SHALLOW TUBEWELLS

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The project would help the Government (primarily through the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation) provide irrigation to about 150,000 ac in the northwest region of Bangladesh through the installation of 10,000 small capacity shallow tubewells (STWs). The project includes a program of credit for the sale of STWs to individual farmers and farmers' groups, under the Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP) and through two commercial banks (Janata and Sonali Banks). The project would also improve BADC workshop facilities for maintenance of all irrigation equipment (some 5,000 low-lift pumps, 20,000 STWs and 4,000 deep tubewells) in the northwest region. Private workshops for irrigation equipment are assisted under the project, with spare parts, machinery and equipment. Vehicles and office equipment would be provided to the various implementing agencies to help them execute the project. The project also includes consultants' services to help the Government (i) prepare irrigation maps and carry out hydrological investigations, (ii) evaluate the results of various project components and (iii) manage the operations of the workshops.

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Automotive, Waste Processing and Treatment, Raw Materials, Government, Residential, Commercial