LSGUD of Government of Kerala will be the Executing Agency of the poject and will be responsible for overall strategic guidance, technical supervision, and implementation of the project and for ensuring compliance with ADB's loan covenants.A state-level PMU, lead by a full time project director, will be responsible for overall implementation, monitoring and supervision, and will report directly to the secretary of LSGUD.The project director will be assisted by three deputy project directors (i) technical (ii) social and instituional development and (iii) finance.The PMU will be staffed by experts in urban planning, water and waste water engineering, urban roads and municipal engineering, procurement, environment, finance and accounting, social and community development, institutional development and law.A financial management assessment (FMA) was conducted, and weakness in the municipal corporations identified during FMA will be rectified by the project and two TA projects.
A state-level empowered committee (EC) will be set up within one month of loan affectiveness with full powers to decide on matters related to the project.The EC will comprise the state chief secretary, secretaries of LSGUD, Finance, Planning, Water Resources, Minor Irrigation and Public Works;the exeutive director of Kudumbashree; mayors of project municipal corporations and the project director, as member secretary.After long effectiveness the EC will meet regularly to review project performance and decide on major issues,such as counterpart funding, implementation bottlenecks, land disputes, procurement and policy reformes.
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