a systematic way) include plans for 

conducting social audit and third-party audits as relevant. All these environment management measures 

have been adequately budgeted and staffs have been designated to provide the required oversight. The 

three tier grievance redress system has been established in the SPMUs in Gujarat, Odisha and West 

Bengal. Regulatory clearances, such as the CRZ clearance where relevant is being ensured before award 

of works contracts. 

2. Activities being planned by the PEAs ensure that there is no conversion or degradation of natural habitats 

(whether protected or not), land clearing, replacement of natural vegetation; no permanent or temporary 

flooding of natural habitats; no drainage, dredging, filling or channelization of wetlands. In this regard, 

specific precaution has been taken in the plantation of mangroves which progressed well in Gujarat. Any 

possibilities of introduction of invasive exotic species have been avoided. Community management 

approaches are being ensured for all mangrove and shelterbelt plantations (efforts are being made to adopt 

these approaches even in cases where Force Account is used). All SPMUs and PEAs have ensured that 

mangrove plantation is done on "revenue land" and "forest land" with a total avoidance of any private 

land; no synthetic or chemical pesticide or herbicide is used in any plantation or de-weeding or clearing 

operations. 

3. Six villages around Dandi in Gujarat have been notified as an Ecologically Sensitive Area, based on 

resolutions adopted in full meetings of the village panchayats, and in agreement between the State and the 

central Government. Conservation of environmental resources, minimization of pollution, and an aim to 

reduce carbon emission from these villages are in-built in the integrated area planning process that is 

being taken up. Similar stakeholder consultation and participation as well as environmental conservation 

agenda is in-built in the process of notifying Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu as an ecologically sensitive area; 

and the proposal for notifying Vembanad in Kerala as such. 

4. The project is being implemented by professionals of NPMU and SPMUs with a good level of 

environment awareness and experience. However, not all staff of the NPMU, SPMUs and the PEAs (who 

otherwise have diverse skill sets and different ranges of professional experience) are fully aware of the 

precautionary needs of this Project. Further, not all SPMU staff nor PEAs are either fully aware about the 

environmental avoidance, mitigation or monitoring processes agreed for this Project, as most of such staff 

have been recruited after the project was prepared. In this context the Mission recommended that (a) a 

activity by activity detailed chart should be prepared summarizing all actions proposed in the EMP for the 

Project, and disseminated to all staff of NPMU, SPMU and PEAs involved in implementation of the 

Project by September 2011; and (b) an orientation cum training program for all staff is held by October 

2011. These will ensure that no agreed environmental avoidance, mitigation or monitoring action escapes 

attention; and application of environmental conservation and precautionary principles are harmonized 

among all activities in the Project throughout the Project Period. The Quarterly Project Report starting 

from for the period of July-September 2011 (to be submitted by December 2011) will need to provide 

clear understanding of how the environmental management plan is being implemented for each activity 

by each of the PEAs, and overall by SPMUs and NPMU. 

5. In Gujarat, The detailed project reports and the bid documents for various construction activities, such as 

for the sewage treatment plant or the sewerage system in Jamnagar, or the laboratory include activity and



site specific environment management measures to prevent construction related impacts on ambient water 

or air. Visit to the sites for main sewerage pipelines and the proposed sewage treatment plants; and to the 

sites where mangroves have been planted confirmed that environmental avoidance and mitigation 

measures are given adequate attention. 

6. Field visits also confirmed (on a sample basis) that the entry point activities already implemented by 

various CBOs, SHGs or EDCs have ensured appropriate environment management. As part of the 

capacity building and community mobilization activities organized by SPMUs and PEAs, substantial 

effort is placed on ensuring that all aspects of the entry point activities and the larger livelihood 

enhancement options are in line with the environmental conservation and pollution prevention aspects of 

the Project. In the villages that the Project is currently operating, there had been substantial progress in 

planning to improve the overall village environment, beyond the activities financed by the Project. Most 

notable such additional benefits with relation to environmental management have been the agreements to 

focus on improving village sanitation, and on solar lighting for household and for street lighting. As part 

of the Project, most village level entry point activities are therefore, now related to (i) village sanitation, 

(ii) solar lighting of streets and community spaces, (iii) solar cookers, (iv) bio-gas plants, albeit some 

village roads have been financed. An excellent effort on social mobilization and related CBO/SHG 

formation has been undertaken by the SPMU. As a direct result, this is expected to enhance the 

sustainable plantation of mangroves, shelterbelts and development of bio-shields, together with 

appropriate activities for improved, and alternative where appropriate, livelihood for the vulnerable 

coastal communities. Indirectly, this is expected to play a crucial role in co-management principles of the 

Project, and in reducing conflicts among various stakeholders. 

7. In Odisha, the priority investments such as the cyclone shelters are being implemented with adequate due 

diligence. For each of the cyclone shelters, site level social and environmental screening has been 

completed; all environmental mitigation measures and relevant codes of practice had been incorporated in 

the bid documents; and the community level awareness and mobilization activities devoted adequate 

attention to the site level pollution and hygiene issues. For the 11 cyclone shelters which needed clearance 

with respect to the CRZ Notification, such clearances have been obtained. The laboratory building of the 

Odisha State Pollution Control Board at Paradip is being designed with the best environmental standards 

and pollution control norms. For all other priority investments which are yet to be implemented on 

ground, the detailed project reports include adequate level of environmental mitigation measures, and 

these will be or are being incorporated in the bid documents. During the mission, specific discussion with 

respect to the proposed eco-tourism facilities at Tampara Lake, included an agreement that the proposal 

will be revised to exclude introduction and operation of motor boats (and equivalent where there is chance 

of water pollution from unspent fuel or accidental discharges), and this facility be instead designed for 

leisure water sports rather than high speed adventure water sport. The SPMU and the PEAs have 

forwarded all applications for CRZ clearance (these activities need clearance even if these are 

permissible) to either the SCZMA or the NCZMA. These applications include 2 camp sites (Khirisahi and 

Balianla) as part of the ecotourism activity by the Wildlife Department; ecotourism activity at Bakrul by 

the Odisha Tourism Development Corporation; cultural heritage conservation activities for the Ganjam 

Fort and at the Bhabakundaleswar Temple, Manikpatna. All CRZ clearances are expected to be available 

by October 2011. 

