📋 Tender Overview
Project Name
JBM Haryana Electric Bus Financing Project
Project Number
58098-001
Country / Economy
India
Location
Haryana
Type or Modality of Assistance
Sector / Subsector
Transport / Urban public transport
Gender
Gender equity theme
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
Environmental Aspects
The potential environmental impacts from the use of ADB loan proceeds, particularly on the operation and maintenance of the electric buses, are related to hazardous waste generation from e-bus parts for replacement, wastewater from cleaning and maintenance, and occupational and community health and safety. No part of the proceeds will be used for any construction activities at the existing depots except for minor civil works for the installation of charging infrastructure and construction of new depots that are likely to cause no significant adverse potential environmental impacts. Three out of the nine depot locations are known and have been subjected to due diligence but yet to be formally allocated and turned over to the projects. As such, Borrower has developed an environmental assessment and review framework (EARF) to cover identified and future depots.
Involuntary Resettlement
The project will be allocated nine depots by the State Transport Undertakings (STU) of Haryana. Three are known, screened, and audited: Panchkula is a vacant government lot beside an existing operational depot, Jagadhri is an existing and operating bus terminal being renovated to become a bus depot, and Panipat is an operation depot with the terminal already transferred to a new location to make way for the project. Based on the audit, the three known sites are free from any involuntary resettlement impacts; however, there are six remaining depots that are yet to be screened and audited. In compliance with SR2, a resettlement framework was developed to anticipate potential involuntary resettlement impacts of the depot land allocation for the project which may include informal land users and structures, temporary access restrictions and economic displacement of informal businesses around the depot area during construction/renovation. Once allotted, a site visit and audit of the depots will be done by a consultant to assess site conditions, ascertain impacts, and consult with project-affected people, if any. A full-blown resettlement plan will be required if IR impacts are identified on site.
Indigenous Peoples
The project is not foreseen to have impacts as bus operations and depots are in urban areas. The state of Haryana does not have notified Fifth Schedule Areas per the Indian government.
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation
The borrower has adopted the corporate stakeholder engagement policy of the Sponsor. At present, the stakeholder engagement activities are mainly catered to investors, business partners, regulators, shareholders and customers. Further improvement of the stakeholder engagement policy is needed to include oth
