Brief on proposed
urban component under Bangladesh Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Project
(GOB-IDA).
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Component
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Water
Supply, Sanitation, Drainage and Solid Waste Management for Small Size
Pourashavas (Municipalities).
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Background
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The Government of Bangladesh in
emphasizing the importance of water supply and sanitation for protection of
environment leading to improved health status and thus the sector is
considered as the top priority one. The basic municipal services systems in newly
created pourashavas which includes water supply, drainage, sanitation and
solid waste management are not adequate to meet the public demand. So it is
required to develop the piped water supply and other service systems in the
pourashavas. The project is very relevant to the country’s sector development
policy for water supply and sanitation sector.
At present total number of pourashava
are 308 out of this 58 are district level, 217 are upazila level and 33 are
growth centre level pourashava. Now 129 pourashavas have brought under piped
water supply system. The present piped water supply coverage in the urban centers
is 30%. Work has been going on in new pourashavas.
Arsenic contamination in groundwater
is a serious problem and hindering the water supply system, which is mainly
based on groundwater. Therefore alternate options for water supply are essential
and are investigated in this project.
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Main Objectives and brief
description of the component with justification
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Objectives:
a)
Overall goal:
To improve the health and quality of life
of the inhabitants of the small townships in Bangladesh, through providing
improved infrastructure facilities in the sectors of water supply,
sanitation, drainage and solid waste management.
b)
Project/program purpose:
(including the
importance, necessity, and urgency of the project/program in the light of the
current situation of the proposed sector)
· To
ensure safe drinking water (ground/surface) through piped water supply system
and strengthen Pourashava water entity.
· To
step ahead for sustainable and environmental Sanitation.
· To
give relief from water logging, through development of the existing Drainage
system.
· For
Hygiene promotion and improvement of Solid Waste Management system.
· Establish
a Management Information System (MIS) regarding tariff collection, Pourshava
fund rising and for self sustaining of the system.
· To
develop the framework in case of involvement of PPP in the project at different
levels (of water supply, drainage and waste management).
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Description:
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Rural
Piped Water Supply Scheme is one of the major components of Bangladesh Rural
Water Supply and Sanitation Project (BRWSSP) which would be implemented in
different upazilas of 33 districts through Bangladesh. Thirty (30) small size
“C” category Pourashavas where piped water supply system is yet to be
implemented and where inhabitants are facing severe scarcity of safe water
have been considered to include under BRWSSP as “Urban Components”. These 30
Pourashavas have been chosen within the different upazilas of already
selected 33 districts under BRWSSP so that zonal set up of DPHE personnel
would be enough to implement the system under the guidance of BRWSSP.
Infrastructure for water supply and sanitation facilities would be implemented
in the core area of the selected Pourashavas where around 70% of the whole
Pourashava people are believed to live in.
It
may be noted that feasibility leading to full project preparation of the said
30 Pourashavas are being prepared under the TA Project of DPHE titled as
“Groundwater Management and TPP for survey, Investigation and feasibility
study in Upazila and Growth Center Level pourashava having no piped Water
Supply System”. Hopefully, feasibility of these selected Pourashavas would be
completed within June 2013.
It is expected that development partners will find the project
feasible for financing, since water supply, sanitation and drainage bears the
highest priority for the wellbeing of the people, as per government
commitment and for achieving the targets of MDG (Millennium Development
Goal). On an average, after project completion, each pourashava will cater
the need for about 7000-21000 people (1400-4200 households).
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Relevance
of the item with the short/ medium/long
term policies/plans/programs, etc.
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National
Policy For Safe Water Supply & Sanitation 1998 provides
guidelines for urban water supply and sanitation. This policy describes
detail instruction for the water supply and sanitation for the urban areas. Draft National Urban Policy- 2006, CDM
(Clean Development Mechanism) and Recycling has been emphasized in this
policy. So, the proposed programme will be helpful to achieve national
policies and coverage as well.
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Relevance
with other development programmes of the concerned sector
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This
project is complimentary to different water supply and environmental
sanitation programme and will be helpful to meet the government target of
universal water supply and sanitation coverage.
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Expected
socio-economic benefits/ outputs
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Pollution
of environment will be controlled and will reduce water/sanitation related
diseases by improving water supply and sanitation facilities in areas. This
will improve the overall health status of the people of the project areas.
This will also improve the working capacity and thus help economic
development of the country.
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i)
Estimated cost
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Water
Supply: 15 m.
USD
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Sanitation:
3 m USD
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Drainage: 5
m USD
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Solid
Waste Management:
2 m USD
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Total
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25 m USD
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ii) Nature of foreign
assistance (loan/grant/others)
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Grant.
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iii) Details of proposed
Pourashva
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Details in
Appendix-A (attached)
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Likely
source of foreign assistance
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IDA
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10.
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Any
other relevant information
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Research
& Development programme will be required for some areas to develop the
appropriate water and sanitation technology accepted in terms of technical
and social aspect.
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