8. A major activity in the Project was related to the additional study and assessment related to the 8 

identified cultural heritage properties proposed for conservation and enhancement in the project, and 

related to the improvement and augmentation of the State Museum at Bhubaneswar. The assignment had 

the objectives of (a) preparing appropriate site plans and conceptual designs to create and integrate 

appropriate ambience and infrastructure to facilitate income earning opportunities for the local 

communities around the 8 identified heritage properties; (b) identifying opportunities for restoration of 

traditionally intended use of the eight identified heritage properties; and if such opportunities are viable, 

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then preparing conceptual design of works and activities that would be required over and above the then 

planned restoration works; (c) preparing a training plan on traditional stone craft including training 

manual, other relevant documentation related to stone craft conservation; and including rolling out initial 

training based on such training plan; and, (d) specifically with respect to the State Museum in 

Bhubaneswar, (i) preparing site plan and conceptual design for development and improvement of the 

State Museum and its site, so as to improve the ambience and to facilitate expanding outreach of the 

museum; (ii) preparing conceptual designs and plans to upgrade the essential services of the museum at 

national or international standards as applicable, particularly including the achieving services and 

facilities; and (iii) proposing strategies for improving the brand image of the museum and to enhance 

capacities of the museum staff to sustain the museum’s modernization efforts. The study had been 

concluded now; and the outputs from the study are available in the public domain. During the study, a 

number of stakeholder discussions took place including stakeholder discussions at and around each of the 

sites, with the master crafts-persons and with policy-makers. The recommendations of the study were 

presented in a state level workshop at Bhubaneswar on 16 June 2011, where high level policy-makers, 

master crafts-persons, government officials, and community representatives participated and deliberated 

on the recommendations of the report. The project has accepted the recommendations of this study with 

respect to the 8 cultural heritage properties, where the implementation action plan will now be updated to 

incorporate these recommendations, with specific focus on enhancing the local community livelihood 

opportunities. The SPMU has agreed to revise the earlier cost estimates, where required to facilitate this 

linkage between conservation of cultural heritage and improved local community livelihood 

opportunities. As far as the State Museum is concerned, the State Government has accepted the 

recommendations and will finance implementation of these recommendations outside this Project. 

9. In West Bengal, other than the progress of the pilot investment in distribution system for grid electricity 

in Sagar Island, none of the other activities has yet started on ground. With respect to the transmission and 

distribution system for electrification of Sagar Island the completed works (financed complementary to 

this Project) and the bid documents incorporate all due diligence, and comply with all environmental 

norms and practice. For all other pilot investments, the detailed project reports include environmental 

mitigation measures, but the implementation performance will have to be carefully monitored when actual 

implementation starts. 

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Annex 4 

Management of Social Safeguards and Social Development 

Gujarat 

1. Community Based Mangrove Plantation and Socio-Economic Development of villages: 

a. Coverage: A total of 163 villages across 14 blocks of five districts will be covered under various 

components of the project. All these villages are within a distance of 5 km from the coast. Over 

70% of the villages entirely depend on coastal resources and in the remaining 30% villages, 

agriculture and animal husbandry is the main occupation. All these villages not only have been 

adversely affected by coastal disasters, they also lack basic infrastructure. 

b. Baseline information and community mobilization: So far participatory rural appraisal (PRA) 

exercises for collection of baseline data have been completed for 48 clusters and gram sabha 

meetings have been conducted in 140 clusters. In order to mobilize community for mangrove 

plantation and its maintenance, 30 eco-development committees (EDCs), and 70 community 

based organizations (CBOs) have been formed. SPMU has also formed 196 self help groups for 

livelihood generation activities. So far 42 entry point activities have been identified through 

PRA. The implementation is yet to begin. The community mobilization process followed by the 

GEC/ SPMU has been very comprehensive and abiding by the rules of inclusiveness of women 

and vulnerable groups by the group of dedicated and committed field workers and project 

coordinators. 

c. Awareness generation: SPMU has carried out several activities in these villages for creating 

awareness towards mangroves including street plays, health camps, veterinary camps, special day 

celebrations such as ozone day, international women’s day, World earth day, etc. SPMU also 

conducted a mangrove yatra covering 158 villages. 

d. Capacity Building: Several capacity building initiatives have been taken by SPMU including 

orientation / exposure visits for CBOs and EDCs and skill enhancement and administrative 

training for SHGs. A day long solar training workshop was held to train around 300 village 

youths in maintenance of solar appliances. 

2. Monitoring mechanism: Four level of monitoring mechanism has been established. Apart from regular 

monitoring by project executing agency (PEA); SPMU and NPMU, participatory monitoring by 

community based organization has been introduced as fourth level of monitoring. Each CBO formed 

monitors at least two other CBOs. 

3. Grievance Redress Mechanism: A toll free dedicated line has been installed at SPMU. A caller can 

register the grievance / feedback between 10am to 5pm. The response is provided to the caller by the 

competent authority within a fixed time frame. A theme based interactive and informative website has 

been designed, which apart from disseminating ICZMP information also serves as one of the channels for 

grievance redress. In each village where ever activities have been initiated, two information boards have 

been put up displaying the toll free number of SPMU and telephone number of PEA’s contact. In any 

case, field workers are the first layer of contact for any grievance that a community member wants to 

register. A day long workshop was also organized by SPMU for judiciary officials to orient them about (i) 

the ICZM project; (ii) grievance redress mechanism; and (iii) to enlist their participation in the project. 

