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12 months prior to the expected date of the loan agreement and to be eligible, the activities should be procured as per Bank guidelines on procurement. 53. External Audit: As per Section 619(2) of the Companies Act, 1956, MRVC’s statutory auditors will be appointed by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to carry out an independent audit and express their opinion as per the requirements of the Companies Act. In addition, the CAG through its Principal Director of Commercial Audit may also conduct supplementary audits under Section 619 (3)(b) of the Companies Act on the audited financial statements. After the completion of the statutory audit and supplementary audit, the audited accounts and auditors’ reports are adopted by MRVC’s Annual General Meeting. Statutory audits of MRVC are on schedule. They do not contain any material observations. In addition to the audits under the Companies Act, MRVC is subject to proprietary audit/ inspection by the Office of the Principal Director of Commercial Audit. 54. Procurement: Procurement under the project will be carried out by MRVC. MOR has implemented several Bank-funded projects aimed at modernizing India’s railways. Generally the officers are aware of the procurement procedures followed in these projects. MRVC will depute some representatives who will deal with this procurement, to the training programs organized by Administrative Staff College of India, the National Institute of Financial Management or other reputable institute for updating their knowledge on procurement. 55. MRVC has been delegated authority by IR to make procurement decisions for contracts up to a value of Rs. 1,000 million (about US$20 million). All contracts except the one for the procurement of EMUs electric equipments will be within this threshold. The value of the EMU contract is expected to be over US$20 million. In this case, the bid evaluation will be carried out by a committee of MRVC and RDSO and forwarded to Indian Railways Board for review and approval of recommendations. MRVC and IR have agreed on a timetable for completing the various stages of bid evaluation and award of contract, to ensure that the contract is awarded within 150 days of bid opening. 56. The agency is staffed by qualified technical personnel and managers, well versed in the project’s technical aspects. Some of the officials have undergone training in Bank procurement and most of the officers have handled procurement under Bank-funded projects. Considering that MRVC has implemented the on-going MUTP-1 successfully, fresh assessment of the capacity of MRVC to carry out procurement for the project has not been considered essential and not done formally. However, based on the experience of the staff engaged in the first project and little change in the organizational structure for implementing the second project, the Bank team concludes that the agency has adequate capacity to handle procurement under this project. The procurement risk is assessed as ‘moderate’ in view of the large packages proposed and considering the possibility of delays due to involvement of several agencies in the decisionmaking process. 57. Procurement for the proposed project will be carried out in accordance with the World Bank’s "Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits" dated May 2004 revised in October 2006; and "Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers" dated May 2004 revised in October 2006, and the provisions stipulated in the loan agreement. The various items under different expenditure categories are described in 14
general in Annex 8. For each contract to be financed by the loan, the different procurement methods or consultant selection methods, the need for pre-qualification, estimated costs, prior review requirements, and time frame have been agreed between the Borrower and the Bank in the Procurement Plan. This Plan will be updated at least annually or as required to reflect the actual project implementation needs and improvements in institutional capacity. D. Social 58. Potential social risks: The project with its current design and outlay involves no involuntary resettlement impacts with the proposed activities of stabling lines, traction substations, section and sub-section posts and maintenance facilities requiring no land acquisition. The stabling lines will be built over about 28 ha of railway land, only along existing railway tracks. All other facilities, where choice of location can be flexible, have been planned to be developed on vacant plots available with the Railways. Thus, MRVC has carefully explored various alternatives and has ensured that no private lands will need to be acquired, in order to avoid and minimize adverse social impacts. A supplementary social impact survey was undertaken by MRVC at Virar Scrap Yard to assess the likely impact on 38 structures located close to railway tracks. The survey confirmed that no land acquisition or resettlement measure was required. 59. In order to deal with any future involuntary resettlement impacts due to any possible alteration in design or outlay, MRVC has prepared and adopted a social management framework (SMF) detailed under the MUTP R&R Policy, which was adopted for the ongoing MUTP-1 and is satisfactory to the Bank. The SMF is referred to in the Chapter-3 of the Project Implementation Manual, which also provides that any necessary resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) measures will be carried out by MMRDA on behalf of MRVC. In such an event, MRVC will prepare a specific resettlement action plan (RAP) based on the SMF, in a manner acceptable and satisfactory to the Bank. This arrangement is a continuation of the arrangement established for implementing R&R measures for the rail component of MUTP-1. Other social safeguard risks relating to access, health, safety, and unequal wages will be monitored and mitigated as part of construction management. 60. Assessment approach: In order to identify and assess the nature and magnitude of social impacts, MRVC has carried out a social impact assessment (SIA) as part of the Environment Assessment (EA). The EA Report, which includes a separate section on social issues, has confirmed that the project will require no private land acquisition. A few railway employees earlier living at the proposed site at Thane have shifted away after the project was announced and some ten such railway employees living close to the proposed stabling lines at Bhaindar North informed during EA that they will shift away before the commencement of the work. As railway staff, they will be provided with staff quarters or monthly house rent allowance enabling them to relocate away from this place. A supplementary social impact survey was carried out at the proposed site for stabling lines at the Virar Scrap yard to assess the nature and magnitude of impact on 38 structures located close to the railway tracks. The survey findings were as follows: (a) Out of 38 structures, 37 were residential structures and one was a temple; none of these are affected by the proposed stabling lines work; however, (b) 13 of these structures are located alongside tracks and occupied by railway employees living there; the 15
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