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This project total US$ 250 million ( 80:20) (INR 2000 Crore) Loan has been signed by ADB, DEA, Govt. of India & GoU dated: 13.12.23.
Goals and Objectives —
To improve the Haldwani, Tanakpur & Dehradun town infrastructure by developing sustainable state of art infrastructure, integrating clean and green development, to enhance the living standards and improve the health and well being of people. Project is planned to achieve through systematic, effective planning, focused implementation and through procedural monitoring of services leading to improved governance. The project will ensure the improvement of urban infrastructure in the prioritized areas with approach and emphasis focused on overall development of the city.
Activities Involved —
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the Uttarakhand Integrated and Resilient Urban Development Project (ongoing project) on 26 November 2021 to (i) enhance access to reliable, efficient, and resilient water supply and sanitation (WSS) services in Dehradun benefiting 138,000 people; and (ii) upgrade sanitation facilities in Nainital benefiting 154,000 people in the state of Uttarakhand. The additional financing (the project) will expand the provision of water supply and sanitation services in the project areas of Dehradun, Haldwani, and Tanakpur cities. The project will implement innovative solutions such as (i) artificial intelligence (AI)-based intelligent water leak management systems for more effective nonrevenue water (NRW) management; (ii) expanded citywide computerized maintenance and management system (CMMS); (iii) sustainable procurement of low-carbon cement and energy-efficient equipment; (iv) design-build-operate (DBO) contracts with an 18-year operation and maintenance (O&M) period; and (v) merit point criteria (MPC) for technical evaluation, that optimizes high-quality and efficiency, to be used for the first time in India’s WSS sector. The project will also support institutional and governance reforms of project urban local bodies (ULBs), such as integrated, resilient, and sustainable urban planning and provision of high-quality services.
OutPuts of the Project —
Output 1: Resilient water supply system and service in Haldwani, and Tanakpur improved. By 2030, the project will construct about 817 kilometers (km) of piped water supply systems in the western part of Haldwani and the entire town of Tanakpur to replace the old 209.8 km of water supply networks with significant leakages. The new network will ensure a reliable and quality 24-hour continuous water supply system with a standard of 135 lpcd. The project will provide water meters to about 45,000 household connections, enabling more efficient water use and volumetric billing, including at least 90% of identified poor and vulnerable household consumers. 2 This will reduce NRW in the project area from 45%–50% to at most 25%, which is better than the state’s performance standard. To further advance NRW management, AI-based leak detection technologies, and data management platforms will be deployed in all the water supply systems under the ongoing loan and the project. The AI-based leak detection devices can monitor leakage sounds and can be operated by unskilled community women reducing the requirement of skilled water leak technicians, which will be time- and resource-efficient and cost-effective. If used properly, AI devices can be more reliable and accurate as exact locations and scale of leakages can be identified, eliminating human errors. In all water supply works contracts, using more sustainable materials like low-carbon cement and highly energy-efficient equipment and incentivized performance payment for asset management will contribute to climate change mitigation and high-quality and sophisticated asset management throughout the long-term O&M period.
Output 2: Integrated and resilient sanitation systems and drainage established in Dehradun and Haldwani. By 2030, The project will construct (i) one sewage treatment plant (STP) with a total treatment capacity of 10 million liters per day (MLD); (ii) 268 km of sewer networks to minimize greenhouse gas emissions from untreated wastewater; (iii) about 99 km of stormwater drainage networks that factor in the projected flood events; and (iv) 12,000 household sewer connections in Dehradun and Haldwani, including at least 90% of identified poor and vulnerable households. The use of advanced sewage treatment technology will ensure quality sanitation system development while contributing to additional greenhouse mitigation. The project will include fecal sludge and septage management (FSSM) for households not connected to sewer networks within the project areas to enhance citywide inclusive sanitation provision. Since the STP will be equipped with a co-treatment facility for treating fecal sludge and septage, the regular sewage treatment process will not be disrupted. In addition, low-carbon cement will be used in all the sanitation work contracts since the low-carbon cement market in India is mature.