The workshop was attended by 50 legal officers, including District Magistrates and High Court Judges. 

The workshop included a trip to Narara to educate legal community towards the sensitive issues related to 

natural resources along the coast and the populations that depend on these. 

4. Staffing: Apart from hiring a Social Scientist in SPMU, three project coordinators located in Jamnagar, 

Gandhigram and Naliya, two field assistants and 31 field level workers have been hired. The field



workers are primarily responsible for mobilization of the community and collection of household data, 

where as qualitative data through PRA exercise is collected by the project coordinators. The field workers 

are stationed in the villages and each of them covers 5 to 7 villages. All the three project coordinators are 

women and over one third of the field workers are also women. All project coordinators and almost all 

field workers have experience of working either in government projects / schemes or NGO sector. 

5. Visit to Khijadiya village: The mission visited Khijadiya village situated close to Khijadiya bird 

sanctuary. The mission was pleased to note that field coordinators are emphasizing the value of literacy 

and have taught women to write their names, built confidence that women can approach banks (mobile 

banks visits the village) and operate bank accounts. Books of account are being maintained meticulously 

in each village and discussions are also properly recorded as minutes of the meeting. The women in 

Khijadiya village have developed unique embroidery skill called "machi work" or "karchok" and SHGs 

wants upward market linkages to strengthen their acumen and gain livelihood through promotion of their 

craft. The community also showed keen interest in developing eco-tourist model village, given their 

proximity to the bird sanctuary. In order to sustain, SHGs need to go beyond one single trade. The EDC 

has taken up the village sewerage system along the cement concrete village road. So far EDC has 

completed construction of 300 meters of cement concrete road and 780 meters of sewerage system. 

Individual beneficiaries include 20 landless families those who received 70 solar cookers; 2 bio gas plants 

to two families; and 40 women members received training in sewing and embroidery. 

6. Visit to Mota Asota village: The mission also visited Mota Asota village situated in the vicinity of Marine 

National Park. As per the PRA findings, 1100 meters of connecting road from Mota Asota village to 

Gadu Island was identified as entry point activity. However, villagers contributed to extend that road to 

3300 meters to connect Azad Island to the main land thereby reducing the distance, travel time and also 

saving on fuel. The EDC in this village assisted forest department in planting mangroves in about 90 ha 

of land. Five SHGs have been formed in this village. The community expressed its satisfaction on the 

entry point activity taken up by SPMU and also on mangrove plantation as this provided employment 

opportunities to the vulnerable community of the village. 

7. Visit to the site of Jamnagar Sewerage Treatment Plant: The mission also visited the site for the proposed 

70 million litre per day sewerage treatment plant. Around 60 acres of land was acquired in 1988. Though 

all 25 land owners have been paid compensation, a few of them (who have neighboring land holding) 

continued to cultivate the land. Discussions suggested that these neighboring land-owners have no 

objections if the land is now not available for their use. The mission was informed that temple located in 

the acquired land will not be relocated. The project will also provide access road to the temple. 

8. Way Forward: Additional attention will be given to the issues related to (a) sustainability of SHGs 

through market linkages; identification and implementation of well defined and demand driven trades. 

SHGs need to be linked to the government run schemes; and (b) priority implementation of identified 

entry point activities to sustain the momentum generated among the communities. 

Odisha 

9. Staffing: SPMU has appointed a Rural Development Expert who works across the components. However, 

there is no support at the field level for the SPMU staff. It was agreed that SPMU will be strengthened by 

August 31, 2011. Instead of hiring NGOs to carry out social assessment for project villages, SPMU will 

hire 20 Community Organizers for 127 villages. Each organizer will cover 10 to 12 villages. To provide 

guidance to the community organizers, SPMU will also hire 7 Field Coordinators who will report to 4 

project coordinators. The community organizer at the village level will be responsible for mobilization of 

the community and as well as for collection of household data. The qualitative data through PRA exercise 

will be collected by the project coordinators with the help of field coordinators. The field coordinators 

will also be responsible for quality control of household data and briefing of community organizers for 

quantitative data collection process. SPMU shared the draft household questionnaire with the mission. It 

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was agreed that SPMU will incorporate the comments given by the mission and share the final 

questionnaire with World Bank by June 30, 2011. 

10. Grievance Redress Mechanism: A toll free dedicated line has been installed at SPMU. A caller can 

register the grievance / feedback between 10 AM to 5 PM. The response is provided to the caller by the 

competent authority within a fixed time frame. A dedicated website with an interactive grievance redress 

link has been launched. 

11. Alternative livelihood for fisher folks: So far SPMU has initiated dialogue with 26 out of targeted 80 

villages covering 221 SHGs. Capacity building training for administrative matters has been completed 

for 77 SHGs where as skill up-gradation training has been given to another 16 SHGs. Another set of 22 

SHGs have received initial grant of Rs. 50,000 each towards infrastructure development. The mission 

was pleased to note that books of account are being properly maintained and every individual member is 

contributing towards their SHG. The office bearers of the SHGs are literate in most of the cases. The 

mission was informed that SPMU is holding discussions with various external fish contractors (e.g., 

Benfish) who can buy back the fish catch and also dry fishes from the project beneficiaries which will 

help beneficiaries to earn more. A federation of fisher SHGs will be formed which in turn will be 

responsible for the welfare of fisher folks including marketing. 

12. Apart from Fisheries department, Directorate of Handicraft and Cottage Industries is also involved in 

developing alternative livelihood options for fishermen through coir making. It is expected that the 

proposed Training cum production centre will help build capacity of fisher folks in coir sector as a source 

of livelihood. The Directorate had identified 5 SHGs in this regard – though capacity building activities 

is yet to start. 

13. Eco and Pro-Poor Tourism: The forest department and Odisha Tourism Development Corporation is 

promoting community based nature tourism as a source of alternative livelihood in order to reduce the 

pressure on forest and other natural resources. Government land has been identified at various locations 

to set up surveillance camps, camp sites, tourist complexes, monitoring and interpretation centres. 

