Bangladesh: Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Project

approved

The project comprises five components: Component One-Sector Support and Capacity Strengthening of Department of Public Health Engineering and Pourashavas: TA to support the institutional capacity of the pourashavas. Scorecard for institutional improvements for water service delivery and operational sustainability during built-up. Strengthening DPHE to effectively support the delivery of water supply and sanitation services at the municipal level. Component Two-Investment for Water Supply Infrastructure. This component will support investments in water supply infrastructure development in the project pourashavas. Investments will include construction of intake at raw water source, water treatment plants, treated water storages, and distribution networks. Component Three-Improving Sanitation and Drainage. This component focuses on environmental improvement through improving sanitation especially, safe management of fecal sludge; sewage disposal, and drainage system improvement, including identification and implementation of locally-adapted low-cost solutions for gray wastewater treatment. Component Four-Project Implementation and Management Support. This component will include project management and implementation support to assist DPHE in ensuring seamless coordination, efficient implementation and compliance with the relevant policies. The component entails the following elements: (i) project management consultant; (ii) project annual audits; and (iii) project communications, citizens' satisfaction surveys and report cards. This component will also ensure that gender aspects and social inclusion are covered in all stages of the project cycle. Component Five-Contingent Emergency Response. Bangladesh is prone to natural disasters like floods, cyclones, storm surge, river bank erosion, earthquakes, drought and salinity intrusion. The component has been included with a provisional zero amount to allow for re-allocation of funds in case of emergency for early recovery assistance.