The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Bengal Major Irrigation and Flood Management Project (P162679) West Bengal Major Irrigation and Flood Management Project (P162679) SOUTH ASIA | India | Water Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2020 | Seq No: 4 | ARCHIVED on 30-Sep-2021 | ISR47721 | Implementing Agencies: Irrigation and Waterways Department of West Bengal, Republic of India Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 10-Dec-2019 Effectiveness Date: 11-Aug-2020 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 01-Dec-2023 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Nov-2025 Revised Closing Date: 30-Nov-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objectives are to improve irrigation service delivery, strengthen flood risk management and improve climate change resilience in the Project area. Improving irrigation services includes management reforms as pursued under Component A, and infrastructure modernization to reinforce the management improvements under Component B. Strengthening flood risk management is addressed under Component C. These improvements together will help improve the resilience of the Project area to climate change. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component A: Irrigation Management:(Cost $7.40 M) Component B: Modernization of Irrigation Infrastructure:(Cost $65.30 M) Component C: Flood Management:(Cost $66.10 M) Component D: Project Management:(Cost $5.80 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Implementation Support Mission on which this status report is based was conducted from July 01 – 02, 2021 confirmed that the project implementation progress is assessed as MS, with progress in all aspects of project implementation. 9/30/2021 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Bengal Major Irrigation and Flood Management Project (P162679) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Low Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To improve irrigation service delivery IN01023067 ►Area provided with new/improved irrigation or drainage services (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 376,448.00 Date 01-Jun-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 This indicator measures the total area of land provided with irrigation and drainage services under the Comments: project, including in (i) the area provided with new irrigation and drainage services, and (ii) the area provided with improved irrigation and drainage services, expressed in hectare (ha). IN01023070 Area provided with improved irrigation or drainage services (Hectare(Ha), Corporate Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 376,448.00 Date 01-Jun-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 IN01023071 9/30/2021 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Bengal Major Irrigation and Flood Management Project (P162679) ►Compliance with agreed water delivery schedule of the ISPs' contract (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 29-May-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 A water delivery schedule will be agreed as part of the annual contract. The M&E consultant will monitor Comments: the performance of the ISPs against the agreed delivery schedule. IN01023072 ►Compliance with irrigation water supply from Main Canal to Distributary Canal (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 29-May-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 IWD and the ISPs will sign annual bulk water delivery contracts that define the amount of water that will be Comments: delivered to the head of the Distributary canal. The M&E consultant will monitor the compliance with the contract. To strengthen flood risk management IN01023066 ►Rate of reduced flood depth at the monitoring points compared with equivalent flood depth from 2008-2017 (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 29-May-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 This indicator will measure how much percentage of inundation depth is reduced at the monitoring point compared with similar level of historical events from 1999-2017. The following historical data of depth by Comments: return level will be used as base for comparison: 0.76 to 0.9 m for range of 1.98 - 3.1 year return; 1.4 m for 9 year return; and 1.52 m for 20 year return. To improve climate change resilience IN01023068 ►Arrest in the rate of decline of groundwater levels in semi-critical blocks in each defined groundwater management area (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 50 percent in area south of Damodar River; 50 perrcent in Value 0% 0.00 0.00 area between Damodar and Hoogli rivers Date 30-Oct-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 The indicator will measure groundwater level at selected observation wells in each of two areas: i) south of Damodar River and ii) between Damoda and Hoogli rivers during the 5-week pre-monsoon period. The Comments: indicator will be considered achieved if the pre‐monsoon groundwater level in at least 50 percent of the predefined observation wells in semi-critical blocks in each of the two areas is equal to or above the 9/30/2021 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Bengal Major Irrigation and Flood Management Project (P162679) baseline groundwater level (normalized for trend and rainfall). The baseline groundwater level is the average of trend-corrected pre‐monsoon water level in the observation wells over 2012–18. IN01023069 ►No deterioration of groundwater level trends in safe blocks in each defined groundwater management area (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 100 percent in area south of Damodar River; 100 percent in Value 0% 0% 0% area between Damodar and Hoogli rivers Date 30-Oct-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 The indicator will measure groundwater level at selected observation wells in each of two areas: i) south of Damodar River and ii) between Damodar and Hoogli rivers during the 5-week pre-monsoon period. The Comments: indicator will be considered achieved if the pre‐monsoon groundwater level in 100 percent of the safe blocks shall not have a deteriorating trend. The baseline groundwater level is the average of trend- corrected pre‐monsoon water level in the observation wells over 2012–18. