<h1>Infrastructure loan enhances peri-urban livability and mobility, improving services and governance with capacity building and PPP support.</h1> A multilateral loan agreement finances expansion and rehabilitation of peri-urban urban services and transport connectivity in Ahmedabad, including water distribution, climate-resilient stormwater drainage, sewerage networks, sewage treatment plants, and junction improvements, expressly to benefit the urban poor, women, and migrant workers. The project also mandates institutional capacity strengthening for urban planning, climate- and disaster-resilient infrastructure, environmental and social safeguards, gender equality and inclusion, financial planning and asset operations, community awareness activities, training of women self-help groups, and facilitation of treated sewage recycling through public-private partnerships.