Bihar Rural Roads Project

Abstract*

The development objective of the Bihar Rural Roads Project for India is to improve rural road connectivity in project districts and enhance management of rural roads in Bihar. The project comprises of two components. The first component, rural roads improvement will support: (a) civil works for rural roads; (b) design, implementation, and management support; and (c) pilots on innovative bridge construction and retrofitting road safety and climate... Show More

Development Objective

The PDO is to improve rural road connectivity in project districts, and enhance management of rural roads in Bihar.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P155522
Status
Closed
Team Leader
N. Srinivas
Borrower 2
India

Country
India
Disclosure Date
September 15, 2016
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
December 21, 2016
Effective Date
August 31, 2017

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 335.00 million
Implementing Agency
Rural Works Department, Bihar
Region
South Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2017

Commitment Amount
US$ 235.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Last Update Date
June 21, 2024
Closing Date
December 31, 2023

Consultant Services required
Yes
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Economic Policy

FY17 - Economic Growth and Planning95%
- FY17 - Green Growth95%

FY17 - Environment and Natural Resource Management

FY17 - Climate change45%
- FY17 - Adaptation45%

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Gender95%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Jobs95%
- FY17 - Job Creation95%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Disaster Risk Management45%
- FY17 - Disaster Risk Reduction45%
FY17 - Road Safety5%
FY17 - Rural Development100%
- FY17 - Rural Infrastructure and service delivery100%

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Borrower/Recipient	100.00
IDA Credit	235.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	235.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	235.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	335.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of March 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Dec 15, 2019	IDA-59380	Int Charges	1,078,091.00
May 26, 2020	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	1,053,377.80
Jun 16, 2020	IDA-59380	Loan Cancel	50,000,000.00
Dec 22, 2023	IDA-59380	Loan Cancel	5,000,000.00
Apr 25, 2024	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	1,960,122.50
Apr 30, 2024	IDA-59380	Loan Cancel	5,027,780.00
Jun 15, 2024	IDA-59380	Loan Repay	3,811,111.00
Jun 15, 2024	IDA-59380	Int Charges	4,694,484.50
Jun 15, 2024	IDA-59380	Int Charges	7,966.60
Dec 21, 2016	IDA-59380	Loan Commitment	235,000,000.00
Jun 15, 2020	IDA-59380	Int Charges	7,384.80
Jun 15, 2020	IDA-59380	Int Charges	1,009,448.10
Sep 30, 2020	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	2,071,671.10
Aug 21, 2020	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	2,808,795.80
Dec 15, 2020	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	986,774.56
Dec 15, 2020	IDA-59380	Int Charges	311,266.20
Dec 15, 2020	IDA-59380	Int Charges	276,381.12
Dec 15, 2020	IDA-59380	Int Charges	1,872.67
Jan 27, 2021	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	1,607,015.80
Dec 22, 2020	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	1,862,474.10
Jun 15, 2021	IDA-59380	Int Charges	576,255.20
May 7, 2021	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	8,756,675.00
Aug 11, 2021	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	8,632,024.00
Jun 15, 2022	IDA-59380	Loan Repay	3,950,000.00
Jun 15, 2022	IDA-59380	Int Charges	800,614.75
Apr 29, 2022	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	14,137,040.00
Dec 16, 2021	IDA-59380	Loan Cancel	27,000,000.00
Aug 22, 2022	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	9,626,943.00
Feb 4, 2022	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	10,357,757.00
Dec 15, 2021	IDA-59380	Int Charges	14,798.77
Dec 15, 2021	IDA-59380	Int Charges	654,727.25
Nov 21, 2022	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	6,967,217.00
Mar 29, 2023	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	4,110,064.00
Dec 15, 2022	IDA-59380	Int Charges	29,715.26
Dec 15, 2022	IDA-59380	Loan Repay	3,950,000.00
Dec 15, 2022	IDA-59380	Int Charges	2,281,684.00
Jun 15, 2023	IDA-59380	Int Charges	17,743.19
Sep 14, 2023	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	2,506,403.00
Jun 29, 2023	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	4,824,242.00
Jun 15, 2023	IDA-59380	Loan Repay	3,950,000.00
Jun 15, 2023	IDA-59380	Int Charges	4,148,540.80
Nov 29, 2023	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	2,575,405.80
Dec 15, 2023	IDA-59380	Loan Repay	3,950,000.00
Dec 15, 2023	IDA-59380	Int Charges	4,598,383.50
Dec 26, 2017	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	11,085,870.00
Nov 16, 2017	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	3,831,741.20
Nov 16, 2017	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	2,376,937.80
Apr 20, 2018	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	456.31
Apr 24, 2018	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	7,537,229.00
Jan 5, 2018	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	2,209,068.80
Apr 24, 2018	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	11,728,309.00
Jun 15, 2018	IDA-59380	Int Charges	13,653.92
Jun 15, 2018	IDA-59380	Int Charges	288,351.75
Sep 12, 2018	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	2,565,147.80
Jun 27, 2018	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	3,506,146.50
Dec 15, 2018	IDA-59380	Int Charges	839,841.94
Dec 3, 2018	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	4,876,443.50
Dec 15, 2018	IDA-59380	Int Charges	85,434.16
Jun 15, 2019	IDA-59380	Int Charges	6,193.09
Jun 15, 2019	IDA-59380	Int Charges	1,098,787.80
Mar 11, 2019	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	3,617,206.00
May 28, 2019	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	4,418,374.50
Nov 1, 2019	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	1,664,492.50
Sep 3, 2019	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	1,194,414.10
Feb 13, 2020	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	1,533,998.50
Mar 30, 2020	IDA-59380	Loan Disb	982,380.90
Dec 15, 2019	IDA-59380	Int Charges	9,300.68

