India: Madhya Pradesh Rural Connectivity

approved

The project consists of four components. (i) Road Upgrading, Construction and Maintenance: The component has two sub-components: (a) surface sealing of the existing gravel surfaced rural roads (approx. 10,000 km) developed under the CMGSY program; and (b) providing alternate connectivity (approx. 510 km) to villages that have higher potential to grow faster, given additional linkages to more economic and market centers. (ii) Institutional Development: The component has two sub-components: (a) defining the rural road asset management system requirements and terms of reference (overall system architecture, data collection and analytical modules) and then procuring a road asset management system or such elements required to upgrade the existing system; and (b) strengthening design and research and quality assurance capacity of MPRRDA. (iii) Road Safety Management Capacity Development: The component has two sub-components: (a) developing a comprehensive and multi-institutional, multi-sectoral road accident data management system; and (b) piloting multi-sectoral road safety initiatives for a high-risk next work. (iv) Design, Implementation and Management Support: The component supports MPRRDA in overall project management, construction supervision and quality control, and technical and financing audits with the support from independent consultants.