KARNAFULI-MUHURI ENG

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Purpose of project is to finance the foreign exchange costs of consulting engineering services for the Karnafuli and Muhuri Irrigation Projects in East Pakistan. The Karnafuli Irrigation Project consists of two sub-projects: The Halda sub-project would provide flood protection to an area of 131,500 acres by means of 70 miles of earth embankments of 9-feet average height. Irrigation, with water pumped from the Karnafuli River and utilizing existing natural channels as distributaries, would be provided initially for 55,000 acres. The Muhuri Irrigation Project would provide flood protection to an area of 101,000 acres by means of 92 miles of major embankments of average height 9 feet along the larger streams in the area and 56 miles of smaller embankments along tributary streams. Irrigation drainage and navigation facilities would be similar to those of the Karnafuli project. About 15 percent of the proposed credit would be used for revisions of the feasibility studies for both sub-projects of the Karnafuli project and for the Muhuri project. About 70 percent of the proposed credit would be required for preparation of tender documents and final designs for an initial portion of the major works of the Halda unit of the Karnafuli project and of the Muhuri project.

World Bank Group

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Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Raw Materials, Government