The World Bank invites expressions of interest from consultants to help the government of India in strategic basin planning for the Ganga River Basin. Responses are due January 29.
India’s Supreme Court last year ordered environmental impact studies of existing and planned hydro projects in Uttarakhand State, many in the Ganga (or Ganges) Basin. A year earlier, the court placed a moratorium on further environmental or forest clearance approvals for hydroelectric projects in the region due to concerns about cumulative impact of dams, tunnels, blasting, muck disposal, mining and deforestation.
The World Bank seeks consultants to assist in strategic basin planning by developing a water resources planning model, analyzing surface-groundwater interactions, undertaking a multi-scale environmental flow assessment, developing options for improved water management, and facilitating stakeholder participation.
The work is to encompass the entire Ganga Basin in India including all tributaries upstream of the Farakka Barrage near the Bangladesh border. River modeling of the Damodar Valley and distributary channels in West Bengal State is not anticipated. Modeling is to include robust assessment of flows that enter the Ganga from tributaries in Nepal.
Expressions of interest in English are due January 29, electronically via the World Bank’s eConsultant2 Internet site, https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html. A solicitation notice is available on the website under Business Opportunities, Solicitation No. 1170293.
For information, contact William Young, World Bank, E-mail: [email protected].
