BSS, Dhaka :
The Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project (ECRRP) drove income of 90 percent households in cyclones Sidr and Aila hit areas, a recent monitoring and evaluation report showed.
The report titled “2014 Household Survey” found significant improvements in the socio-economic status of ECRRP beneficiaries as 90 percent of the households in the two devastating cyclones affected areas, now have annual incomes of over Taka 60,000, which placed them above the poverty line.
This is a significant improvement compared to the previous surveys. According to the similar surveys, 86 percent households had the same amount of annual income in 2013 and 58 percent in 2012. The base line survey conducted in 2010 showed the similar annual income for 33 percent households.
The World Bank has been supporting the government to implement the project to restore the livelihoods of people affected by the Sidr in 2007 and Aila in 2009.
The major objectives of the project was to built long-term disaster preparedness, with constructing new cyclone shelters, repairing existing shelters and building shelter access roads in cyclone prone areas.
In addition, the project has provided agricultural support to farmers through the provision of improved seeds, agricultural tools, livestock, fish fingerlings, household silos and hands on training on the use of such technology. The project is also supporting the preparation of the first phase of a fifteen year government programme for disaster risk reduction.
ECRRP has already constructed 136 new multipurpose disaster shelters that double up as primary schools during non-emergency situations. 65 more new shelters will be completed by June 2015. The target is to construct a total of 330 new shelters by the end of 2017. The project has completed the rehabilitation of 241 existing shelters, out of a target of 460 shelters to be repaired by 2017. Another 81 will be rehabilitated by June 2015. Repair works for 260 km coastal embankments have been completed out of a total target of 460 km.
The World Bank has so far supported ECRRP with US$324 million. In addition to World Bank financing, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (US$2.96 million), the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (US$25 million), and KfW (Euro 3.82 million) have contributed to the project.
The Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project (ECRRP) drove income of 90 percent households in cyclones Sidr and Aila hit areas, a recent monitoring and evaluation report showed.
The report titled “2014 Household Survey” found significant improvements in the socio-economic status of ECRRP beneficiaries as 90 percent of the households in the two devastating cyclones affected areas, now have annual incomes of over Taka 60,000, which placed them above the poverty line.
This is a significant improvement compared to the previous surveys. According to the similar surveys, 86 percent households had the same amount of annual income in 2013 and 58 percent in 2012. The base line survey conducted in 2010 showed the similar annual income for 33 percent households.
The World Bank has been supporting the government to implement the project to restore the livelihoods of people affected by the Sidr in 2007 and Aila in 2009.
The major objectives of the project was to built long-term disaster preparedness, with constructing new cyclone shelters, repairing existing shelters and building shelter access roads in cyclone prone areas.
In addition, the project has provided agricultural support to farmers through the provision of improved seeds, agricultural tools, livestock, fish fingerlings, household silos and hands on training on the use of such technology. The project is also supporting the preparation of the first phase of a fifteen year government programme for disaster risk reduction.
ECRRP has already constructed 136 new multipurpose disaster shelters that double up as primary schools during non-emergency situations. 65 more new shelters will be completed by June 2015. The target is to construct a total of 330 new shelters by the end of 2017. The project has completed the rehabilitation of 241 existing shelters, out of a target of 460 shelters to be repaired by 2017. Another 81 will be rehabilitated by June 2015. Repair works for 260 km coastal embankments have been completed out of a total target of 460 km.
The World Bank has so far supported ECRRP with US$324 million. In addition to World Bank financing, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (US$2.96 million), the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (US$25 million), and KfW (Euro 3.82 million) have contributed to the project.
