Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program

Date: September 2010
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Subject:
Agriculture and natural resources; Economics
Document Type: Reports and Recommendations of the President
Project Number: 38412-013

Description

Report and recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors describing terms and conditions proposed for the Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program in India, for approval of ADB's Board of Directors. The impact of the investment program will be reduced economic vulnerability and social disruption caused by flood and riverbank erosion in Assam. This will contribute to increased economic growth and reduced poverty in the three priority subproject areas along 90 kilometers of the Brahmaputra River having vulnerable embankments protecting the livelihoods of 1 million people in urban, suburban, and productive rural areas. Its outcome is enhanced effectiveness and reliability of the state's FRERM systems providing enhanced resilience.