India Cities Program: Assist the Government of India's Smart City Mission (SCM) which aims to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens in a clean and sustainable environment thru application of smart solutions. Identification completed on 10 November 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$500.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.
Uttar Pradesh Solid Waste Management Project: The objective of the project is to improve the management of municipal solid waste in 177 core cities in Uttar Pradesh through innovative technologies and institutional approaches that will comply with the Municipal Solid Waste Management and Handling Rules 2000 (MSWM 2000 Rules) and build capacity for ULBs in achieving sustainable MSWM systems. The project would involve a partnership among the state, ULBs, and private sector. As described above, the private sector outsource arrangements will be flexible, depending on the size and capacity of the core ULB, opportunities to cluster multiple ULBs for economies-of-scale around the core ULB, and its proximity to markets that would purchase MSW recycling and processing by-products. Identification completed on 5 April 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$85.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.
