Bangladesh : Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management
As overall goal, the Project will enhance economic growth and reduce poverty in the concerned FCD/I areas, while providing a model for rejuvenating the poorly performing FCD/I systems that will be replicated throughout the country.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Srivastava, Pushkar
South Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Bangladesh -
Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
Project Name | Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management | ||||||||||||||||
Project Number | 34418-013 | ||||||||||||||||
Country / Economy | Bangladesh |
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Project Status | Active | ||||||||||||||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Grant Loan |
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Source of Funding / Amount |
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Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Partnerships |
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Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Rural water policy, institutional and capacity development - Water-based natural resources management |
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Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Gender equity | ||||||||||||||||
Description | As overall goal, the Project will enhance economic growth and reduce poverty in the concerned FCD/I areas, while providing a model for rejuvenating the poorly performing FCD/I systems that will be replicated throughout the country. The Project objective is to enhance and sustain the productivity of the selected existing FCD/I systems suffering from low performance and high incidence of poverty, with its scope comprising (i) preparing participatory integrated water management plans (IWMPs) ($0.9 million); (ii) establishing productive and sustainable water management systems through IWMP implementation comprising (a) WMA formation and strengthening with participatory preparation of program implementation plans ($1.5 million), (b) water management infrastructure ($25.3 million), (c) support services for developing agriculture, fishery, and livelihood enhancement of the poor ($3.7 million), and (d) support for establishing sustainable O&M mechanisms ($3.3 million); and (iii) strengthening institutions (including policy and institutional framework and organizational capacities) for effective provision of services to achieve this ends and project management ($7.9 million). | ||||||||||||||||
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Water fundamentally affects rural livelihoods in Bangladesh, with the country's major regional river systems bringing about massive annual floods, severe dry-season water scarcity, and periodic natural disasters. Its effective management is critical to address pervasive rural poverty problems. Yet the task is complicated due to fairly diverse and complex stakeholder interests and vulnerable natural ecosystems. It is thus paramount to plan, develop, and manage water resources in a strategic and integrated manner with mobilization and empowerment of diverse stakeholders. While the country has established a large number of FCD/I infrastructures, their performance remains suboptimal, due to lack of effective management systems that can meet diverse stakeholder needs in particular the vulnerable poor, and most critically, providing sufficient O&M. Within the country, Southwest areas face the most acute problems, due to the reduced dry-season inflow and associated social and environmental hardships including salinity intrusion, along with annual monsoon flooding. In recent years, the Government has progressively improved policy, institutional, and planning framework for the water sector, with the coordinated support of external financiers including ADB. The National Water Policy (NWP) 1999 adopted key principles including integrated water resource management (IWRM) and sustainable service delivery and O&M with progressive transfer of facility management to WMAs. This is being followed by ongoing institutional reforms of sector agencies for better governance, and the recent adoption of the National Water Management Plan (NWMP) in 2004 that provides a sector strategy and priority programs with a long-term perspective. Key challenge now is to transform these initiatives into genuine sector operations. Within this framework, enhancing and sustaining performance of existing FCD/I systems has been accorded high priority, given their need to strengthen flood resistance and their scope for generating high impacts with short lead time with relatively low costs. On this account, ADB has played lead roles in supporting the initiative for small-scale schemes, being implemented with increasingly better performance. The Project is needed to develop and institutionalize effective mechanisms to be applied to larger FCD/I schemes building on the good practice and lessons learned, to support the process of participatory and holistic planning, inclusive WMA development, infrastructure and support services to meet critical local development needs, and sustainable O&M. Successful implementation of the Project will demonstrate the way to fully operating key NWP principles in FCD/I systems, with further improved governance of the sector institutions. ADB's country strategy and program (CSP) for Bangladesh was prepared in 2005 following the Government's Povety Reduction Strategy Paper. Given the high incidence of rural poverty, the CSP prioritizes investments in agriculture commercialization, rural infrastructure, and rural water management. The strategy for the water sector is to institutionalize integrated planning, development, and management with sustained O&M, while providing support for critical infrastructure where high growth and poverty impacts are expected. The programs build on good practices and lessons, and promote further improved institutional framework in harmony with development partners. All are consistent with ADB?s water policy. |
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Impact | Enhanced economic growth and reduced poverty in rural areas of the selected subregions in the southwest areas |
Project Outcome | |
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Description of Outcome | Enhanced productivity and sustainability of existing FCD/I systems |
Progress Toward Outcome | Cropping Intensity increased to 241% and annual rice production increased to 3.77 MT/ha, while annual fish production increased to 3,583 MT._Average estimated annual household income of WMG members increased to Tk. 86,400. |
Implementation Progress | |
