| Project Detail |
The additional financing aims to improve IPC for COVID-19 and other communicable diseases through interventions to enhance WASH in low-income flood-prone urban areas of the Chennai-Kosasthalaiyar basin. It will strengthen the integrated risk management of epidemics and disasters.
Project Name Integrated Urban Flood Management for the Chennai-Kosasthalaiyar Basin Project - Additional Financing
Project Number 49107-013
Country / Economy India
Project Status Approved
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Grant
Source of Funding / Amount
Grant 9232-IND: Integrated Urban Flood Management for the Chennai-Kosasthalaiyar Basin Project - Additional Financing
Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific US$ 2.00 million
Strategic Agendas Environmentally sustainable growth
Inclusive economic growth
Drivers of Change Gender Equity and Mainstreaming
Governance and capacity development
Knowledge solutions
Partnerships
Sector / Subsector
Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban flood protection
Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Effective gender mainstreaming
Description The additional financing aims to improve IPC for COVID-19 and other communicable diseases through interventions to enhance WASH in low-income flood-prone urban areas of the Chennai-Kosasthalaiyar basin. It will strengthen the integrated risk management of epidemics and disasters.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy Chennai is hard hit by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The major challenge in fighting the pandemic has been high disease transmission among the poor in densely populated pockets that lack adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services and associated infection prevention and control (IPC). Further, Chennai is low and flat, increasingly exposed to water-related climate challenges. Many of the urban poor live in substandard housing located alongside watercourses and in other low-lying areas, which are vulnerable to the dual risks of flooding and pandemic. The proposed interventions are consistent with ADBs country partnership strategy for India.
Impact
Chennai City made a safe place to live in, with reduced vulnerability to disaster (City Disaster Management Plan)
Project Outcome
Description of Outcome
Climate and disaster resilience in the ChennaiKosasthalaiyar River basin strengthened
Progress Toward Outcome
Implementation Progress
Description of Project Outputs
Climate-resilient urban flood protection infrastructure improved in the ChennaiKosasthalaiyar River basin
Urban flood and pandemic preparedness of the GCC and project communities enhanced
Measures for sustaining O&M of stormwater drainage system established in the GCC |
