INDIA: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project

INDIA Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (P007985)
First Implementation Support Mission, June 2011
Activity Current Progress Agreed Next Steps & World Bank Recommendations
[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
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. 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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