Though community has been informed of these initiatives and community level workshop was also 

conducted at Prijipur, Chilika, detailed discussion and other modalities are yet to be finalized. Similarly, 

community consultations have been carried out in each heritage sites that will be conserved and improved 

under the project. SPMU along with the PEA (Department of Culture) has consulted villagers in 

preparing peripheral development plan of the Potagad Fort. It was agreed that project will develop micro 

plans to involve community for each of the identified beneficiary villages under various eco / community 

based tourism initiatives. 

14. Visit to village Bada Nolia Nuagaon: The mission visited Bada Nolia Nuagaon and held discussion with 

the SHG members. The SHG members sought training on fish drying apart from fish marketing, repair of 

mobiles and boat engine, polyculture, etc. The SHG members showed keen interest in developing the 

activities identified and also agreed for “own contribution” towards purchase of small items like tarpaulin. 

The SPMU has released the fund for construction of platform for drying fish. The books of account are 

properly managed by the community. The women members also want their children to get educated and 

have made arrangement on their own to get a teacher who can teach their wards up to class 10th. The 

SPMU plans to (i) renovate 4 existing ponds in the village to promote pisciculture; (ii) provide insulated 

boxes for fish preservation; and (iii) fish landing centre at the Rushikulya mouth. 

15. Visit to village Pentha: The mission also visited Pentha village, the site of installation of geo tube 

embankment to prevent coastal erosion. The project activities will be carried out on the government land 

and involuntary resettlement or economic loss is envisaged. 

16. Visits to the sites of Multipurpose Cyclone Shelters: The mission visited two sites of MPCS and was 

pleased to see the enthusiasm among the community members. OSDMA has made substantial effort to 

mobilize the community and transforming them from resource users to resource managers. All MPCSs 

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have been constructed on public land- primarily schools and are in good condition including the 

equipments provided. 

West Bengal 

17. The social development / rural development expert is yet to be hired in SPMU. The SPMU agreed to 

share staffing plan with the World Bank by August 15, 2011. 

18. Though no private land acquisition will be required for any of the sub projects, government land will be 

transferred to the project at various locations. It was agreed that social screening will be carried out on all 

such locations to identify adverse social impact, if any. In case social impacts are identified, resettlement 

plans will be prepared in line with the agreed resettlement policy framework of the project. 

19. Although the eco tourism project at Sagar Island has provision for community participation and formation 

of SHGs to handle every activity, no serious discussion has been started. During the mission’s visit to the 

Island, it was agreed that the local community will also be involved in providing peripheral services such 

as changing room, rest room, etc. Among various SHGs to be formed, one SHG will be responsible for 

keeping the beach clean. The RD expert of SPMU in consultation with local NGOs / CBOs will assist in 

community mobilization and formation of SHGs. 

20. The SPMU is trying to get Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSCs) Fishery Certification for Digha Fish 

Auction Centre. The certification will help fishermen to earn more due to eco label of MSC. The fish 

then can be exported and could fetch international price. 

21. In Digha, the resettlement site identified for relocation of kiosks can only accommodate 620 stalls and 

another 100 handicraft stalls. DSDA has to identify another resettlement site to accommodate rest of the 

shops (approximately 750). The kiosk owners responded to the initial consultation carried out by DSDA 

but there has been no follow up. The consultation process has to be renewed by DSDA to take written 

consent from each of the kiosk owner. 

22. During the visit to the Sagar Island, the mission discussed the issues of alternative livelihood options with 

the community members of Ghoramara and Lohachara Islands who were displaced due to severe erosion 

by Buttola River and sea level rise. Most of the villagers are landless labourers and also catch fish. The 

women and children are also involved in collection of prawn seeds. Many of them suffer from skin 

diseases as village pond water has turned saline. A local NGO (SEED) has mobilized the women 

members and has formed SHGs and other villagers into Farmers’ club. The discussion revealed that 

SGHs have not taken up any activity due to lack of seed money and monthly membership is too small to 

help start any meaningful activity. The women were not only upbeat about their involvement in SHGs, 

they also suggested that poultry and animal husbandry is a viable trade here as there is a large market for 

these products. Fishing was also suggested as a viable alternative. It was agreed that SPMU in 

consultation with SEED will come out with a list of viable trades along with the number of members 

against each trade and seed money required for each of the activities. 

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Annex 5 

Financial Management Systems and Performance 

1. FM ISR rating: Based on the discussions during the mission and review of the financial management 

systems across the project, the rating on financial management is pegged as Moderately Satisfactory. 

While NPMU, Gujarat and Odisha have carried out most of the agreed actions during preparation, West 

Bengal is in the process of completion of the agreed actions and it is expected that before the next mission 

most of the agreed actions would be completed. Except for Gujarat and West Bengal, where there is a 

partial compliance to the legal covenant related to budget release, other financial covenants have been met 

by the project. The agreed actions for the project are summarized in the FM annex. 

2. The following are the summary of FM discussions across NPMU and the SPMUs. 

Budget: 

3. SICOM: For the last FY, GOI provided a budget of Rs.1494.0 million which has been transferred to the 

NPMU bank account. During the last financial year, Rs.1350.9 million was transferred to the States and 

other National level PEAs. The expenditure incurred in the national component during the last year is Rs. 

27.5 million. For this financial year, GOI has provided a budget of Rs.2676.0 million, but will release the 

amount once the utilization certificate is provided by SICOM. 

4. Gujarat: The State provided a budget allocation of Rs. 20 million for FY10-11, and this amount was 

transferred to the SPMU bank account. NPMU had transferred an amount of Rs.429.2 million during the 

last financial year. Out of this amount Rs. 100.8 million has been spent as on 31-03-2011. For the current 

financial year, the State has provided Rs. 50 million budget which is yet to be transferred to the SPMU 

and needs to be completed before 31 August 2011 (this issue is related to compliance to legal covenants). 