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component A: Irrigation Management IN01023073 ►Three modules of MIS functional (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target MIS application development activity have been executed based on the modules framed in the Project implementation Manual (PIM). No module has been Value NONE Structure of the Fully functional prepared modules have been re- organized keeping in line with the Project Appraisal document (PAD). Date 01-Jun-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 The MIS with the following modules: administrative functions, irrigation operations and decision support Comments: system, and performance monitoring and irrigation efficiency evaluation, will be functional. IN01023076 ►Grievances registered related to delivery of project benefits that are resolved (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 50.00 80.00 Date 01-Jun-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 9/30/2021 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Bengal Major Irrigation and Flood Management Project (P162679) Grievances will cover all aspects of project implementation, including, inter alia, grievances related to involuntary resettlement. The GRM will also include a pro-active element through which the PIU will seek Comments: comments from beneficiaries once a year, as well as establishing the systems for receiving and processing unsolicited comments/ complaints. IN01023077 Of which females (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 30.00 35.00 Date 14-Dec-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 IN01023078 ►Asset Management Plan prepared (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 01-Jun-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 The Project will finance introduction of rational asset management, including establishment of a geo- Comments: tagged asset database, budget planning, development of maintenance standards, and reporting on these. The indicator will measure if asset management is prepared. IN01023079 ►Groundwater study completed to the satisfaction of the Bank (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Not yet started Under preparation Yet to be initiated Completed Date 01-Jun-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 Comments: This indicator will monitor whether the groundwater study completed to the satisfaction of the Bank. IN01023080 ►Percentage of women engineers recruited by IWD (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4.50 0.00 0.00 7.00 Date 25-Mar-2019 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 The indicator will measure the Project's addressing the gender gap identified during the Project preparation. The Project will increase the number of women engineers hired to 7 percent from the Comments: baseline of 4.5% by a) outreach activities targeting female students enrolled in STEM courses across local universities; b) gender-sensitive infrastructure in IWD premises such as separate toilets, adequate lighting, separate seating spaces, etc. and c) strengthened anti-sexual harassment cell. Component B: Modernization of Irrigation Infrastructure IN01023081 ►Length of main canals modernized (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 9/30/2021 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Bengal Major Irrigation and Flood Management Project (P162679) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 166.90 Date 01-Jun-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 This indicator measures the length of the two main canals modernized, including installation of flapgates, Comments: repair of cross-regulators and selected lining. Component C: Flood Management IN01023074 ►Length of river embankment rehabilitated (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 18.99 111.00 Date 01-Jun-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 This indicator will measure progress of rehabilitation work on the left and right banks of the Amta Channel Comments: and Mundeswari river by total length of completed works. Component D: Project Management IN01023075 ►Number of Project monitoring reports submitted on time annually (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 Date 14-Dec-2018 11-Mar-2020 22-Jul-2021 30-Nov-2025 Comments: This indicator measure the number of Project monitoring reports submitted on time annually. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P162679 IBRD-90250 Effective USD 145.00 145.00 0.00 24.31 120.69 17% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P162679 IBRD-90250 Effective 10-Dec-2019 15-May-2020 11-Aug-2020 30-Nov-2025 30-Nov-2025 9/30/2021 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Bengal Major Irrigation and Flood Management Project (P162679) Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 9/30/2021 Page 7 of 7