Karnataka Municipal Reform Project

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The objective of the Karnataka Municipal Reform Project in India is to help improve the delivery of urban services in Karnataka, through enhanced urban infrastructure, and improved institutional and financial frameworks at the urban local body (ULB), and state levels. To this end, the project components will: 1) support institutional development, by enhancing capacity building activities towards improved transparency and accountability at the ULB, and state levels in key areas, such as computerization, urban land management and planning, financial management reforms, training to ULB staff and technical assistance (TA) and training to relevant Government agencies' staff; 2) support municipal investment, through the provision of performance-based loans and grants to ULBs outside Bangalore for investments in urban services, covering water supply, urban roads, street lighting, slum upgrading, and other necessary municipal functions, such as solid waste disposal, sewerage, and storm water drains; 3) finance Bangalore development, supporting the rehabilitation of Bangalore city road network, the construction of a sanitary sewerage system in the eight ULBs around Bangalore city, and institutional capacity building of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), and the construction of sanitation facilities at the community and individual levels in eight ULBs; and, 4) support project management, that is the project implementation, to include incremental operating costs of relevant implementing units, and a project development advisory facility to support the preparation and implementation of subprojects by ULBs.