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A detailed market assessment is necessary to come up with reliable cost estimates. The actual costs deviated significantly from the original estimates, aggregating to only $29.35 million or 49% of the $60 million total estimated cost. This was mainly because of the nearly 30% drop in the actual cost of equipment realized through the international competitive bidding process, the reduction in the number of distribution transformers installed, and the reduction in the scope of underground cable installation actually undertaken.

Project Number: 47101-003
Project Name: Assam Power Sector Investment Program - Tranche 2
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A thorough feasibility study of all the key the aspects of a project is critical to identifying constraints and avoiding delays and mid-project changes. The change in location of the 33/11-kilovolt substation resulted in substantial delays in starting the component. The change was necessary because the government land originally identified became unavailable for use by the project. Similarly, the conversion of overhead lines to underground cables had to be undertaken on a pilot basis as the required right-of-way clearances to lay the cables were not issued.

Project Number: 47101-003
Project Name: Assam Power Sector Investment Program - Tranche 2
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It is critical to analyze multisector issues to workably integrate conservation, livability, protection, and conservation into the design of environmental projects.

Project Number: 40156-013, 40156-033
Project Name: Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program - Tranche 2 and MFF
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Consider alternative and locally appropriate strategies for community involvement. Community involvement in project implementation was minimal due to the lengthy registration procedures for shoreline management organization (SMOs). The planned roles for community members in SMOs should have been tailored to community members’ capacity and experience.The capacity of stakeholders to understand the complex coastal process and the coast’s dynamic nature could have been more carefully considered in planning community roles.

Project Number: 40156-013, 40156-033
Project Name: Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program - Tranche 2 and MFF
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Softer, hybrid, and sustainable coastal protection solutions and the involvement of local communities in shoreline management are key to a climate-resilient infrastructure appropriate for India’s coastal protection and management. The program introduced pioneering, transformative technologies, and new planning approaches which may be replicated in other parts of India and other Asia-Pacific countries.

Project Number: 40156-013, 40156-033
Project Name: Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program - Tranche 2 and MFF
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Extensive stakeholder consultations help enhance project designs and project readiness. Due to disparaties between actual and appraisal conditions, design changes were required during implementation. These changes prompted revisions in bill of quantities and procurement of materials as well as in technical approaches. The revisions required lengthy approval processes, resulting in reduced scope and cancellation of some subprojects. Replacement subprojects likewise caused delays and even ended Maharashtra state’s participation in project 2.

Project Number: 40156-013, 40156-033
Project Name: Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program - Tranche 2 and MFF
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The need to obtain varioushe need to obtain various forest and wildlife clearances should be considered at project planning and replanning stages. Processing of forest and wildlife clearances led to some delays in project implementation. The requirements for this should have been considered during the original planning stage and while processing the scope changes, with timeline extensions likewise considered to address the lengthy process of obtaining these clearances in India.

Project Number: 44426-016
Project Name: Green Energy Corridor and Grid Strengthening Project
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It would be beneficial for projects to undertake comprehensive field investigations and site assessments during the detailed design stage. Monsoon and weather conditions and project readiness for physical works should be considered in drawing up implementation schedules—for both onshore and offshore projects.

Project Number: 40156-013, 40156-033
Project Name: Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program - Tranche 2 and MFF
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It is important to engage suitable safeguards experts to ensure that high-quality reassessments are undertaken to align safeguards implementation to changes in the project scope. Changes in scope are common in the implementation of large power transmission projects and timely updating of all relevant project documents to reflect and address such changes is necessary. In this project, scope changes were made especially to utilize the large loan savings that resulted from the overestimation of the project costs at appraisal.

Project Number: 44426-016
Project Name: Green Energy Corridor and Grid Strengthening Project
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Detailed project preparation and feasibility studies carried out and included in the periodic financing request strengthen project readiness in procurement and safeguards implementation. This could entail conducting comprehensive field investigations and site assessments conducted during the detailed project reporting stage. Monsoon and weather conditions and project readiness for physical works should be considered in drawing up implementation schedules—for both onshore and offshore projects.

Project Number: 40156-013, 40156-033
Project Name: Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program - Tranche 2 and MFF
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Sustained capacity building and participation are important to strengthening the knowledge and awareness of various stakeholders on their roles in coastal protection and in prioritizing investments.

Project Number: 40156-013, 40156-033
Project Name: Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program - Tranche 2 and MFF
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Cultural norms regarding women’s roles in the society and community should be more carefully addressed. Community involvement in implementation—especially women’s engagement—could have been further enhanced through (i) continuous engagement with the shoreline communities, (ii) targeted interventions and mobilization of specialized resources in the PMU, and (iii) consultant team guidance. In this program, the documentation of the communities’ engagement activities was weak; a better mechanism employed to report women’s participation in project activities would have been more productive.

Project Number: 40156-013, 40156-033
Project Name: Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program - Tranche 2 and MFF
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A well-designed design and monitoring framework with clear indicators and performance targets allows better monitoring during implementation and better assessment of project achievements at completion.

Project Number: 38411-043, 38411-013
Project Name: Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Investment Program (Tranche 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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A thorough screening and assessment of project selection upfront is crucial to enhancing the effectiveness of MFF modality, especially its suitability and readiness for a specific type of investment. In a case where an MFF modality is designed to finance a typical stand-alone investment, the intended benefits and envisaged results of the financing instrument are less likely to be achieved.

Project Number: 41122-013, 41122-043
Project Name: Road Corridor Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Road transport projects typically involve a variety of risks during implementation. Formulating appropriate project design and risk assessment during the preparatory phase is critical to minimize start-up and implementation delays. This includes a systematic appraisal of the project’s technical scope and engineering design, project cost and contingencies, environmental and social safeguards, and financial and contractual risks.

Project Number: 40423-053
Project Name: Rural Connectivity Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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