Govt initiates city water supply project with WB funding

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The government has initiated the 'Dhaka Water Supply and Sanitation Project' with funding from the World Bank (WB).

The WB's concessionary arm, International Development Association (IDA), will provide about $149.0 million out of the estimated total cost of the proposed project of $165.7 million. The government will cover the rest, said a WB press release.

Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) will be the project implementing agency.

The project includes improvement of sustainable delivery of stormwater, wastewater and water services.

The WB delegates completed the detailed planning for implementing the project on July 29 last.

The project has three major components. Firstly, the project will install selected stormwater pumping stations and rehabilitate selected canals to help improve drainage and minimise urban flooding.

The project will also carry out rehabilitation, repair and expansion of priority investments in Dhaka city's sewerage network and treatment plant to improve the urban environment.

It will also support DWASA's expansion of water and sanitation services to selected Dhaka slums to provide services to the urban poor residing in the slum areas.

The proposed project is developed in close coordination with other development partners