INDIA: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project

INDIA Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (P007985)
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
Project
period
Throughout
Project
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.
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.
Complied with.
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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