KERALA SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (KSUDP) – DESIGN AND SUPERVISION CONSULTANTS

Funding Agency: Asian Development Bank

The KSUDP being implemented by the Local Self Government Department (LSGU) of the Government of Kerala with assistance from the Asian Development Bank primarily cover five municipal corporations/agglomerations of Kozhikode, Thrissur, Kochi, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram in the State of Kerala for urban governance and infrastructure improvement. The Project involves the improvement, upgrading and expansion of existing urban infrastructure facilities and basic urban environmental services (water supply, sewerage and sanitation, urban drainage, solid waste management and urban roads and transport) in the above corporations. The project also involves institutional strengthening and capacity building of state and municipal agencies in urban management and urban services provision, as well as poverty reduction initiatives developed through stakeholder participation. Such initiatives will finance community-based infrastructure, slum improvement and other social programs for the poor and other vulnerable groups. The project is expected to increase the growth potential of the project cities and to reduce poverty. The expected outcome of the project is improved quality of life of the urban residents, including the poor and other disadvantaged people, and greatest productivity in the five project cities.

The Centre for Environment and Development is part of the Consultancy Consortium along with Consulting Engineering Services, New Delhi and Shah Technical Consultants, Mumbai for the services in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam City Corporations.

The Design phase of the project started in May 2007.