Description of Project Outputs | WMOs capacity for sustainable water resources planning and management in the subproject areas strengthened Infrastructure facilities of FCDI schemes in the subproject areas restored Institutional capacity for sustainable participatory integrated water resources planning and management |
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | Output-1: Participatory integrated water management plans (IWMPs), 14 subunit implementation plans (SIPs), 89 out of 102 water management groups (WMGs) with Joint management committees (JMCs) and operation and maintenance (O&M) fund collection and spend targets, were formed under Phase-1 of the project. Under additional financing, 4 additional IWMPs and 23 additional SIPs have been completed. The IWMPs are (i) Bamonkhali-Barnali, (ii) Purulia-Charbhatpara and (iii) Arol Beel. The fourth IWMP of Sunamukhi-Banmander is replaced with feasibility study of Tungipara and Kotalipara, which has been completed and approved by Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB). The total number of SIPs, including those of Phase-1, are 37. The target of formation of WMGs was increased from 150 to 267 after detail study, all of which have been formed and registered. Total number of registered WMG are 357 (90 in Phase-1 and 267 in Phase-2). In WMGs, 91,660 members have enrolled against target of 112,319 ( (=82%). Total number of households in the area is 159,297. 49% of WMG members are females, 36% of exeutive committee (EC) members are females and 33% of subcommittee members are females. Agriculture and fisheries programs have progressed 87% and 57%, respectively, against DPP provision. Female participation in collective action is 43%. No additional O&M transfer agreements have been signed with water management organizations (WMOs). Manuals have been drafted for O&M and for labor contracting society (LCS). Output-2: Under Phase-1, FCDI infrastructure in Narail and Chenchuri Beel subproject areas were improved. Under additional financing, rehabilitation works of some structures are completed and some are in progress under 9 (nine) implementation schemes. Amount tendered is Tk 266.12 crore (=95% of revised project target of Tk 280.30 crores for civil works). Physical completion is 86% against RDPP. Output-3: Under Phase-1, management information system (MIS) including WMO- database was deployed, but not yet operational. The data is being populated. BWDB already prepare an MIS named SIMS smart consisting O&M Module, infrastructure inventory, progress monitoring, hydrology module and some other necessary features. As of now the progress monitoring in being implemented. The other module will implement phase by phase. As targeted, the MOU between BWDB and LGED was signed during Phase-1. On 2-Jan-2018, the MOU was also signed at a national level. Under additional financing, one contract has been signed on 12 June 2022 within the 'Institute of Water modelling (IWM) of Bangladesh_ and PMO, Dhaka for creation and development of MIS/Database of SW-AF project. For strengthening OCWM, a preliminary staffing assessment has been prepared for OCWM and DOA. The number of approved posts in OCWM is 212, however, only 89 number of posts are filled, and 123 number of posts are vacant. BWDB has started the recruitment process to fill 12 positions of Assistant Extension Officer (Community Development). BWDB has also requested MOWR for scale vetting of the posts of Extension Overseers (Community Development) and is waiting for its approval by the Administrative Secretary Committee (Cabinet Ministry). For annual auditing of WMGs, Target increased from 252 WMGs to 367 WMGs, including 90 active WMGs of Phase-1. BWDB through Directorate of Audit (DOA) has conducted audits in 87 WMGs under Phase-1 and 203 WMGs under AF project so total comes to 290 no. WMGs. The rest 67 WMGs yet to be audited by DoA under BWDB.. The sex-disaggregated WMO database published in the project website. |
Geographical Location | Faridpur District, Gopalganj District, Jessore District, Magura District, Narail District, Rajbari District |
Safeguard Categories | |
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Environment | A |
Involuntary Resettlement | A |
Indigenous Peoples | C |
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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Environmental Aspects | An initial environmental examination (IEE) was prepared to cover nine subprojects to be implemented under the additional financing in accordance with ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement (2009). Considering the nature of the project and the location, the project activities are not expected to generate any significant adverse environment impact that is irreversible, long term, or cumulative. The subproject areas are not located within or close to any protected areas or ecologically important areas. The subproject areas are not environmentally sensitive. Potential environmental impacts will occur mainly during construction, such as dust and sediment pollution of water, and are temporary and reversible. Mitigation measures have been incorporated into the environmental management and monitoring plan. The potential environmental impacts related to the operation of structures are not expected to be significant, because the project will renovate existing structures, except 1.5 kilometers (km) of a new embankment that is replacing a breached portion of an existing embankment system. Stakeholders to be affected have been consulted. |
Involuntary Resettlement | The rehabilitation and construction works will be located within the right-of-way of existing structures or in locations where no land acquisition is involved, except the new 1.5 km embankment. It requires 2.74 ha of land acquisition consisting of 49 plots. This land acquisition will affect 55 households, of which 45 households comprising 183 people will lose 10% or more of their productive land. No structure will be affected, and no household will be physically displaced. The resettlement plan for the new embankment was prepared in accordance with the government's laws and regulations and ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement (2009). Precise locations of the rehabilitation of existing structures, including re-sectioning of existing embankments will be determined during the implementation of the additional financing through the beneficiary participatory planning. The locations will be selected to avoid involuntary resettlement but there remains a possibility that involuntary resettlement will be unavoidable. As a prudent measure, a resettlement framework was prepared, in accordance with ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement, should any involuntary resettlement issue arise. |
Indigenous Peoples | There are no indigenous peoples as defined for operational purposes by ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement in the project area. |