5. Odisha: The State provided a budget allocation of Rs.46.6 million for FY 10-11, and this amount was 

transferred to the SPMU bank account. NPMU had transferred an amount of Rs.359.8 million during the 

last financial year. Out of this amount Rs.20.7 million has been spent as on 31-03-2011. For the current 

financial year, the State has provided Rs.45.6 million budget, and has released Rs.6.015 million as the 

first installment. 

6. West Bengal: The State provided a budget allocation of Rs. 44.8 million for FY10-11, and this amount 

was transferred to the SPMU bank account. NPMU had transferred an amount of Rs.322.7 million during 

the last financial year. Out of this amount Rs.29.2 million has been spent as on 31-03-2011. For the 

current financial year, the State has provided Rs.12.4 million budget (against a request of Rs.87.6 

million), and the funds are expected to be released before 31 August 2011 (this issue is related to 

compliance to legal covenants). The issue in case of West Bengal is that the balance of Rs.75.2 million as 

per the action plan needs to be allocated, and as such needs to be requested as part of next revision of the 

State budget. 

Disbursements: 

7. The disbursement as per the system is XDR 7.94 million including DA. The overall disbursement 

percentage is 5.4% (including DA) while the claim for March 2011 to the tune of XDR 0.7 million has 

been submitted by the project. Disbursements are on the slower side as (compared to expectations, 

although it is in line with the projections) and are expected to pick up during this financial year, as the 

contracts for most of the works would be in place.



Component 

Allocated 

(million SDR) 

Disbursed 

(million SDR) 

Balance 

(million SDR) 

Disbursement 

(%) 

A 44.14 0.17 43.97 0.4% 

B 38.125 0.64 37.48 1.7% 

C 25.355 0.11 25.25 0.4% 

D 38.55 0.07 38.48 0.2% 

PPF advance 0.73 0.65 0.08 89.0% 

DA 6.30 -6.30 

Total 146.90 7.94 138.96 5.41% 

Accounting system: 

8. SICOM (or NPMU): The NPMU has installed and operationalized Tally accounting system. The financial 

reports are being generated based on Tally records. The accounting records are up to date at NPMU. SOI 

(one of the national level PEA) has initiated implementation of Tally accounting system and has achieved 

good progress. However it would require guidance from NPMU on streamlining the chart of accounts and 

accounting entries to be captured. NPMU had provided training for the accounting staff and refresher 

training is expected to be provided before 31 July 2011. The SOI books of account in Tally are expected 

to be up to date by 31 August 2011. Further, due to the government style accounting legacy, SOI has 

treated some of the advances as expenditure and has claimed the same from the World Bank. This needs 

to be corrected in the next IUFR. 

9. Gujarat: SPMU and all PEAs have installed and opertaionalized the Tally accounting system. Financial 

reports are being generated based on Tally records. The accounting records are up to date at SPMU. 

10. Odisha: Tally has been installed in SPMU and all PEAs. However, Tally is functioning in 5 PEAs and in 

other PEAs it is expected to be made functional by 31st August 2011. The project accounts have been 

updated until 31 March 2011. 

11. West Bengal: SPMU has installed Tally accounting system while none of the PEAs has installed the 

software. SPMU will initiate the Tally installation within two months, followed by training support to the 

PEAs. SPMU will operationalize Tally at PEAs before 30 September 2011. The project accounts have 

been updated until 31st March 2011. 

Project-specific bank accounts set up 

12. The SICOM and all SPMU’s have setup the bank accounts and banking arrangements as agreed with the 

World Bank. The following are the details state wise: 

a. Gujarat: The bank accounts have been created for the SPMU and all PEAs in Corporation Bank. 

b. Odisha: The bank accounts have been created for the SPMU and PEAs in State Bank of India. In 

case of OSDMA, the bank account has been opened with Allahabad Bank for operational ease. 

c. West Bengal: The bank accounts have been created for the SPMU and 9 PEAs in United Bank of 

India. For Public health engineering department the PEA bank accounts are yet to be opened and 

this needs to be completed by 31st July 2011. 

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Staffing 

13. SICOM: A Chartered Accountant has been appointed as the finance manager who heads the accounts and 

finance wing at SPMU and is supported by accounts assistant (who is a commerce graduate). NPMU has 

hired PFMC from December 2010. In case of SOI dedicated staff for maintaining the Tally accounts has 

been appointed. 

14. Gujarat: At SPMU, a Chartered Accountant has been appointed as the finance manager who heads the 

accounts and finance wing at SPMU. The finance manager is supported by accounts officer (who has 

been shifted out to procurement and this post is vacant) and accounts assistant (who is a commerce 

graduate). The PEAs have appointed dedicated staff for maintaining the Tally accounts. SPMU is in the 

process of finalizing the PFMC contract, which would be completed before 31 July 2011. PFMC would 

visit PEAs and ensure that their accounts are maintained timely and correctly. The project has already 

imparted one round of training to the PEAs. Similar refresher training needs to be conducted by the 

SPMU before 31 August 2011. 

15. Odisha: Staffing at SPMU level is adequate, as the State has nominated two staff and has appointed one 

Chartered accountant (CA). PFMC has been appointed at the SPMU level that would also visit and ensure 

that PEA accounts are maintained timely and correctly. The staffing at the PEA level is a concern as 7 

PEAs are yet to appoint/nominate dedicated accounts staff for the project. This action is required to be 

completed at the earliest before 30 September 2011. In the interim period, the SPMU with the help of 

PFMC staff would ensure that the accounts of PEAs are maintained up to date. In case of some PEAs if 

the recruitment process of accountants gets delayed, then SPMU will initiate the process, appoint the staff 

for such PEAs and these staff would be paid by the respective PEAs. The mission interacted with all the 

PEAs at SPMU office. While majority of the accounts staff were well informed about the project, there 

would be requirement for constant training on accounts and Tally for the next six months. The project has 

already imparted training in February 2011, which was attended by 15 participants. Similar training needs 

to be conducted by the SPMU before 31 August 2011. 

