Tsunami Response

Our Experience

In recent years, ADB provided assistance to Gujarat, India, in the immediate wake of a devastating earthquake in 2001, and earlier in 2004, flood relief work in Bangladesh.

ADB Assistance to Gujarat, India

ADB extends financial assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of infrastructure facilities devastated by the 2001 earthquake in the state of Gujarat, India.

ADB Review Article

• Earthquake Rehabilitation : Rebuilding Shattered Lives
  

• ADB President Visits Gujarat To Assess Earthquake Relief and Rebuilding Work - ADB.org
  6 February 2002
• ADB Opens Extra Office to Speed Up Rehabilitation Work in Gujarat - ADB.org
  9 July 2001
• ADB Approves US$500 Million Emergency Aid To Rebuild Earthquake-Hit Gujarat - ADB.org
  26 March 2001
• ADB To Provide Immediate Assistance To Earthquake - Devastated Gujarat, India - ADB.org
  30 January 2001

• Sustaining Income and Basic Human Needs of the Poor in a Disaster-Prone Area of Gujarat - ADB.org
• Gujarat Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project [ PDF: 391kb | 58 pages ]

• ADB Loan to Protect Bangladesh's Secondary Towns from Floods
  2 December 2004
• Flooding to Affect Bangladesh's Economic Growth in FY2005
  22 September 2004
• Bangladesh 2004 Post-Flood Recovery Program,
  Joint Press Statement by ADB and the World Bank
  September 2004
• Integrated Approach to Flood Protection Saves Lives and Money in Bangladesh
  23 August 2004
• ADB Forms Unit to Monitor Flood Threat in Bangladesh
  27 July 2004

• Secondary Towns Integrated Flood Protection Project Phase 2 [ PDF: 583kb | 69 pages ]

• Bangladesh: 2004 Flood, Response, Damage and Recovery Needs [ PDF: 48kb | 4 pages ]
  30 September 2004
• Bangladesh: 2004 Flood Information Update [ PDF: 34kb | 1 page ]
  15 August 2004