WB to give $100m to expand access to basic services for Rohingya, local communities in Cox’s Bazar
Staff Correspondent |
Published: 19:11, Nov 19,2020
| Updated: 22:56, Nov 19,2020
The World Bank will provide $100 million in grants to Bangladesh to scale up access to energy, water, sanitation services and disasterresilient infrastructure for the Rohingya and surrounding host communities in Cox’s Bazar.
The Economic Relations Division of the finance ministry and the multilateral lender signed a grant financing agreement in this regard on Wednesday.
ERD additional secretary Md Shahabuddin Patwary and WB country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan Mercy Miyang Tembon signed the agreement.
Additional financing to the ongoing Emergency Multi-Sector Rohingya Crisis Response Project will benefit about 7.81 lakh people, including 1.41 lakh local people with better public infrastructure, WB said in a press release issued on Thursday.
This will help about 3.66 lakh people to access improved water sources and 1.72 lakh people to access better sanitation, it said.
This outcome will be achieved through installing mini-piped water supply schemes, point water sources, and rainwater harvesting systems, along with household toilets and community toilets in Cox’s Bazar, it added.
‘We recognise that the sheer magnitude of the influx placed enormous pressure on Cox’s Bazar’s infrastructure and provision of basic services,’ Tembon said.
‘The additional financing will help to alleviate the pressure and address the needs of the host communities as well as the Rohingya people,’ she said.
The fund will help to build 40 multi-purpose disaster shelters, accessible to 81,000 people and climate resilient evacuation roads, as well as to install around 4,000 solar streetlights and 975 lightning protection systems.
With the additional financing, the World Bank’s total commitment to the project stands at $265 million in grants.
So far, the bank has provided $480 million in grants to enable Bangladesh to deal with the displaced population inflow.
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Staff Correspondent |
Published: 19:11, Nov 19,2020
| Updated: 22:56, Nov 19,2020
The World Bank will provide $100 million in grants to Bangladesh to scale up access to energy, water, sanitation services and disasterresilient infrastructure for the Rohingya and surrounding host communities in Cox’s Bazar.
The Economic Relations Division of the finance ministry and the multilateral lender signed a grant financing agreement in this regard on Wednesday.
ERD additional secretary Md Shahabuddin Patwary and WB country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan Mercy Miyang Tembon signed the agreement.
Additional financing to the ongoing Emergency Multi-Sector Rohingya Crisis Response Project will benefit about 7.81 lakh people, including 1.41 lakh local people with better public infrastructure, WB said in a press release issued on Thursday.
This will help about 3.66 lakh people to access improved water sources and 1.72 lakh people to access better sanitation, it said.
This outcome will be achieved through installing mini-piped water supply schemes, point water sources, and rainwater harvesting systems, along with household toilets and community toilets in Cox’s Bazar, it added.
‘We recognise that the sheer magnitude of the influx placed enormous pressure on Cox’s Bazar’s infrastructure and provision of basic services,’ Tembon said.
‘The additional financing will help to alleviate the pressure and address the needs of the host communities as well as the Rohingya people,’ she said.
The fund will help to build 40 multi-purpose disaster shelters, accessible to 81,000 people and climate resilient evacuation roads, as well as to install around 4,000 solar streetlights and 975 lightning protection systems.
With the additional financing, the World Bank’s total commitment to the project stands at $265 million in grants.
So far, the bank has provided $480 million in grants to enable Bangladesh to deal with the displaced population inflow.
WB to give $100m to expand access to basic services for Rohingya, local communities in Cox’s Bazar
The World Bank will provide $100 million in grants to Bangladesh to scale up access to energy, water, sanitation services and disasterresilient infrastructure for the...
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