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2023-12-22
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2023-12-22
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Satisfactory	2023-12-22
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2023-12-22
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2023-12-22
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2023-12-22
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2023-12-22

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-21-2024
Outcomes	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 11-13-2024	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome		N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance		N/a
Government Performance		N/a
Implementing Agency		N/a
Icr Quality	Substantial	N/a
M&e Quality	Modest	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Increased road connectivity to habitations Value 60280.00 61476.00 61200.00
Date September 30, 2016 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Comment
Roads in good and fair condition as a share of total classified roads Value 40.00 83.00 0.00
Date September 30, 2016 December 31, 2023
Comment
Improved effectiveness of project expenditure - Project roads designed using cost-effective measures. Value 0.00 52.54 0.00
Date September 30, 2016 December 31, 2023
Comment
Pilot AI based system in districts within the state Value 0.00 1.00 0.00
Date February 7, 2022 December 31, 2023
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Roads constructed, Rural Value 0.00 2200.00 2000.00
Date September 30, 2016 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Comment
Length of roads subject to planned maintenance contracting Value 4600.00 45420.00 0.00
Date September 30, 2016 December 31, 2023
Comment

Improved quality of built Infrastructure - Project roads delivered with satisfactory quality certified through independent qualityreviews	Value	0.00	85.00	0.00
	Date	September 30, 2016	December 31, 2023
	Comment

RWD staff received at least six (6) weeks of professional training during the entire project duration. Value 0.00 415.00 200.00
Date September 30, 2016 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Comment
Direct project beneficiaries Value 0.00 838240.00 744499.00
Date September 30, 2016 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Comment
Effective Citizen Feedback Mechanism Value 0.00 100.00 0.00
Date September 30, 2016 December 31, 2023
Comment
Network level climate vulnerability assessment undertaken with special focus on floods Value 0.00 500.00 500.00
Date September 30, 2016 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Comment
Female beneficiaries Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date September 30, 2016
Comment
Road Safety improvement scheme related audits undertaken on priority roads Value 0.00 204.00 0.00
Date September 30, 2016 December 31, 2023
Comment
Gender-based capacity enhancement Value 0.00 91.00 18.00
Date September 30, 2016 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Comment

Increased road connectivity to habitations	Value	60280.00	61476.00	61200.00
	Date	September 30, 2016	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2022
	Comment

Roads in good and fair condition as a share of total classified roads	Value	40.00	83.00	0.00
	Date	September 30, 2016	December 31, 2023
	Comment

Roads constructed, Rural	Value	0.00	2200.00	2000.00
	Date	September 30, 2016	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2022
	Comment

Length of roads subject to planned maintenance contracting	Value	4600.00	45420.00	0.00
	Date	September 30, 2016	December 31, 2023
	Comment

Direct project beneficiaries	Value	0.00	838240.00	744499.00
	Date	September 30, 2016	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2022
	Comment

Effective Citizen Feedback Mechanism	Value	0.00	100.00	0.00
	Date	September 30, 2016	December 31, 2023
	Comment

Female beneficiaries	Value	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Date	September 30, 2016
	Comment

Gender-based capacity enhancement	Value	0.00	91.00	18.00
	Date	September 30, 2016	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2022
	Comment