Chittagong Bureau :
World Bank will provide Chittagong WASA Tk 380 crores for construction of new water infrastructure and pump station in Chittagong and provide access to safe water to around 6.5 lakh inhabitants in the city.
The GOB and WB signed a financing agreement in this regard which was inked by Economic Relations Division (ERD) Additional Secretary Mahmuda Begum and Acting WB Country Director Rajashree Paralkar on behalf of their respective sides at the ERD, said a CWASA sources said.
The financing to the Chittagong Water Supply Improvement and Sani-tation Project will help the Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) to complete constructing the Modunaghat Water Treatment Plant and Patenga Booster Pumping Station.
Under the project, 60 km of new water transmission pipeline will also be installed while rehabilitated another 73 km pipeline from Kalurghat to Patenga Booster Pumping Station.
“We hope CWASA will be able to mitigate the city’s water-logging issues by improving drainage infrastructure with the implementation of the Drainage and Sewerage Master Plans that the project is supporting to finalize,” said Rajashree Paralkar. The additional financing will also strengthen CWASA’s institutional capacity and help CWASA finalize sanitation and drainage master plans for the city.
“The financing will help to establish a long-term water supply, sanitation and drainage infrastructure development and operational management programme in Chittagong to better serve the growing population in Chittagong city.
World Bank will provide Chittagong WASA Tk 380 crores for construction of new water infrastructure and pump station in Chittagong and provide access to safe water to around 6.5 lakh inhabitants in the city.
The GOB and WB signed a financing agreement in this regard which was inked by Economic Relations Division (ERD) Additional Secretary Mahmuda Begum and Acting WB Country Director Rajashree Paralkar on behalf of their respective sides at the ERD, said a CWASA sources said.
The financing to the Chittagong Water Supply Improvement and Sani-tation Project will help the Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) to complete constructing the Modunaghat Water Treatment Plant and Patenga Booster Pumping Station.
Under the project, 60 km of new water transmission pipeline will also be installed while rehabilitated another 73 km pipeline from Kalurghat to Patenga Booster Pumping Station.
“We hope CWASA will be able to mitigate the city’s water-logging issues by improving drainage infrastructure with the implementation of the Drainage and Sewerage Master Plans that the project is supporting to finalize,” said Rajashree Paralkar. The additional financing will also strengthen CWASA’s institutional capacity and help CWASA finalize sanitation and drainage master plans for the city.
“The financing will help to establish a long-term water supply, sanitation and drainage infrastructure development and operational management programme in Chittagong to better serve the growing population in Chittagong city.