Output 3: Computerized maintenance and management systems for water and sanitation developed and implemented in Haldwani and Tanakpur. By 2029, a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) will be installed in Haldwani WSS and Tanakpur water supply to advance the O&M performance and management of WSS assets. Using the Internet of Things, CMMSs will connect a number of smart platforms, such as supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), geographic information system (GIS), and AI-based leak detection technologies and data management platforms, and process and translate those data from various platforms into user-friendly CMMSs functions, such as (i) recording and presenting the operational status; (ii) scheduling and tracking inspections; (iii) planning, implementing, and reporting the results of preventive maintenance; (iv) generating status reports; (v) managing fixed assets across multiple sites; (vi) managing inventory, work orders, and contracts; and (vii) providing customer services by establishing a consumer data management system. At least an additional 20 staff, including 10 female staff from utility operators and two ULBs, will be provided training on CMMS use.
Output 4: Institutional capacity and knowledge strengthened. The project will support institutional and governance reforms such as strengthening systems of property taxes, tariffs, and fees; enhancing the financial management of ULBs; enabling effective urban planning and development; and improving the provision of urban services with strong ownership. Also, the project will expand the activities of the ongoing loan by (i) providing training on customized WSS O&M manuals and the CMMS; (ii) carrying out community awareness, participation, and behavioral change programs that promote water conservation; sound public health and hygiene practices; waste reduction; and safe, clean, and healthy community environments; (iii) expanding target numbers for the poverty and social analysis and gender assessment (PSA-GA) and GESI-action plan (GESI-AP)3 to include additional ULBs and introduce new activities including (a) engagement of at least 25 women self-help group (SHG) members in water bill collection/distribution in at least five wards in Haldwani, and (b) conducting awareness sessions on menstrual hygiene and safe disposal of menstrual/sanitary waste to at least 300 women by training women SHG members and conducting awareness sessions on the same in the four project towns.
Outcome of the Project —
The overall project’s impacts remain unchanged from those of the ongoing project. The project is aligned with the following impacts: (i) universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water improved, and (ii) access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene enhanced to end open defecation.1 The overall project will have the same outcome and will include the names of the additional project towns under the project. The project will have the following outcome: reliability and efficiency of resilient WSS services in Dehradun, Haldwani, Nainital, and Tanakpur enhanced. The overall project has the same four outputs but is modified to reflect additional project towns. Only the additional components under each output of the project are described in the succeeding paragraphs. The revised design and monitoring framework is presented in Appendix 1.
The UIRUDP-AF Subprojects are as below:
| S No |
Contract Package Name |
Current Status |
| 1 | Nawada Sewerage System with 5 years O&M |
Work Started |
| 2 | Raipur- Sewerage System with 5 years O&M | Work Started |
| 3 | Haldwani Pkg 1- Water Supply and Sewerage System with 18 years O&M | Work Started |
| 4 |
Haldwani Pkg 2- Water Supply and Sewerage System with 18 years O&M |
Work Started |
| 5 | Haldwani Pkg 3 - Water Supply System with 18 years O&M | Work Started |
| 6 |
Tanakpur- Water Supply System with 18 years O&M |
Tender under process |
| Ordinary capital resources | US$ 200.00 million |
Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban flood protection - Urban policy, institutional and capacity development - Urban sanitation - Urban water supply
The overall project's impacts remain unchanged from those of the ongoing project (L4148). The project is aligned with the following impacts: (i) universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water improved, and (ii) access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene enhanced to end open defecation. The overall project will have the same outcome and will include the names of the additional project towns under the additional financing. The additional financing will have the following outcome: reliability and efficiency of resilient WSS services in Dehradun, Haldwani, Nainital, and Tanakpur enhanced. The overall project has the same four outputs but is modified to reflect additional towns under the additional financing. Only the additional components under each output of the additional financing are described below.
Output 1: Resilient water supply system and service in Haldwani, and Tanakpur improved. By 2030, the additional financing will construct about 817 kilometers (km) of piped water supply networks in the western part of Haldwani and the entire town of Tanakpur to replace the existing 209.8 km water supply network, which has significant leakage. The new network will ensure a reliable and quality 24-hour continuous water supply system with a standard of 135 lpcd. The additional financing will provide water meters to about 45,000 household connections, enabling more efficient water use and volumetric billing, including for at least 90% of identified poor and vulnerable household consumers. This will reduce NRW in the project area from 45%-50% to at most 25%, which exceeds the state's performance standard. To further advance NRW management, AIB leak detection technologies and data management platforms will be deployed in all water supply systems under the ongoing project and the additional financing. The AIB leak detection devices can monitor leakage sounds and can be operated by unskilled community women, reducing the requirement to use skilled water leak technicians, which will be time- and resource-efficient and cost-effective. When properly used AIB devices are more reliable and accurate than human detection, as exact locations and the scale of leakage can be identified, eliminating human errors. The inclusion in all water supply works contracts of sustainable materials such as low-carbon cement, highly energy-efficient equipment, and incentivized performance payments for asset management will contribute to climate change mitigation and high-quality and sophisticated asset management throughout the long-term O&M period.
