Activities in Bangladesh

Project Type

Yen Loan, On-going (2014-2021)

Project Summary

Objective:
To reduce the damages from flood, improve access to basic infrastructure and increase agriculture and fishery productivity by

1. rehabilitating and constructing the flood management facilities,
2. rehabilitating and constructing the rural infrastructures and
3. implementing agriculture and fishery promotion activities in the Haor areas in the upper Meghna river basin, thereby contributing to the improvement of living standard and activation of economic activities in the target area.

Component:
The Project consists of three components;

Component 1:	Flood management infrastructure (will include the rehabilitation and construction of existing flood management facilities, such as full embankment, submergible embankment, regulators and canal re-excavation)
Component 2:	Rural infrastructure (will include the upgrading and rehabilitating upazila, union and village roads, rehabilitation and construction of markets and ghats)
Component 3:	Agriculture and fishery promotion (will promote agriculture and fishery in the Haor areas will be implemented to improve people's livelihood)

Project Site

Brahmanbaria, Habiganj, Kishoreganj, Netrakona, Sunamganj

Commitment Amount

JPY 15,270,000,000 yen

LA Signing Date

June 16, 2014

Executing Agency

BWDB - Bangladesh Water Development Board (Component 1 and Agriculture of Component 3)

LGED – Local Government Engineering Department (Component 2 and Fisheries of Component 3)

Related Documents

• Post Evaluation Sheet (Japanese)
• ODA Mieruka Site (Japanese)

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