Quarterly Progress Report
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KARNATAKA NEERAVARI NIGAM LTD & ADVANCED CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT KARNATAKA INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT PROGRAM ADB LOAN No. 0085-IND/LOAN No. 3172 QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT July 2016 Project Management Unit, KISWRMIP Karnataka Neeravari Nigama Ltd (KNNL) ٻگکڠگکڪڞٻڡڪٻڠڧڝڜگ TABLE OF CONTENT ................................................................................................................................................................... ii LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................................................................ iv LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................................................................v ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................................. vi 1 PROJECT BACKGROUND..................................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 KISWRMIP Subprojects Selected for Modernisation ....................................................................................... 3 1.2.1 Gondhi Irrigation System .............................................................................................................................. 3 1.2.2 Vijayanagara Channels (VNC) ...................................................................................................................... 5 1.2.3 Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal (TLBC) ....................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Implementation Arrangement ................................................................................................................................. 6 1.4 Project Management Unit......................................................................................................................................... 8 1.5 Project Basic Data ................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.6 Utilisation of Funds ................................................................................................................................................. 11 1.6.1 Contract Awards ............................................................................................................................................ 11 1.6.2 Disbursements ............................................................................................................................................... 13 1.7 Physical Progress .................................................................................................................................................... 15 1.8 Milestones and Activities....................................................................................................................................... 16 1.9 Periodic Progress Monitoring............................................................................................................................... 19 1.10 Gondhi Civil Works.................................................................................................................................................. 19 1.10.1 Physical Progress: ........................................................................................................................................ 19 1.10.2 Financial Progress: ....................................................................................................................................... 19 1.11 Flow Measurement and Telemetry System ....................................................................................................... 19 1.11.1 Physical Progress: ........................................................................................................................................ 20 1.11.2 Financial Progress: ....................................................................................................................................... 20 2 PROJECT ACTIVITIES DURING REPORTING PERIOD............................................................................................ 21 2.1 Quarterly Progress Report .................................................................................................................................... 21 2.2 Agriculture Intervention Planning ....................................................................................................................... 21 2.3 Social Management Framework (SMF) and Gender Action Plan (GAP) for Tranche 2 Subprojects. 21 2.4 Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) of Tranche 2 Subprojects........................................................... 21 2.5 Review of Contractor’s EMP for Gondhi Civil Works..................................................................................... 21 2.6 WUCS Roadmap ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 2.7 MASSCOTE Training Proposal............................................................................................................................. 22 2.8 Updated Facility Administration Manual ........................................................................................................... 22 2.9 Study Tour to Australia .......................................................................................................................................... 22 2.10 QA/QC Study Tour Proposal ................................................................................................................................. 22 2.11 Review of the Gondhi Contractor’s QA/QC Arrangements .......................................................................... 23 2.12 Program Performance Management System (PPMS) .................................................................................... 23 2.13 Gondhi Operation and Maintenance Plan ......................................................................................................... 23 2.14 Tranche 2 Subproject Feasibility Study............................................................................................................. 23 3 PROJECT STAFF MOBILISATION................................................................................................................................. 25 3.1 Mobilisation in Reporting Period ......................................................................................................................... 25 3.2 Overall Mobilisation................................................................................................................................................. 25 3.3 Expected Mobilisation in Next Reporting (Apr-Jun 2016)............................................................................. 26 4 MAJOR WORKS IN NEXT REPORTING PERIOD (JUL-SEP 2016) ........................................................................ 27 5 ISSUES, CHALLENGES and MITIGATION MEASURES........................................................................................... 28 5.1 Resignation of PSC Specialists ........................................................................................................................... 28 5.2 Delay in Preparation of VNC FSR ........................................................................................................................ 28 5.3 Delay in Preparation of CAD Works Package .................................................................................................. 28 5.4 MASSCOTE Training ............................................................................................................................................... 28 6 ACTIONS ON COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS OF THE CLIENT AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ........... 29 6.1 MASSCOTE Training Proposal............................................................................................................................. 29 6.2 RFP for Effects Monitoring .................................................................................................................................... 29 6.3 QPR Consolidation .................................................................................................................................................. 29 6.4 Study Tour to Australia .......................................................................................................................................... 29 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................................................................. 30 APPENDICES................................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Appendix A: Agriculture Interventions 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