Output 2: Integrated and resilient sanitation systems and drainage established in Dehradun and Haldwani. By 2030, The additional financing will construct (i) one sewage treatment plant with a total treatment capacity of 10 million liters per day; (ii) 268 km of sewer networks to minimize greenhouse gas emissions from untreated wastewater; (iii) about 99 km of stormwater drainage networks that take into account projected flood events; and (iv) 12,000 household sewer connections in Dehradun and Haldwani, including at least 90% of identified poor and vulnerable households. The use of advanced sewage treatment technology will ensure quality sanitation system development while contributing to additional greenhouse mitigation. The additional financing will include fecal sludge and septage management (FSSM) for households not connected to sewer networks within the project areas to enhance citywide inclusive sanitation provision. The sewage treatment plant will be equipped with a co-treatment facility for treating fecal sludge and septage, meaning the regular sewage treatment process will not be disrupted. In addition, low-carbon cement will be used in all the sanitation work contracts because the low-carbon cement market in India is mature.
Output 3: Computerized maintenance and management systems for water and sanitation developed and implemented in Haldwani and Tanakpur. By 2029, CMMSs will be installed in Haldwani WSS and Tanakpur water supply to advance the O&M performance and management of WSS assets. The CMMSs will connect various smart platforms-such as supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), geographic information system (GIS), and AIB leak detection technologies and data management platforms-and process and translate data from these platforms into user-friendly CMMS functions for (i) recording and presenting the operational status; (ii) scheduling and tracking inspections; (iii) planning, implementing, and reporting the results of preventive maintenance; (iv) generating status reports; (v) managing fixed assets across multiple sites; (vi) managing inventory, work orders, and contracts; and (vii) providing customer services through consumer data management systems that will be established. At least an additional 20 staff, including 10 female staff from utility operators and two ULBs, will be provided training on CMMS use.
Output 4: Institutional capacity and knowledge strengthened. The additional financing will support institutional and governance reforms to enhance the financial management of ULBs, strengthen ULBs' revenue systems, enable effective urban planning and development, and improve the provision of urban services with strong ownership. The additional financing will also expand the activities of the ongoing project by (i) providing training on customized WSS O&M manuals and the CMMS; (ii) carrying out community awareness, participation, and behavioral change programs that promote water conservation; sound public health and hygiene practices; waste reduction; and safe, clean, and healthy community environments; and (iii) expanding target numbers for the gender assessment and action plan to include additional ULBs and introduce new activities, including (a) engagement of women self-help group (SHG) members in water bill collection and/or distribution in at least five wards in Haldwani, and (b) conducting awareness campaigns to reach at least 300 women in the four project towns on menstrual hygiene and safe disposal of menstrual and sanitary waste by training women SHG members.
Water supply and sanitation gaps:
As described in the ongoing project's report and recommendation of the President, several factors and conditions in the state's urban areas have led to significant gaps in the provision of urban infrastructure and services, including basic WSS infrastructure and services in many growing ULBs. These are (i) rapid urbanization, (ii) urban sprawl aggravated by climate-induced migration from hill villages, and (iii) difficulty in mobilizing sufficient human and financial resources from ULBs. In addition, the lack of integrated watershed management, extreme weather events, and aggregated climate change risks (mainly floods and droughts) are causing water shortages, and difficulty in meeting basic needs for residents and ecosystems. The WSS gaps are exacerbated by weak urban governance. Moreover, the lack of high-quality WSS places a disproportionate burden on the poor and women, who prioritize household management and family health care rather than economic activities.
Water supply and sanitation in project cities.
Dehradun experienced unprecedentedly rapid growth, mainly because of urban migration by hill villagers, who suffered unstable horticultural conditions because of climate change, and sought better employment and education opportunities (footnote 4). Previous WSS infrastructure development funded by ADB, World Bank-funded support for water supply, and the ongoing project provided WSS systems in most of Dehradun, except for sanitation provision in the eastern part of the Raipur area of Dehradun.
