Interface Management Update

June was important in terms of liasoning and capacity building for Project Sammaan. Some of the most important and crucial decision-making meetings with Principal Secretary, H&UD Dept and Commissioners of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and Cuttack Municipal Corporation were arranged during the month.

The key activities for CMC in the month of June included:

• The nodal officer for Project Sammaan was appointed in Cuttack Municipal Corporation.

• Important discussions led to the generation of inputs on the designs and layouts of the 32 site specific community toilets.

• The Commissioner and other CMC officials’ views and opinions regarding the project were documented.

• An important accomplishment was the estimation for the demolition sites, in assistance with the CMC officials on the team’s request. The same was pushed through official formalities with the issue of letters to the junior engineer of the respective wards for estimate preparation.

• The plan of action following the approval of the PPR was also discussed. Presentation on the DEWATS system of sewerage technology and the addendum to the PPR in terms of cost following the proposal of the DEWATS submission to CMC was decided.

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation was also involved in decision-making events:

• Sub-contracting of the construction work to a Government organisation like OCC or IDCO was proposed.

• Different names, like ‘pratik’ and ‘prayas’, were proposed for branding; the Principal Secretary proposed maintaining the name “Sammaan” for the facilities.

• It was decided that once the administrative sanction by the Government is received, OCC and IDCO would be involved for a detailed discussion.

• For site approvals, it was notified that the site selection committee would be sitting on the 21st of June and the team was asked to submit all the proposals prior to that.

In brief, the activities in June led to crucial decisions for project progress at the Government level. Some of these key activities were:

• Facilitation for submission of pending site proposals to be submitted to the Site Selection Committee.

• Meeting with Official of H&UD Dept for compliance to push in the administrative approval for the PT sites in BMC.

• Coordinating site visits in Bhubaneswar.

Key activities planned for the month of July are:

• Follow up on the administrative sanction and release of tender for Public Toilets in BMC.

• Coordinating for the monthly review meeting with Commissioners of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and Cuttack Municipal Corporation.

• Coordinating meeting with Principal Secretary for the presentation on Management Models.

• Preparation of feasibility report on the Operations Help Desk to be implemented in BMC and CMC.

• Coordinating Site Visits.