Environmental & Social Safeguards Third-Party Monitoring
PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT – BOARD OF REVENUE
Punjab Urban Land Systems Enhancement (PULSE) Project (P172945)
Credit Number 7041-PK
Terms of Reference (ToR)
For Third Party Monitoring (TPM) to Monitor the Implementation of Environment and
Social (E&S) Requirements Under Punjab Urban Land Systems
Enhancement Project (PULSE)
1. BACKGROUND
The Government of Punjab (GoPunjab) is implementing a project titled the Punjab Urban Land
Systems Enhancement Project (PULSE) with a credit in the amount of US$150 million from
the International Development Association (IDA/World Bank). The Project Development
Objective (PDO) of PULSE is to support the GoPunjab with: (i) improved land records; and (ii)
identification of land for development, including land for housing programs. PULSE aims to
achieve: (i) the provision of digital land records linked to cadastral maps and DRM data; (ii)
improved tenure security and access to land for housing; (iii) a unified modern land information
system; and (iv) a strengthened capacity and regulatory framework. In this context, the public
in Punjab, particularly women and vulnerable groups, will benefit significantly from increased
security of land rights and property ownership. The Project comprises the following parts:
a. Component 1: Digital Land Records and Cadastral Maps for the Land Records
Management and Information System or LRMIS to develop a seamless and multipurpose
cadastral map linked to the digital land records for Punjab Province;
b. Component 2: Land for Housing to support the GoPunjab in the identification, evaluation,
and mobilization of low disaster risk public/state lands, including resilient housing;
c. Component 3: Integrated Land and Geospatial Information Systems and Services to
establish a modern Land Information System, unifying and integrating rural and urban land
records; and
d. Component 4: Project Management and Institutional Strengthening to support the
GoPunjab to manage, implement, and supervise project activities, and training and skill
development.
For the implementation of PULSE and pursuant to the agreed terms under the financing, a
Project Management Unit (PMU) was established in the Board of Revenue (BOR), together with
the Project Implementation Units (PIU) in the Punjab Land Records Authority (PIU-PLRA), to
coordinate, manage, implement, and supervise PULSE.
The World Bank's Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) applies to the project; and
PULSE will be implemented by BOR in compliance with the provisions of the Financing
Agreement and in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs).
The environmental risk rating is moderate, though overall is high due to social risks. The project
supported land record digitization process/activities are expected to have a net positive
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