The objective of the Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) for India is to promote environmentally sustainable urban transport in India and to improve the usage of environment-friendly transport modes through demonstration projects in selected cities. This restructuring, involves four components. The first is the cancellation of the Pune City Demonstration Project under Component 2 of the Project and reallocation of the GEF+IBRD funds from Pune, Government of Maharashtra to Hubli-Dharwad, Government of Karnataka, a new city being inducted into the SUTP, requested via the Department of Economic Affairs' (DEA) letter dated July 17, 2012. The second is the cancellation of other works and goods associated with implementation of the bus rapid transit system in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Government of Maharashtra (under sub-component (3b) and Goods under subcomponent (3) of Part 2B of the Project), with reallocation to Hubli-Dharwad, Government of Karnataka, requested via DEAs letter dated October 29, 2012. The third is an increase in the financing percentage for consultants' services and training under Part I of the Project on Capacity Development Assistance for Urban Transport (Component IB) in the GEF Grant Agreement from 91% to 100% requested via DEAs letter dated April 19, 2011. The final component is an extension of the Closing Date of the Project to November 30, 2015, requested via DEAs letter dated July 17, 2012. While the PDO and the PDO outcome remain unaffected, the outcome and intermediate outcome indicator for Pune will need to be deleted and substituted with the new ones relevant for Hubli-Dharwad.
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