The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) SOUTH ASIA | India | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2023 | Seq No: 6 | Archived on 25-Feb-2025 | ISR03101 Implementing Agencies: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Gujarat Urban Development Mission, Urban Development and Urban Housing Department 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 22-Nov-2022) To strengthen institutional, financial and service delivery performance in Ahmedabad Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Strengthening Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) institutional and financial systems:(Cost 15,000,000.00) Improving wastewater management services:(Cost 366,300,000.00) Developing state level institutional systems and capacities:(Cost 18,000,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS Feb 25, 2025 Page 1 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The 375 million liters per day (MLD) Vasna Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) has achieved approximately 10 percent physical progress and over 5 percent financial progress. The contract for the 424 MLD Pirana STP investment, signed on December 27, 2024 is expected to start construction by April 2025. Feasibility Reports are being prepared for the pipeline of investments to commit the remaining funds. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 05 - 11 Sep Proposed Rating 22 Nov 2022 2024 Political and Governance Low Low Low Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Low Low Low Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Feb 25, 2025 Page 2 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Enhance resilient and sustainable service delivery, institutional and financial systems in Ahmedabad Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year properties are Apr/2022 Same as 28-Aug-2024 Same as 12-Feb-2025 At least Nov/2028 not geo- baseline baseline 900,000 active tagged in GIS properties for tax have been Improved performance of administration geo-coded in AMC's property tax systems purposes the database (Text) PBC by AMC. Comments on This indicator measures the number of active properties in the existing property tax achieving targets database geo-referenced in the GIS by AMC. The indicator is likely to be achieved before the due date. People with access to 0.00 Apr/2022 0.00 28-Aug-2024 0.00 12-Feb-2025 1,500,000.00 Nov/2028 improved, climate-resilient Comments on Climate indicator: Measures the number of people accessing sustainable and climate- wastewater services achieving targets resilient wastewater services that will contribute to reduction of GHG emissions. The (Corporate Results Indicator indicator is likely to be achieved before the due date. [CRI], Climate indicator) (Number) Fragmented Apr/2022 Same as 28-Aug-2024 Same as 12-Feb-2025 Certified Nov/2028 Improved performance of capital baseline baseline accounts of AMC's wastewater planning, O&M wastewater management systems planning and operations of (Text) revenue the previous year published Feb 25, 2025 Page 3 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) management with system consolidated actual capital and O&M expenditure and revenue including tax, user charges; and subsidy. Comments on This indicator aims at measuring AMC's performance in improving its wastewater achieving targets management systems including preparation and publishing of certified accounts of wastewater operations. The indicator is likely to be achieved before the due date. 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Strengthening Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) institutional and financial systems Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0 Apr/2022 0 28-Aug-2024 0 12-Feb-2025 AMC has Nov/2028 completed at least two billing User Charges for wastewater cycles of introduced (Text) PBC wastewater user charges for commercial customers. Feb 25, 2025 Page 4 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) Comments on This indicator will check if AMC has introduced wastewater user charges and measure if at achieving targets least two billing cycles for commercial customers are completed. The indicator is likely to be achieved before the due date. 0 Apr/2022 0 28-Aug-2024 0 12-Feb-2025 IFMS system Nov/2028 generates complete Balance Sheet / Annual Accounts for IFMS system upgraded for timely better budgeting and finalization of accounting systems (Text) municipal accounts (within three months of FY closure) Comments on This indicator measures overall financial management performance of AMC. The indicator is achieving targets likely to be achieved before the due date. External audits Apr/2022 Same as 28-Aug-2024 Same as 12-Feb-2025 AMC has Nov/2028 are not done baseline baseline disclosed in its annually and website audited reports are not annual disclosed accounts for Disclosure of financial publicly 2021-22 and performance of AMC unaudited improved (Text) PBC annual accounts for 2022-23 Comments on Disclosure of AMC's audited annual accounts in public domain. The indicator has been achieving targets achieved. Feb 25, 2025 Page 5 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) Wastewater Apr/2022 Same as 28-Aug-2024 Same as 12-Feb-2025 At least [1700] Nov/2028 assets are not baseline baseline of wastewater available in pipelines, digital form for [6000] O&M planning manholes, [20] pumping stations, [6] STPs and AMC's wastewater assets [750000] digitized in GIS (Text) PBC wastewater connections digitized in GIS and ground truthing completed Comments on AMC has digitized in GIS and completed ground truthing of at least [1700] kms of achieving targets wastewater pipelines, [6000] manholes, [20] pumping stations, [6] STPs and [750000] wastewater connections. The indicator is likely to be achieved before the due date. Percentage of consumers 0.00 Apr/2022 0.00 28-Aug-2024 0.00 12-Feb-2025 75.00 Nov/2028 satisfied with waste water Comments on This indicator will measure the level of consumer satisfaction with regard to the waste water and storm water achieving targets and storm water management services provided by AMC. The indicator is likely to be management services achieved before the due date. (Percentage) Improving wastewater management services Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Wastewater Apr/2022 Same as 28-Aug-2024 Same as 12-Feb-2025 At least 90 Nov/2028 Environmental compliance discharge from baseline baseline percent of for wastewater treatment AMC's wastewater systems achieved (Text) PBC