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North Eastern Region Capital CitiesDevelopment Investment Program/

North Eastern Region UrbanDevelopment Program

Presentation by

Ashutosh Joshi

Director Ministry of Urban Development

The views expressed in this paper are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian

Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy ofthe data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. The countries listed in this paper donot imply any view on ADB's part as to sovereignty or independent status or necessarily conform to ADB's terminology.


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Urban India Urbanization rate: 31.1%(2011);

Share of Gross Domestic Product: 62-63%

Urban poverty: 25.7%

Slums account for nearly 30-50% of the urbanpopulation

74 % covered by water supply, 2/3 have access tosewer systems

Sex ratio: In urban areas [900 females per 1000males];

Urban literacy: Female [63.32%], Male [75.04%]

Life expectancy 66.1( females) males (63.8)


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GOI interventions Two ministries look at urban sector

M/o Urban Development

M/o Housing and Urban Poverty alleviation

Some Current interventions

Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission

National Urban Sanitation Policy

Benchmarking of basic services & cityratings


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The North Eastern RegionAssamSikkimMeghalayaTripuraMizoramManipurNagalandArunachal


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Basic facts NERCCDIP

Objective : Improvement in basic urban services and strengthenurban local self government institutions.

Towns Covered : Agartala (Tripura), Aizawl (Mizoram), Gangtok(Sikkim) and Kohima (Nagaland).

Projects : Water, Sewerage and Solid Waste Management

Total Cost $ 285.6 million.

To be completed in three Tranches from 2009-2015.

Loan of $ 30 mn for Tranche-I effective from Nov 2009


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Sub-Projects at a Glance

Sl.No

City/State and totalallocation

Projects During(Cost in Million USD)

Tranche-I (Sanctioned)(2009-2015) ($ 42.8 )

Tranche-II (Proposed) (2010-2013)($ 102.97)

Tranche-III (Envisaged)(2012-15)

1 Agartala (Tripura) Water Supply ($1.34 ) Water Supply, ($ 24.70 ) Solid Waste Management

2 Aizwal (Mizoram) Water Supply ($ 2.34 ) Water Supply, ($ 13.94 )

Sewerage & Sanitation ($ 7.86 )

Solid Waste Management ,

3 Gangtok (Sikkim) Water Supply

($ 4.83 )

Water Supply ($ 8.40)

Solid Waste Management ($ 3.66 )

Sewerage & Sanitation

4 Kohima (Nagaland) Water Supply, ($ 1.25 )

Solid Waste Management

(($ 3.51 )

Water Supply

($ 12.67 )

Sewerage & Sanitation,


5 Shillong (Meghalaya) Solid Waste Management

(($ 0.43 )


(($ 0.94 )

Sewerage & Sanitation,



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Strategies Promote local self government

Strengthen service delivery systems in program

cities Develop the capacity of executing agency for the

management and monitoring of project activities

Provide access to water, sewerage and solidwaste management services for all households inproject area

Provide employment opportunities for poor women

during construction and on waste recycle.


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Inclusive Programming Consultations and negotiations with ADB, other line

departments, civil society, NGOs, communities

Salient Features on Gender Outcome

Sustainable and increased access to better urbanservices in the program cities

Community participation throughout program cycle

Employment opportunities for women, poor and vulnerablehouseholds in construction of sub projects

Gender-focused capacity development at all levels


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Outputs Improved access to water, sanitation and solid waste

management

Full coverage of FHH in sub project area Collection / supply schedules set up in

consultation

Economic Empowerment

Employment of men and women duringconstruction phase with equal pay

Training on alternate livelihoods for women


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Outputs Strengthened project implementation capacity

of executing agency

Develop geographic and sex-disaggregatedproject management information system

Sensitize SIPMIU staff on gender issues andcommunity participation

Strengthened local government for sustainableservice delivery

Identify and train women staff in O&M of services,financial management and regulation enforcement


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Challenges Geographical

Remote location; short working season;

Coordination between multiple govt. agencies Time span of the project PPTA began almost six

years ago

Instituting and strengthening new governance

structures Ensure equal attention by implementing agencies on

infrastructure, capacity development and institutionalstrengthening


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Achievements and the way

forward Municipal councils constituted in three of the five

states.

Mizoram SIPMIU key engineering/ accounts postsbeing manned by women

Implementing units have been asked to carefullyenumerate FHH units for ensuring coverage.

In coming months consultations / trainings to bestepped up

Improve coordination between departments atimplementation levels.


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