Bangladesh : Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project
ADB is helping Bangladesh establish sustainable small-scale water resources management systems. The project will develop 230 subprojects in the areas of flood control, drainage, and irrigation. It will strengthen the capability of agencies overseeing the sector, and develop water management cooperative associations that will undertake the day-to-day operations of small-scale water services.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Das, Amrita Kumar
South Asia Department
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Country/Economy
Bangladesh -
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Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
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| Project Name | Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project | ||||||||||||
| Project Number | 39432-013 | ||||||||||||
| Country / Economy | Bangladesh |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable 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 / Agricultural drainage - Agricultural policy, institutional and capacity development - Irrigation - Rural flood protection |
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| Gender | Gender equity | ||||||||||||
| Description | The Project builds on lessons from previous ADB investments in the small-scale (less than 1,000 hectare [ha]) water resources sector; specifically, the Small-Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project (SSW 1), which was implemented from 1996 to 2002 and developed 280 subprojects in the western part of the country. Also, the ongoing Second Small-Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project (SSW 2), which commenced in 2002 and is due to be completed in 2009. This has developed 275 subprojects in 61 of 64 districts of Bangladesh. The Project will support the development of inclusive water management cooperative associations (WMCAS) that include landowners, land operators, women, fishers, and other vulnerable groups. The WMCAS should have sufficient social and technical capital to undertake small-scale water resources (SSWR) subprojects and to improve system operations. They should have clear financing partnerships and/or cost-sharing mechanisms so they can carry out sustainable maintenance. Within an enabling institutional framework, they should be capable of maximizing their collective potential to increase agriculture production in the subproject areas. The Project will have three outputs: (i) institutional strengthening of government agencies at all levels to support SSWR development; (ii) participatory subprojects, which will include poor and vulnerable groups, and which will enable WMCAs to plan, implement, operate, and maintain subprojects; and (iii) construction and maintenance of up to 270 SSWR subprojects and performance enhancement of up to 150 subprojects (out of 560 completed) from SSW 1 and 2 projects. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The Project will support the National Strategy for Accelerated Poverty Reduction II of the Government of Bangladesh, which identifies water resources development and management as a critical sector for pro-poor economic growth and food security through agricultural development. The Project implements key elements of ADB's Water Policy including institutional strengthening and socially inclusive development principles, including stakeholder consultation and participation at all levels. It also supports core areas of operations defined in ADB's Strategy 2020, including investing in rural infrastructure for water management, building capacity for better infrastructure management, and promoting institutional reforms that enhance operational efficiency and sustainability of infrastructure projects. | ||||||||||||
| Impact | The impact of the Project will be enhanced productivity and sustainability in agriculture in subproject areas. | ||||||||||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | The outcome of the Project will be sustainable small-scale water resources management systems in subproject areas. |
| Progress Toward Outcome | All new (265) and enhancement (147) are completed |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | Output 1: Institutional Strengthening: Enhanced institutional capacity and capability of government agencies at all levels that support SSWR development Output 2: Participatory Subproject Development: Refinement of subproject development process for sustainable WMCA that are performing well. Output 3: Small-Scale Water Resources Infrastructure and Project Implementation Support Construction and maintenance of smallscale water resources subprojects |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | Completed ongoing 420 WMCAs are established and being provided with all required support Ongoing 160 new and 128 enhancement subprojects (SP) are completed Ongoing 270 WMCA registered 253 WMCA audited 435 request approved Members of 270 WMCA contributed to the required O&M fund, which is a pre-condition for Implementation Agreement This will be monitored after handing over of the sub-projects to the WMCAs |
| Geographical Location | Nation-wide, Bauphal, Cox's Bazar, Gosinga, Kanakdia, Purba Sarail |
| Safeguard Categories | |
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | B |
| Indigenous Peoples | B |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Environmental Aspects | Category B. Initial environmental examinations were undertaken for three sample subprojects and environmental assessment and review procedures prepared. These were endorsed by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), the executing agency, on 29 October 2008 and uploaded to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) website on 9 February 2009. Overall, this project has complied with the environmental provisions of the loan covenant. It has complied the integration of the construction-phase environmental management plan (EMP) into the bidding documents. The EMP attached in the Initial Environmental Assessment (IEE) is prepared for all the identified environmental impacts during construction and operation stages due to implementation of various project activities and associated development. The mitigation measures are designed either to prevent impacts or by mitigating those to reduce the effect to an acceptable level that complies with the environmental guidelines of DOE and with the guidelines of the ADB's SPS (2009) by adopting the most suitable cost-effective options. The EMP also ensures that the positive environmental impacts are conserved and enhanced. |
