IRRIG. CHANDAPOUR II

closed

A US $13 million Credit (No. 184-PAK) was made in May 1970 for the Chandpur II Irrigation Project, designed to provide flood protection for an area of about 140,000 acres, about 75,000 acres of which would be irrigated. The principal works of the project include embankments to empolder the area, regulators with navigation locks, a pumping plant, low-lift pumps and provision for agricultural support and a project consultant. The proposed project would remain fundamentally the same as that financed under Credit No. 184-PAK except for the following changes: (i) relocation of a portion of the project embankment along the Meghna River further inland; (ii) provision of detailed engineering studies for stabilization of the Meghna River bank adjacent to the project; (iii) provision for a comprehensive embankment maintenance program; (iv) preparation and implementation of a plan to mitigate the effect of the project works on fisheries; and (v) unified project management.