Quarterly Progress Report January-March 2020
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KARNATAKA NEERAVARI NIGAM LTD Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program ADB LOAN 3836-IND Quarterly Progress Report January-March 2020 Project Management Unit, KISWRMIP Project Support Consultant SMEC International Pty. Ltd. Australia in association with SMEC (India) Pvt. Ltd. 3 June 2020 Revised 20 June 2020 DOCUMENTS/REPORT CONTROL FORM Report Name Quarterly Progress Report January-March 2020 (draft) Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Project Name: Investment Program Project Number: 5061164 Report for: Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd (KNNL) REVISION HISTORY Revision Date Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by # Dr. Srinivas Mudrakartha Dr Srinivas Dr Srinivas 1 3 June 2020 Mudrakartha/ Mudrakartha/ Balaji Maddikera Gaurav Srivastava Gaurav Srivastava Deepak GN and Team Dr. Srinivas Mudrakartha Dr Srinivas Dr Srinivas Mudrakartha/ Mudrakartha/ 2 20 June 2020 Balaji Maddikera Gaurav Srivastava Gaurav Srivastava Deepak GN and Team ISSUE REGISTER Distribution List Date Issued Number of Copies KNNL 20 June 2020 10 SMEC Staff 20 June 2020 2 Associate (Gaurav Srivastava) 20 June 2020 1 Office Library (Shimoga) 20 June 2020 1 SMEC Project File 20 June 2020 2 SMEC COMPANY DETAILS Dr Janardhan Sundaram, Executive Director 1st Floor, Novus Tower, West Wing, Plot Number -18, Sector – 18, Gurgaon – 122016, Haryana Tel: +91 124 4501100 Fax: +91 124 4376018 Email: [email protected]; Website: www.smec.com CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 1 2.0 KISWRMIP-MODERNIZATION OF IRRIGATION PROJECTS .................................................... 3 2.1 Tranche 2-Vijayanagara Channels Irrigation System ............................................................ 3 2.1.1 Project Management ...................................................................................................... 4 2.1.2 Project Basic Data .......................................................................................................... 7 2.1.3 Utilisation of Funds ......................................................................................................... 9 2.1.3.1 Contract Awards .................................................................................................. ..9 2.1.3.2 Disbursements ...................................................................................................... 9 2.1.4 Design Monitoring Framework Indicators ...................................................................... 9 2.1.5 Agreed Action Points from Aide memoire .................................................................... 11 2.1.6 Project 2 Deliverables .................................................................................................. 14 2.2 Tranche 2 VNC Modernization project ................................................................................. 14 2.2.1 VNC Modernization-Package 1 .................................................................................... 14 2.2.1.1 Physical Progress ................................................................................................ 15 2.2.1.2 Financial Progress ............................................................................................... 19 2.2.1.3 S Curves .............................................................................................................. 21 2.2.2 VNC Modernization Package 2 .................................................................................... 24 2.3 Safeguard Monitoring ........................................................................................................... 26 2.3.1 Evaluation of Contractor’s EMP implementation ......................................................... 27 2.3.2 Trainings on Safeguard Monitoring .............................................................................. 28 2.3.3 Grievance Redressal Mechanism ................................................................................ 30 2.3.4 Precautions on spread of COVID-19 ........................................................................... 30 2.4 WUCS formation and strengthening activity ........................................................................ 31 2.4.1 Baseline Assessment of WUCS ................................................................................... 36 2.5 Sustainable Agriculture Activity ............................................................................................ 37 2.6 Social Management Framework and Gender Action Plan................................................... 38 2.6.1 Gender Strategy-Action Plan and implementation ...................................................... 38 2.6.2 Women Sub-committees .............................................................................................. 39 2.6.3 GAP progress ............................................................................................................... 39 2.7 Information, Education and Communication ........................................................................ 41 2.8 Program Performance Management System ...................................................................... 43 2.8.1 Challenges faced and addressed for Tranche 2 .......................................................... 45 3.0 TUNGABHADRA LEFT BANK CANAL ...................................................................................... 46 4.0 PROJECT STAFF MOBILISATION ............................................................................................ 48 5.0 PLANS FOR NEXT REPORTING PERIOD-APRIL TO JUNE 2020 .......................................... 49 5.1 VNC Package 1 .................................................................................................................... 49 5.2 VNC Package 2 .................................................................................................................... 49 5.3 TLBC .................................................................................................................................... 49 Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program (KISWRMIP) Page | ii LIST OF TABLES Table 1: PMU Staff position as of 31 March 2020 ........................................................................... 7 Table 2: Project Basic Data ............................................................................................................. 7 Table 3: Contract award under Tranche 2 ....................................................................................... 9 Table 4: Details of disbursement under the Tranche-2 ................................................................... 9 Table 5: Status of DMF for Project 2 ............................................................................................... 9 Table 6: Agreed Action Points ....................................................................................................... 11 Table 7: Important deliverables for Project-2 activities .................................................................. 14 Table 8: Physical progress of RBC works as of 31 March 2020 for VNC Package 1 ................... 16 Table 9: Physical progress of LBC works as of 31 March 2020 for VNC Package 1 ................... 17 Table 10: Financial Progress of RBC works as of 31 March 2020 for Package 1 ........................ 19 Table 11: Financial progress of LBC works as of 31 March 2020 for VNC Package 1 ................ 20 Table 12: Details of Channels located in the Hampi WHA ............................................................ 24 Table 13: Details of Anicuts in the notified Tungabhadra Otter Conservation Reserve ................ 25 Table 14: Trainings, meetings and site visits on Safeguard Monitoring as of Mar 2020 .............. 28 Table 15: Village level FGDs/ gram sabhas as of 31 March 2020 ................................................ 32 Table 16: List of WUCS ready for registration ............................................................................... 32 Table 17: WUCS Strengthening and Capacity Building: Progress as of 31 March 2020 ............. 33 Table 18: Status of WUCS formed during 2001-2002 ................................................................... 36 Table 19: Status of Gender Action Plan as of 31 March 2020 ...................................................... 39 Table 20: Progress of IEC activities as of March 2020 ................................................................. 42 Table 21: Staff mobilization during January-March 2020 .............................................................. 48 LIST OF FIGURES Figures 1 & 2: Krishna River network and Tungabhadra sub-basins .............................................. 2 Figure 3: Implementation arrangement for KISWRMIP ................................................................... 6 Figure 4: Physical progress of RBC Lining .................................................................................... 16 Figure 5: Physical progress of RBC Structures ............................................................................. 16 Figure 6: Physical progress of LBC Lining .................................................................................... 17 Figure 7: Physical progress of LBC Structures .............................................................................. 17 Figure 8: Financial progress