16. West Bengal: Staffing at SPMU level is not yet as per the agreed staffing pattern. The State has 

nominated one staff and the SPMU has appointed two commerce graduates. The accounts officer who 

would be a professional accountant is yet to be appointed and it is expected that the person would be 

appointed by 31 July 2011. For PFMC, the consultant has been selected and the contract is expected to be 

issued before July 2011 end. The staffing at the PEA level is a concern as 4 PEAs are yet to 

appoint/nominate dedicated accounts staff for the project. This action is required to be completed at the 

earliest and not later than September 2011. In the interim period, the SPMU with the help of PFMC staff 

would ensure that the accounts of PEAs are maintained up to date. In case of some of the PEAs, if the 

recruitment process of accountants gets delayed, then the SPMU will initiate the process; appoint the staff 

for such PEAs; and these staff would be paid by the respective PEAs. The mission had interaction with 

most of the PEAs at SPMU office. While some of the accounts staff was well informed about the project, 

there would be requirement for constant training on accounts and Tally for the next six months. 

Internal audit 

17. SICOM: The internal auditor has been appointed and the contract has been signed for FY11-13 in the 

month of March 2011. The auditor has been requested to audit 2010-11 for the project covering both 

NPMU and all states. The audit is in progress and the report is expected to be submitted to the World 

Bank by end July 2011. 

18. Gujarat: The internal auditor has been appointed and the contract has been signed for FY11-13 in the 

month of April 2011. The auditor is expected to start the work from July 2011. The first quarter report is 

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expected to be submitted by August 2011 end. An audit committee of the SPMU has been constituted as 

per the FM Manual. 

19. Odisha: The internal auditor has been appointed and the contract has been signed for FY11-13 in the 

month of April 2011. The auditor is expected to start the work from July 2011. The first quarter report is 

expected to be submitted by August 2011. An audit committee of the Odisha SPMU needs to be 

constituted as per the FM Manual, and the same needs to be intimated to the World Bank before 31 


20. West Bengal: The internal auditor has been selected and would be in place in July 2011. The auditor is 

expected to start the work from July 2011. The first quarter report is expected to be submitted by August 

2011 end. An audit committee of the West Bengal SPMU has been constituted. 

External audit 

21. As agreed an external auditor has been appointed by the NPMU who will cover the entire project 

activities carried out by NPMU, all SPMUs and PEAs. The contract has been signed for FY 10-11 in the 

month of April 2011. The auditor is expected to start the work from July 2011 and would submit the 

report before the due date of September 2011. 

New PEAs at national level 

22. Three new activities are slated to be carried out under national component: (i) Dandi ESA activities which 

is expected to be carried out GEC; (ii) Vedranyam ESA activities which expected to be carried out 

MSSRF; and (iii) national knowledge program to be carried out by NCSZM. 

23. For activity 2 and 3 the financial management assessment of MSSRF and NCSZM has been carried out 

and prima facie MSSRF has the capacity to handle the FM reporting requirements as per the FM 

assessment. In case of NCSZM since it is a new entity, accounts staff needs to be hired and trained to 

carry out the project accounting and reporting. Till the accounts staffs are hired, all project related 

expenses for NCSZM should be scrutinized, paid and accounted by SICOM. SICOM should ensure that 

the NCSZM staff are hired and trained properly before they operate the project funds. For all the 

components, the final cost table and the activities are yet to be approved by the technical team. So the first 

step would be that the cost tables and activities are agreed with the task team and based on the activities 

the financial management framework, fund flow and audit requirements can be worked out with these 

agencies. Till the time the cost tables are completed and the funding is agreed, the project is advised not 

to claim expenditure incurred by these agencies. 

SHG/EDC framework 

24. In the project there are some components where the funds would be transferred to the SHG/EDC/CBO. 

The mission requested the project to finalize the fund flow, accounting rules and the installment payments 

mechanism for SHG/EDC/CBO framework and inform the World Bank for concurrence. The mission 

informed that all payments must be made to these communities through cheques and should also where 

possible insist on maintaining separate bank accounts. The bank account should have at least two 

signatories, which is a good internal control mechanism. The mission suggested that the maximum 

installments should be around 3 and the project needs to work out and inform as how the payments would 

be made and how the expenditure would be monitored. This framework needs to be shared with the 

World Bank by 31 August 2011. Also all payments made to these groups would be treated as advance and 

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would be accounted as expenditure only when the groups provide either statement of expenditure or 

utilization certificate as designed by the project. 

Entity Audit backlog for certain PEAs 

25. JMC has completed the audit of 2009-10 and has resolved the audit back log issue as agreed. It should 

take further steps to be up to date in this regard, as it is viewed as a good governance practice. 

26. OSPCB Audit: The entity statutory audit has been completed till 2006-07 and the internal audit has been 

completed till 2007-08. The State during negotiations agreed that the backlog up to FY 2008-09 would be 

addressed by March 2011. The State needs to ensure that the audit backlog is addressed within the next 

six months as this is a serious issue from the governance perspective. The State is required to request the 

AG to appoint the auditor at the earliest and complete the audit of the back log before September 2011. 

Expenditure not eligible for claims 

27. West Bengal: The cost of satellite imageries procured by IESWM from NRSA is not eligible for claims 

and needs to be met out of the State contribution. 

28. Gujarat: The cost of satellite imageries procured by BISAG from NRSA is not eligible for claims and 

needs to be met out of the State contribution. 

29. Gujarat MIS contract: The SPMU has issued an MIS contract on SSS method of procurement; however 

the same is yet to be approved by the World Bank. Reimbursement for this contract can be claimed only 

when the procurement is approved by the World Bank. 

