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Around 1.5 million residents in Colombo, Sri Lanka's economic and administrative center, will benefit from a large-scale wastewater management project funded by ADB.

ADB is extending up to $300 million in financial assistance to Uzbekistan to overhaul its ageing water and sanitation systems to improve the health and hygiene of about three million people.

Two ADB loans and one technical assistance will improve the living standards of Bangladesh's city dwellers, especially the urban poor.

ADB will extend up to $600 million in loans to Azerbaijan for water and sanitation improvements in towns that have suffered from decades of neglect and underinvestment in infrastructure.

The People's Republic of China's (PRC) drive to develop smaller towns and cities in a balanced, environmentally sustainable way is getting support from a $100 million ADB loan.

ADB is providing a $30 million loan to finance infrastructure repairs and upgrades in selected urban municipalities in Georgia which have been hard hit by the global economic crisis and conflict with the Russian Federation.

A $500,000 technical assistance grant from ADB will help the Government of Mongolia overhaul the management of its poorly maintained network of roads.

ADB is helping select urban centers in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka improve water management to enhance economic opportunities and reduce waterborne diseases.

ADB is providing up to $200 million to improve infrastructure in five state capital cities of North East India, the first time it has extended large-scale assistance for urban sector development in one of the country's most underdeveloped regions.

Asia and the Pacific's economies and their ability to lift people out of poverty may suffer unless urgent measures are taken to ensure better movement of people and goods, a seminar audience heard today.