Haldwani, situated in the immediate foothills of the Kumaon region and known as the gateway to Kumaon, is the third-most populous city in the state and the main commercial hub in the region. In 2018, the Haldwani municipal boundary was expanded to include peri-urban areas, which increased the number of wards from 33 to 60 to accommodate the influx of migrants who occupied the peri-urban areas over time. Haldwani's estimated population grew to over 370,000 in 2022 compared to 171,353 as of the 2011 census, and occupied an area of 58.9 square kilometers (km2). The existing water supply systems in the 27 newly added wards, built during 1970-1990, have significant leakage and supply only 70-90 liters per capita per day (lpcd) for 2-4 hours. Overall NRW is about 40%-50%, comprising physical water losses because of leakage and commercial losses resulting from incomplete billing and collection. Sanitation systems depend on septic tanks and informal desludging services. Untreated wastewater and fecal sludge are often discharged to local watercourses and dump sites, causing severe environmental and health risks. The situation worsens during the rainy season when untreated wastewater is mixed with stormwater. There is an urgent need for appropriate sanitation systems in Haldwani's newly added wards, and good sanitation services to the residents and high floating population, estimated at more than 20%.
Tanakpur is situated in the plains area on the banks of the Sarda River and is a gateway to the Kumaon Himalayas. In 2018 it expanded its town boundary, increasing the area from 1.20 km2 to 2.37 km2; the population grew by 59% from 17,626 in 2011 to 28,000 in 2022. The existing water supply facilities in Tanakapur, built during 1935-1975, are inadequate and inefficient, with 45%-50% NRW, and 50-70 lpcd supply for 2-4 hours per day. Tanakpur lacks a sewerage system, and suffers from problems similar to those in Haldwani. The large floating population has increased the demand for WSS services. Tanakpur is preparing a sanitation project under the Namami Gange Programme, a flagship program run by the Government of India.
(i)Universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water improved, and
(ii)access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene enhanced to end open defecation. (Uttarakhand Vision 2030)
Reliability and efficiency of resilient WSS services in Dehradun, Haldwani, and Nainital, and Tanakpur enhanced
Resilient water supply system and service in Dehradun, Haldwani, and Tanakpur improved
Integrated and resilient sanitation systems and drainage established in Dehradun, Haldwani, and Nainital
CMMSs for water and sanitation developed and implemented in Dehradun, Haldwani,Nainital and Tanakpur
Institutional capacity and knowledge strengthened
Outputs covers both the original loan (L4148) and this additional financing (L4407).
OUTPUT1.
A total of 110.86 (81%) of water supply pipelines were installed and a total of 8,142 (150%) household connections have been provided.
OUTPUT2:
DEHRADUN
- Detailed designs for both STPs are finalized and approved for Dehradun. The contract Packages WW-DDN-02 was awarded in Nov 2021 and work commenced in Apr 2023 with about 35% physical progress. The contract Packages WS&S-DDN-01 was awarded in Nov 21 and work commenced in Dec 2022 with about 27% physical progress. A total of 223 km (87%) sewer pipes was installed, and 9437 manholes and 31km (27%) stormwater drainage were constructed. A total of 16,005 (92%) household sewer connections installed in Dehradun.
NAINITAL
- For the 1 STP with 17 MLD capacity in Nainital, construction was initiated in September 2021 and was progressing satisfactory (22% of work have been done) until perennial landslides occurred in the area in October 2021, January 2022, March 2022, and June 2023 forcing the works to stop. There is a need to incorporate ground consolidation measures before resuming the works. These technical measures are in advance stage of discussion between the technical institute and UUSDA.For the 4km of aging trunk and replacement of outfall sewers, works was also affected by the landslides. The reassessment of trunk and outfall sewers has been done and detailed design was prepared and approved recently. A total of 1,800m CIPP lining is completed. The remaining work is in progress.
OUTPUT 3.
Initial system and governance assessment of IT infrastructure and water supply operation and maintenance is ongoing, which is required to prepare CMMSs DPR and bidding documents. It is likely to be achieved by November 2030.
OUTPUT 4. Likely to be achieved by November 2030.
An inception mission was conducted in February 2024.
All consultant recruitment will be undertaken by UUSDA in accordance with the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and the Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (2017, as amended from time to time).
One remaining consultant contract to be tendered:
- Institutional and Urban Reforms Consultant ($1.5 million)
All procurement of goods and works will be undertaken by UUSDA in accordance with the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and the Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (2017, as amended from time to time).
Five works packages are already tendered, with 4 already awarded.
Contracts (goods) expected during project implementation:
- Intelligent water leak detection system ($1.00 million)