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
During Project Design | Consultations with local communities were held with a focus on women, the landless, and other vulnerable groups in the subproject areas. Relevant government agencies were also consulted. |
During Project Implementation | The entire project is designed for participatory water resources planning and management. Consultations will be held with a focus on women, the landless, and other vulnerable groups in the subproject areas regarding (i) livelihood issues, including agriculture and fisheries; (ii) formation of WMOs; (iii) possible solutions to resolve the constraints identified; and (iv) institutional mechanisms to address those constraints. Water users will participate in the project for formation of WMOs, water resources planning, operation and maintenance of infrastructure, and minor civil works. They will also receive capacity development and livelihood support training. The executing agency will also work with close coordination and collaboration with relevant government agencies, such as the Department of Agriculture Extension and Department of Fisheries. |
Business Opportunities | |
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Consulting Services | The consulting services have been selected and engaged through a firm in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangements satisfactory to ADB for engaging domestic consultants through quality- and cost-based selection procedures. A total of 72 person-months of international and 532 person-months of domestic consulting services are required: (i) water resource development specialist (team leader); (ii) water resources engineer (deputy team leader), (iii) participatory water management specialists, (iv) integrated water resources planners, (v) institutional advisors, (vi) hydrologist, (vii) river engineer (morphology), (viii) design engineer, (ix) agriculture and extension spec, (x) fishery development specialist, (xi) agriculture economist, (xii) gender and poverty specialist, (xiii) environmental specialists, (xiv) resettlement specialist, (xv) quality controll specialist (water management associations, (xvi) quality control specialist (infrastructure), (xvii) O& M specialist, and (xviii) financial management advisor. In consideration of the non-engineering complexity and the need for early fielding, the consultants were selected by ADB and engaged by the government. In addition, the Project will require the services of private service providers including NGOs and firms to carry out (i) participatory rural appraisals for IWMP preparation and socio economic surveys, (ii) mobilization of subproject stakeholder groups for WMAs, (iii) preparation of SIPs, (iv) survey, design, and supervision of civil works, (v) refinement and implementation of resettlement plans, (vi) delivery of various support services, and (vii) monitoring and evaluation. Technically qualified providers have been engaged, using selection procedures acceptable to ADB. Expression of Interests submitted to ADB and the Government on15 December 2005. |
Procurement | Goods and related services, and civil works are being procured in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for Procurement. The civil works are being procured in accordance with LCB procedures acceptable to ADB, typically those specified in the Public Procurement Regulations. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Srivastava, Pushkar |
Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | Bangladesh Resident Mission |
Executing Agencies |
Bangladesh Water Development Board |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | 08 Mar 2003 |
Fact Finding | 10 Mar 2005 to 23 Mar 2005 |
MRM | 18 May 2005 |
Approval | 23 Nov 2005 |
Last Review Mission | - |
PDS Creation Date | 24 Jan 2006 |
Last PDS Update | 15 Dec 2022 |
Grant 0036-BAN
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
23 Nov 2005 | 11 May 2006 | 23 Aug 2006 | 31 Dec 2013 | 31 Dec 2015 | 05 Jan 2016 |
Financing Plan | Grant Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 12.50 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 0.00 | 14 Dec 2022 | 0.00 | 12.25 | 98% |
Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 12.50 | 14 Dec 2022 | 0.00 | 12.25 | 98% |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Partly satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
Grant 0441-BAN
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
30 Sep 2015 | 13 Dec 2015 | 06 Jan 2016 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | - |
Financing Plan | Grant Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 7.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 0.00 | 14 Dec 2022 | 0.00 | 6.81 | 97% |
Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 7.00 | 14 Dec 2022 | 0.00 | 5.74 | 82% |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Partly satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
Loan 2200-BAN
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
23 Nov 2005 | 10 May 2006 | 23 Aug 2006 | 31 Dec 2013 | 31 Dec 2015 | 31 Dec 2015 |
Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 30.90 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 20.00 | 14 Dec 2022 | 20.38 | 0.00 | 100% |
Counterpart | 10.90 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 0.00 | 14 Dec 2022 | 20.38 | 0.00 | 100% |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Partly satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
Loan 3302-BAN
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
30 Sep 2015 | 13 Dec 2015 | 06 Jan 2016 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | - |
Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 56.70 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 45.00 | 14 Dec 2022 | 39.81 | 0.00 | 90% |
Counterpart | 11.70 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 0.00 | 14 Dec 2022 | 36.41 | 0.00 | 82% |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Partly satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
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Related Publications
Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project in Bangladesh: Sharing Knowledge on Community-Driven Development | Reports | Jan 2016 |
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Tenders
Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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Consulting Services for Development of a Participatory Project Management Information System (PPMIS) | Firm - Consulting | Closed |
Contracts Awarded
Procurement Plan
Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | Dec 2021 |
Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project - Additional Financing: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | Mar 2017 |