Economic Reporter :
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has awarded three of its best performing project teams in Bangladesh as part of its efforts to promote efficient project implementation.
Deputy Country Director of ADB Bangladesh Resident Mission Cai Li presented the awards for the year-2016 to the winning teams at a ceremony in a city hotel on May 21, said a press release on Monday.
Senior government officials, project directors of ADB-assisted projects, members of the winning project teams, and ADB staff attended the ceremony.
The winning project teams are Participatory Small Scale Water Resources Sector Project, executed by the Local Government Engineering Department; the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC), Railway Connectivity Akhaura-Laksam Double Track Project, executed by the Bangladesh Railway and Power System Efficiency Improvement Project, Part A-Construction of Ashuganj 450-Megawatt Power Plant, executed by Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited.
During the function, Cai Li said “The project teams were selected for results delivery, efficiency, effective project implementation, efforts to empower women, transparency and other criteria.”
Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project (with $55 million ADB financing) is developing community-based infrastructure with participation of stakeholders, including farmers, fishermen, landless people and women.
The project, including two of its forerunners, helped raise cropping intensity from 176 percent to 237 percent, saved one crop from regular flooding, added over 390,000 tons of crops and created employment of 6.27 million person-days per annum.
The SASEC Railway Connectivity, AkhauraLaksam Double Track Project (with $505 million ADB financing) is helping to upgrade the 72-kilometer Akhaura-Laksam section of the Dhaka-Chittagong railway corridor to a double track dual-gauge railway line, along with modern signaling equipment.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has awarded three of its best performing project teams in Bangladesh as part of its efforts to promote efficient project implementation.
Deputy Country Director of ADB Bangladesh Resident Mission Cai Li presented the awards for the year-2016 to the winning teams at a ceremony in a city hotel on May 21, said a press release on Monday.
Senior government officials, project directors of ADB-assisted projects, members of the winning project teams, and ADB staff attended the ceremony.
The winning project teams are Participatory Small Scale Water Resources Sector Project, executed by the Local Government Engineering Department; the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC), Railway Connectivity Akhaura-Laksam Double Track Project, executed by the Bangladesh Railway and Power System Efficiency Improvement Project, Part A-Construction of Ashuganj 450-Megawatt Power Plant, executed by Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited.
During the function, Cai Li said “The project teams were selected for results delivery, efficiency, effective project implementation, efforts to empower women, transparency and other criteria.”
Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project (with $55 million ADB financing) is developing community-based infrastructure with participation of stakeholders, including farmers, fishermen, landless people and women.
The project, including two of its forerunners, helped raise cropping intensity from 176 percent to 237 percent, saved one crop from regular flooding, added over 390,000 tons of crops and created employment of 6.27 million person-days per annum.
The SASEC Railway Connectivity, AkhauraLaksam Double Track Project (with $505 million ADB financing) is helping to upgrade the 72-kilometer Akhaura-Laksam section of the Dhaka-Chittagong railway corridor to a double track dual-gauge railway line, along with modern signaling equipment.