30. Amount paid to Government of Odisha for lease of land: OPSCB has incurred Rs.3.19 million as a 

expenditure towards lease rent and advance rent for the piece of urban plot of land in Paradip for setting 

up the OSPCB Coastal Monitoring Laboratory. Such expenditure cannot be financed (or part financed) by 

the World Bank unless there is a prior approval from the Land Committee of the World Bank. Until such 

approval is obtained, this expenditure shall not be claimed by the Project. It was agreed that SPMU will 

prepare a proposal for approval of the Land Committee of the World Bank if required; or otherwise this 

expenditure should be met from the state government funds. 

Agreed Actions 

31. Following is the list of agreed actions on financial management systems. 

Action to be taken By Whom By When 

Budget allocation revision and receipt of 

state contribution for FY 11-12 

Receipt of state contribution for FY11- 

12 

West Bengal SPMU 31 August 2011 

Gujarat SPMU 31 August 2011 

Tally accounting update SOI 31 August 2011 

Tally accounting update – PEA 

Odisha SPMU 

West Bengal SPMU 

31 August 2011 

30 September 2011 

Project-specific bank account for PEA West Bengal SPMU 31 July 2011 

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Action to be taken By Whom By When 

PFMC appointment 

PEA Staffing 

Retraining and expanded training to 

PEAs on accounting and Tally 

Gujarat SPMU, West Bengal 

SPMUs 

Odisha SPMU, West Bengal 

SPMU 

SICOM, Gujarat SPMU, 

West Bengal SPMU, Odisha 

SPMU 

31 July 2011 

30 September 2011 


Constitute Audit committee Odisha SPMU 30 September 2011 

SHG/EDC/CBO framework (based on 

the approved CBO contract documents) 

Internal audit reports submission for 

FY10-11 to World Bank 

Internal audit reports submission FY11- 

12 First Quarter to World Bank 

SICOM in consultation with 

SPMUs 


SICOM 31 August 2011 

SICOM, Gujarat SPMU, 

West Bengal SPMU, Odisha 

SPMU 


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Annex 6 

Procurement management Systems and Performance 

1. General: This is the first implementation support mission, the NPMU and SPMUs have initiated 

procurement for several packages. 

2. Procurement Plan: The NPMU and the SPMUs have submitted the updated procurement plans (PPs) 

during the mission. The World Bank has reviewed, provided no-objection and published it in the World 

Bank’s external website. The NPMU and the SPMUs are advised to publish these PPs in their respective 

websites; and confirm such publication to the World Bank. The mission appreciates efforts of the NPMU 

and the SPMUs in preparing Procurement Activity Schedules (PAS) and for agreement to closely monitor 

progress of the project based on these PAS. The performance of the consultants retained for providing 

procurement and financial management support (PFM Support Consultants) should be assessed based on 

the how the entire set of procurements carried out in comparison to the PAS. The current progress, and 

the planned procurement (only NCB/ICB) for next 12 months is given below: 

Category 

[Only NCB/ICB] 

No of 

Contracts 

Awarded In progress In next 12 months 

Value (US$ 

million) 

No of 

Contracts 

NPMU (SICOM) 

Value (US$ 

million) 

No of 

Contracts 

Value (US$ 

million) 

Works 1 9.56 0 0 18 11.79 

Goods 0 0 0 0 17 1.63 

Consulting Services 3 0.75 1 0.78 10 2.75 

SPMU, Gujarat 

Works 1 9.40 0 0 8 19.90 

Goods 0 0 0 0 11 6.30 


SPMU, Odisha 

Works 1 0.06 11 2.45 27 5.40 

Goods 0 0 4 2.30 11 4.10 


SPMU, West Bengal 

Works 0 0 1 7.30 22 31.70 

Goods 0 0 1 0.68 6 0.74 

Consulting Services 3 0.8 0 0 15 2.13 

3. Procurement of Civil Works: The following contracts following NCB procedures were awarded: (i) 

Aerial Photography; (ii) Remodelling of Wetland Research & Training Centre and (iii) Construction of 

Underground Sewer Collection System with House Connections in the City of Jamnagar. The planned



procurement for next 12 months is 75 packages. The NPMU should closely monitor the procurement as 

procurement of works is critical. 

4. Procurement of Equipment and Goods: No goods contracts following NCB/ICB procedure were 

awarded. The planned procurement for next 12 months is 44 packages. The NPMU should closely 

monitor SPMU, Odisha and Gujarat as procurement of goods in these states is critical. 

5. Consultancy and other Services: There is considerable progress in hiring PFMC, internal audit, external 

audit and PMC services. NPMU and SPMUs should closely monitor selection of consultants during next 

six months. 

6. Procurement Capacity Building: The World Bank Procurement Specialist conducted procurement 

workshop for one day as part of mission in NPMU. This will be followed up with another workshop in 

August 2011. The NPMU and the SPMUs should ensure PFMC Procurement Specialists deployed in the 

project have experience in World Bank financed projects and if required they should attend training in 

ASCI/NIFM (such training should be wholly financed by the consultants). 

7. Complaint Handling: There is only one outstanding complaint in the SPMU, West Bengal. The NPMU 

and SPMUs agreed to develop online procurement complaint handling system not later than December 

30, 2011 as part of Procurement MIS which will be launched as part of the websites for SICOM and 

SPMUs which is under development. 

8. Disclosure Management: The PMU is publishing IFBs and REOIs. The agreed disclosure framework 

and current status is given below. The NPMU and SPMUs will ensure the disclosure framework is fully 

complied and a confirmation with link will be sent by September 30, 2011. 

