INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET CONCEPT STAGE Public Disclosure Copy Report No.: ISDSC1984 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 05-Dec-2012 Date ISDS Approved/Disclosed: 11-Jun-2013 I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: India Project ID: P130164 Project Name: Rajasthan Road Sector Modernization Project (P130164) Task Team Mesfin Wodajo Jijo Leader: Estimated 29-Jul-2013 Estimated 29-Oct-2013 Appraisal Date: Board Date: Managing Unit: SASDT Lending Specific Investment Loan Instrument: Sector(s): Rural and Inter-Urban Roads and Highways (100%) Theme(s): Infrastructure services for private sector development (10%), Other rural development (70%), Managing for development results (20%) Financing (In USD Million) Total Project Cost: 470.00 Total Bank Financing: 325.00 Public Disclosure Copy Total Cofinancing: Financing Gap: 0.00 Financing Source Amount Borrower 145.00 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 325.00 Total 470.00 Environmental B - Partial Assessment Category: Is this a No Repeater project? B. Project Objectives The project development objective is to assist the Public Works Department, Rajasthan to improve the quality, connectivity, and management of its road network. C. Project Description Description: The proposed project is designed to enhance the effectiveness of Bank support by combining critical road investment needs with the Bank’s technical and knowledge support to facilitate gradual transformation of PWD into a modern and highly performing road agency by putting in place best practice examples for sector policies and financing strategies, strategic planning, project preparation and implementation, cost-effective road construction, road safety, and asset Public Disclosure Copy management (in support of Government of India’s Finance Plus strategy). It would also improve PWD’s institutional structure and systems, staff capacities, and business processes including those for procurement, monitoring and controls, and grievance handling. It offers unique opportunity, flexibility, and additional choices to GOR to use Bank support more widely and strategically across the road sector to improve the overall road network efficiency by filling the critical investment gaps in various road programs and, thus, further enhance the benefits of sector investments. This would help PWD to: (a) enhance both the quality of delivery and value for money of sector investments, specifically facilitating GOR’s efforts to provide road connectivity to about 72,000 small habitations at significantly lower costs by leveraging MNERGA funds and strengthening the partnership between PWD and local governments/communities; (b) sustain its road assets build under various programs and avoid the estimated losses of about INR 25 billion in road asset value and realize the vehicle cost savings of about INR 17 billion per annum; and (c) improve road safety management. It will also help GOR to leverage private sector funds through strengthening the PPP regulatory and policy framework of “Mega Projects�. The project will have the following three components : Component A: Road Network Quality and Connectivity Improvement (USD 445 million; civil works): This component will support critical investment needs and introduction of good practice examples for design and construction of roads (including road safety engineering measures and procurement) within PWD through (a) construction of about 3,200 km rural road core network roads mainly through strengthening of existing MNREGA roads to provide all-weather road connectivity to habitations below 500 population including pilots on low-cost technologies suitable for earth and gravel roads to effectively use MNREGA funds and environment friendly road construction techniques; (b) rehabilitation/improvement mostly within the existing right-of-way of about 1,000 km priority sections of SHs/MDRs to effectively link PMGSY and other rural roads with major markets/NH network/important tourist places; (c) construction of a model SH (about 70 km) to demonstrate good practice examples of design, construction, road safety measures, and wayside Public Disclosure Copy facilities; and (d) stand-alone road safety engineering measures to treat accident prone locations and safety hazards on high traffic corridors. Component B: Road Sector Modernization and Performance Enhancement (USD 20 million; technical assistance and goods): This component will support implementation of RSMP in the following key areas: (a) Improved policy framework: strengthening of existing road sector policies and strategies including a robust financing framework for both road construction and maintenance, strengthening of policy framework for PPP and participation of local governments in managing road access to small communities; (b) Modernization of Engineering Practices and Business Procedures: including introduction of modern project preparation and management practices, design and construction standards, new technologies specifically to promote cost-effective road construction for low trafficked roads (about 5 0,000 km), improved procurement procedures, and a PWD-wide procurement and contract management manual; (c) Sustainable Asset Management: modifying and putting to use the current MMS into a simple asset management system to prepare prioritized plans for both construction and maintenance of state roads using rational criteria for investment decisions; introduction of area-wide maintenance contract system and other forms of maintenance contacting ; (d) Institutional and Human Resource Development: Strengthening of PWD institutional structure, building of staff capacities to keep them abreast with latest road industry practices, and computerization of PWD offices; and (e) Governance & Accountability Action Plan (GAAP). Component C: Road Safety Management (USD 5 million; technical assistance and goods): This component will support improving road safety management through establishing and implementing a multi-sector Road Safety Strategy including capacity building of PWD and other agencies in road Public Disclosure Copy safety engineering; establishing a crash data collection, analysis, and management system; road safety education and awareness programs; integration of road safety into asset and project management. D. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) E. Borrowers Institutional Capacity for Safeguard Policies PWD, Rajasthan is already aware of Bank’s safeguard requirements through implementation of Rural Roads Project (RRP I) and PMGSY Rural Roads Project. PWD has also documented the good practices for the management of social and environment aspects based on the experiences gained under Rural Roads Project. The same institutional set-up (headed by Chief Engineer (CE) office at its Head-quarters and Project Implementation Units (PIUs) at field levels to implement Rural Roads Project) will also have the responsibility for the proposed project. PWD would require strengthening its capacity by deputing additional officials and providing adequate training. F. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists on the Team Venkata Rao Bayana (SASDS) Neha Pravash Kumar Mishra (SASDI) II. SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental Assessment OP/ Yes BP 4.01 Public Disclosure Copy Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 TBD Forests OP/BP 4.36 TBD Pest Management OP 4.09 No Physical Cultural Resources OP/ TBD BP 4.11 Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 TBD Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP Yes 4.12 Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No Projects on International No Waterways OP/BP 7.50 Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP No 7.60 III. SAFEGUARD PREPARATION PLAN 1 Reminder: The Bank's Disclosure Policy requires that safeguard-related documents be disclosed before appraisal (i) at the InfoShop and (ii) in country, at publicly accessible locations and in a form and language that are accessible to potentially affected persons. A. Tentative target date for preparing the PAD Stage ISDS: 01-Apr-2013 B. Time frame for launching and completing the safeguard-related studies that may be needed. The specific studies and their timing1 should be specified in the PAD-stage ISDS: Public Disclosure Copy The specific studies and their timing will be specified and incorporated in the PAD-stage ISDS and the Data sheet will be modified. IV. APPROVALS Task Team Leader: Name: Mesfin Wodajo Jijo Approved By: Regional Safeguards Name: Zia Al Jalaly (RSA) Date: 20-Mar-2013 Coordinator: Sector Manager: Name: Karla Gonzalez Carvajal (SM) Date: 26-Mar-2013 Public Disclosure Copy