India Orissa State Roads Project

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The objective of the Orissa State Roads Project for India is to remove transport bottlenecks in targeted transport corridors for greater investment and economic and social development activities in the State of Orissa. There are two components to the project. The first component focuses on road corridor improvement. This component will support the widening, strengthening, and selective realignment of about 461 km of existing roads to double-lane standard. The project roads are part of three road corridors that connect industrial, mining, and tourist areas to major National Highways and ports in Orissa and neighboring Andhra Pradesh, as well as provide connectivity and improve the availability of transport services for the poor and tribal communities living along the road corridors. The second component focuses on the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) enabling support, sector policy and institutional development, and implementation support. This component will assist the Government of Orissa (GoO) to: (i) introduce private sector participation in financing and management in the road sector; (ii) modernize Orissa Works Department (OWD) organization and capacity; and (iii) improve the policy, institutional, and legal framework of the State road sector. The project will finance incremental operating costs to facilitate project implementation. This will include costs incurred by the project management unit for the operation and maintenance facilities, vehicles and equipment used for project implementation (including without limitation, vehicle rental, office rental, fuel costs and stationeries), expansion of office spaces, and salaries and allowances of incremental staff assigned to the project management unit for project implementation, but excluding salaries of the recipient's civil servants.