Disclosure Agreed in the Project website 

NPMU 

(SICOM) 

SPMU, 

Gujarat 

SPMU, 

Odisha 

SPMU, 

W. Bengal 

Procurement plan and updates No No No No 

Specification for goods and equipments as 

soon as these are prepared 

Invitation for bids for goods and works for 

all ICB and NCB contracts 

Request for expression of interest for 

selection/hiring of consulting services 

Contract awards of goods and works 

procured following ICB/NCB procedures 

List of contracts/purchase orders placed by 

NPMU, SPMUs and PEAs following 

shopping procedure on a quarterly basis 

No No No No 

Yes Yes Yes Yes 

Yes Yes Yes Yes 

No No No No 

No No No No 

Short list of consultants No No No No 

Contract award of all consultancy services No No No No 

Brief description of activity and amount 

sanctioned for CBOs using community 

contracting method 

No No No No 

Brief description of activity and amount No No No No 

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Disclosure Agreed in the Project website 

sanctioned using force account, as wells as 

the details of expenditure for such force 

account activity after completion of the 

activity 

List of contracts following DC or CQS or 

SSS on a quarterly basis 

Action taken report on the complaints 

received on a half yearly basis 

NPMU 

(SICOM) 

SPMU, 

Gujarat 

SPMU, 

Odisha 

SPMU, 

W. Bengal 

No No No No 

No No No No 

9. Procurement Post Review: It is proposed to conduct PPR during FY12. The NPMU and SPMUs should 

submit the list of contracts from inception to June 30, 2011 by August 15, 2011. 

10. Procurement MIS: During the mission SPMU, Gujarat has organized a presentation on Procurement 

MIS and agreed the same will be deployed by July 30, 2011. The NPMU and SPMUs may evaluate and 

either adopt the same with minimum changes or develop robust low cost procurement MIS (for example, 

similar to the Andhra Pradesh Tanks Project as explained during the mission). 

11. Contract Management: The mission discussed contract management issues with the national and State 

Project Directors. It was agreed that the Procurement officers will ensure a Contract Manager is 

nominated for each contract and the same is incorporated in the contract. This will be verified during next 

mission. 

12. Review and updating the Procurement Risks identified during preparation: 

Risk Factor Mitigation Measure Current Status 

Record keeping 

and 

documentation 

Inadequate 

understanding of 

proc. procedures 

No uniform 

procurement 

procedures and 

SBDs 

Inefficiencies and 

delays in 

procurement 

process 

Insufficient 

competition in 

At the beginning of the project a brief over view of the documents 

to be maintained and filed would be discussed with 

NPMU/SPMU. Subsequently during project implementation, the 

record keeping and documentation regarding procurement shall be 

monitored. The project has prepared a procurement manual 

addressing these issues. 

Use of the Procurement Support Consultants (as part of the firms 

procured to provide financial management and procurement 

support) to NPMU and SPMUs. 

World Bank Procurement Guidelines, SBDs will be used by all 

the implementing agencies to have uniformity in procurement 

under the project. Project will prepare and use of Procurement 

Manual. 

Time line to finalize the tenders/selections has been specified in 

the Procurement Manual. 

Creation of NPMU and SPMUs as autonomous societies with 

adequate delegation of powers. 

Publishing the GPN close to project launch in the regional and 

national newspapers. 

To be monitored 

during every mission. 

The current status is 

satisfactory. 

NPMU and SPMUs 

have hired PFMCs. 


Not much progress 

yet. To be monitored 

during next mission. 


Not yet complied 

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Risk Factor Mitigation Measure Current Status 

procurement 

Development of website for NPMU and SPMUs. 

Publishing all SPNs in the project website in addition to a national 

newspaper. 

Complied with 

Complied with 

Contract 

management 

Probability of 

staff handling 

procurements 

being transferred 

Fraud and 

corruption risks 

(including 

collusion and 

outside 

interference) in 

contracting 

process 

Weak complaint 

redress 

mechanism 

Corruption in 

procurement 

Overall Risk 

Building-up the cost database. 

Publishing procurement Plan and specifications of equipments in 

the website early. 

Agreement to disclose all contract awards of NCB in the NPMU 

and SPMU websites. 

Publishing list of purchase orders/contracts placed following 

shopping procedure every month in the NPMU and SPMU 

websites. 

Pre-dispatch and post dispatch inspections will be undertaken. 

A quarterly report of all the ongoing contracts: a detailed status 

report including contract management issues such as delays, 

payments, etc will be submitted to the NPMU Project Director for 

review (also submitted to the World Bank). 

Transfer of Procurement staff after they have undergone training 

is a possibility. MOEF, NPMU and SPMUs will endeavor that the 

trained procurement staff will normally not be transferred during 

the project’s life. 

Measures to improve competition such as broad technical 

specifications, realistic post qualification criteria, appropriate 

contract packaging. 

Better disclosure, complaint Handling, MIS, documentation. 

Training in detecting fraud and corruption indicators to 

NPMU/SPMUs staff by hiring a consultant with requisite skills by 

the NPMU. 

A complaint handling mechanism has been specified in the 

procurement manual. 

A Half yearly report of all complaints received and action taken 

will be submitted to the NPMU Project Director for review (also 

submitted to the World Bank). This will also be published in the 

project website. 

Disclosure of contract opportunities, contract award decisions, 

internal/external procurement and financial audits 

High 







No issues so far. 

No issues so far. 


with. 

World Bank will 

organize this course 

during FY 12 


Not yet complied. 

Not yet complied. 

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13. List of Key Actions to be taken in next 6 months: These include that the NPMU and SPMUs will take 

additional and improved efforts (i) to monitor procurement of Goods and works and ensure award as per 

procurement activity schedule; (ii) to ensure all the agreed disclosures are made as per disclosure 

framework; (iii) to develop online complaint handling and Procurement MIS; and, (iv) to ensure 

compliance with mitigation measures agreed during project preparation. 

14. Procurement performance during the period of review has been rated as Moderately Satisfactory. The 

above assessment is based on (i) initial delays in hiring PFMCs and other consultancy services, and (ii) 

not complying with the disclosure framework and risk mitigation measures. The roadmap for upgrading 

procurement performance will be based on completing the actions listed above. 

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