treatment effluent Feb 25, 2025 Page 6 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) facilities is not samples in compliant with previous regulatory quarter comply standards for with disposal treated standards in wastewater identified STPs. discharge Comments on Compliance of wastewater effluent samples with disposal standards. The indicator is likely achieving targets to be achieved before the due date. There is no Apr/2022 Same as 28-Aug-2024 Same as 12-Feb-2025 AMC has Nov/2028 wastewater baseline baseline disclosed at quality and least two pollution consecutive monitoring quarterly Wastewater pollution and system effluent quality monitoring system monitoring strengthened (Text) PBC reports on wastewater network in a financial year. Comments on Disclosure of reports from the wastewater quality and pollution control/monitoring system. achieving targets The indicator is likely to be achieved before the due date. AMC's Apr/2022 Same as 28-Aug-2024 Same as 12-Feb-2025 At least 4 Nov/2028 wastewater baseline baseline consecutive management quarterly Performance orientation contracts do performance introduced in wastewater not include reviews of services (Text) PBC performance contractors indicators and carried out for [list of Feb 25, 2025 Page 7 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) monitoring contracts] and mechanisms payments to respective contractors are determined based on the findings of performance review reports Comments on Performance reviews of wastewater service operators. The indicator is likely to be achieved achieving targets before the due date. Additional quantity (MLD) of 0.00 Apr/2022 0.00 28-Aug-2024 0.00 12-Feb-2025 650.00 Nov/2028 wastewater treated as per Comments on Additional MLD of wastewater treated (as per NGT norms). The indicator is likely to be National Green Tribunal achieving targets achieved before the due date. (NGT) norms (Number) Percentage of informal 0.00 Apr/2022 0.00 28-Aug-2024 0.00 12-Feb-2025 15.00 Nov/2028 women workers skilled and Comments on This indicator measures informal women informal who received on-the-job training, provided access to technical achieving targets technical certification and are performing a technical job role. (examples of job roles: job roles in AMC's masons, pump operators. the indicator is likely to be achieved before the due date. wastewater services (Percentage) Developing state level institutional systems and capacities Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0 Apr/2022 0 28-Aug-2024 0 12-Feb-2025 IT based project Nov/2028 GUDM’s project and lifecycle fiduciary management management system operationalized system (Text) operationalized Feb 25, 2025 Page 8 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) in GUDM and in at least 50 percent of municipalities Comments on Operationalizing project lifecycle management system in GUDM and municipalities. the achieving targets indicator is likely to be achieved before the due date. Project Apr/2022 PIU is staffed 28-Aug-2024 PIU is staffed 12-Feb-2025 Project Nov/2028 implementation and fully and fully implementation Project implementation arrangement to operational operational arrangement arrangement fully be has been fully operationalized and staffed operationalized operationalized at AMC and GUDM (Text) and staffed Comments on This indicator will measure if the project implementation staff and arrangements have been achieving targets fully operationalized in AMC and GUDM for implementing the project. indicator achieved. 6.3 Performance Based Conditions (PBC) Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) PBC Name Baseline Closing Period Value Date Value Date 1:Environmental Wastewater compliance for discharge from wastewater AMC's treatment Value facilities is not Same as baseline 28-Aug-2024 Same as baseline 12-Feb-2025 treatment systems achieved (Text) compliant with regulatory standards Not Due for treated Feb 25, 2025 Page 9 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) wastewater discharge Allocated 0.00 0.00 0.00 Amount PBC allocation 20,000,000.00 2:Wastewater There is no pollution and wastewater quality Value Same as baseline Same as baseline quality monitoring and pollution monitoring system 28-Aug-2024 12-Feb-2025 system strengthened (Text) Allocated Not Due 0.00 0.00 10,000,000.00 Amount PBC allocation 20,000,000.00 AMC's wastewater management 3:Performance contracts do not orientation Value include performance Same as baseline Same as baseline introduced in indicators and 28-Aug-2024 12-Feb-2025 wastewater services monitoring (Text) mechanisms Not Due Allocated 0.00 0.00 20,000,000.00 Amount PBC allocation 20,000,000.00 properties are not 4:Improved geo-tagged in GIS for performance of Value Same as baseline Same as baseline tax administration AMC's property tax purposes 28-Aug-2024 12-Feb-2025 systems (Text) Not Due Allocated 0.00 0.00 0.00 Amount Feb 25, 2025 Page 10 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) PBC allocation 10,000,000.00 Wastewater assets 5:AMC's are not available in wastewater assets Value Same as baseline Same as baseline digital form for O&M digitized in GIS planning 28-Aug-2024 12-Feb-2025 (Text) Not Due Allocated 0.00 0.00 20,000,000.00 Amount PBC allocation 20,000,000.00 6:User Charges for Value 0 0 0 wastewater Allocated 28-Aug-2024 12-Feb-2025 introduced (Text) 0.00 0.00 0.00 Not Due Amount PBC allocation 15,000,000.00 AMC has disclosed AMC has disclosed on 7:Disclosure of External audits are on its website its website audited financial not done annually audited annual Value annual accounts for performance of and reports are not accounts for FY 28-Aug-2024 FY 2021-22 for FY 12-Feb-2025 AMC improved disclosed publicly 2021-22 for FY 2022-23 (Text) 2022-23 Achieved Allocated 0.00 0.00 0.00 Amount PBC allocation 15,000,000.00 Feb 25, 2025 Page 11 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed IBRD-94490 Effective 280.00 280.00 0.00 1.98 278.02 0.71% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IBRD-94490 Effective 22-Nov-2022 08-Mar-2024 15-May-2024 31-Dec-2028 31-Dec-2028 8. KEY DATES Feb 25, 2025 Page 12 of 13 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Gujarat Resilient Cities Partnership: Ahmedabad City Resilience Project (P175728) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 22-Nov-2022 22-Nov-2022 Effectiveness 15-May-2024 15-May-2024 Mid-Term Review No. 01 18-Nov-2025 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Dec-2028 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Feb 25, 2025 Page 13 of 13