📋 Tender Overview
Project Name: Imphal Ring Road Project
Project NumberL 55361-001
Country / Economy: India
Project Status: Proposed
Project Type / Modality of Assistance: Loan
Technical Assistance
Operational Priorities: OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities
OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality
OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability
OP4: Making cities more livable
OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity
OP7: Fostering regional cooperation and integration
Sector / Subsector: Transport / Urban roads and traffic management
Gender: Effective gender mainstreaming
Description: The proposed Imphal Ring Road Project will improve quality of life in Imphal by helping to decongest the city and promoting the use of e-vehicles. Access to markets, economic opportunities, as well as administrative, health and educational services will be enhanced. It will stimulate economic activities and directly create jobs. By improving road infrastructure and transport services focusing on safety elements and universal features for pedestrians and vulnerable users, the project benefits will be inclusive. Provision will be made for use of e-vehicles as last mile connectivity to support implementation of low carbon-emission pathways and the proposed project will align with the Paris Agreement requirements.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
Imphal, the capital of Manipur, is the most populous city in the landlocked northeastern state and is experiencing rapid population growth. Several national highways connecting to other major cities of the north-eastern states along with trans-Asian routes pass through the city. Thus, Imphal also forms a key node in the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) transport corridors. The proposed IRR project primarily serves as a strategic road connection providing an enhanced route for intra-state and regional traffic to (i) access the state's administrative, judicial, medical, and educational institutes surrounding the Imphal city center; and (ii) facilitate inter-state and regional connectivity.