| Involuntary Resettlement | The project has been categorized B for Involuntary Resettlement (IR) impacts. Out of 265 subprojects (SPs) in 43 districts, 34 SPs have prepared and implemented Resettlement Plans (RPs) for 2109 households. The RPs were prepared under the Involuntary resettlement Policy (1998) and Indigenous policy (1995). In addition to land acquisition, the total area of land involved in lease agreements for 10 sub-projects with respective WMCAs was 17.430 acres. Total (142) impacted households were involved in the agreements on voluntary basis. In addition to other entitlements, 23 vulnerable individuals received additional cash grant, out of the group of vulnerable individuals 11 were female. The project performance has been satisfactory with respect to social safeguards. |
| Indigenous Peoples | Since the project interventions have been implemented in several districts inhabited by Indigenous People, the project has been also categorized B for IP to ensure inclusion of IP as project beneficiaries. No Negative impact has been reported by the project on any small ethnic communities. |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | The Project has been designed through extensive consultation with all stakeholders. The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives were consulted. The executing agency Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Department of Cooperatives (DOC), Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Department of Fisheries (DOF), and the Department of Environment were part of the design. The beneficiaries of SSW 1 and SSW 2 and selected subproject areas were extensively consulted. Household survey and focus group discussions were undertaken in selected subproject areas. |
| During Project Implementation | Key features and resources provided to implement the C&P plan (including budget, consultant input, etc.). The entire project design is based on participatory development principles ensuring beneficiary participation at all stages of the subproject cycle. The Project is a sector project and involves extensive consultation and participation while selecting and implementing the subprojects. At the subproject level, the stakeholders include landowners; large, small and marginal farmers; landless people; and local governments. Local NGOs were also have a stake in the project. Agencies of the Government, including DAE, DOF, and DOC were involved to provide services to the WMCAs and the project beneficiaries. Different types of consultation and participation were undertaken, including community mobilization. Participatory rural appraisal (PRA) techniques were applied to identify subprojects. Consultation and workshops were required for social, gender, and environmental assessments. Based on the lessons from the existing participation methods in the small-scale water development sector, an effective community mobilization strategy was followed during the implementation phase. The participatory development component of the Project improve beneficiary participation in small-scale water resource development by the establishment and strengthening of WMCAs. Continued refinement of critical aspects of the participatory process and value addition to performing WMCAs through structural and nonstructural intervention were ensured. Project support to WMCAs consisted of management training for the elected management committees, as well as for the general membership. Training content took into account the lessons from SSW 2, paying particular attention to WMCA performance. WMCA and labor contracting society training events included legal empowerment issues following the recommendations of the ADB regional TA project on legal empowerment. While funding for WMCA training is a government responsibility, LGED recognizes that available funds are insufficient to meet WMCA training needs. The Project supplemented government funding of WMCA training to a defined and appropriate level as per the project capacity development plan. Some of the key factors supporting WMCA performance include strong leadership and appropriate levels of support from partner agencies. The capacity development plan includes capacity development activities for partner agencies like the Department of Environment, DOC, and DOF. |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | Consultants will be selected and engaged in accordance with ADB Guidelines ont he use of consultants (2007, as amended from time to time). Firms carrying out project implementation consulting services willb e selected through international competition using the quality- and cost-based selection method. A total of 1,319 staff-months of consulting services including 68 months of international and 1,251 months of national consultants will be required for the Project. |
| Procurement | Procurement of goods and services under the Project will be carried out in accordance with ADB?s Procurement Guidelines (2007, as amended from time to time) and the Government?s Public Procurement Regulations of 2008 as acceptable to ADB. With clarifications and modifications described in NCB Annex for Bangladesh which provides requirements for compliance with the provisions of the Procurement Guidelines. National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures will be applied for contract works below $2.0 million. NCB will be the major mode for civil works contract given the small size of subprojects. Equipment and materials will be procured under international competitive bidding where the estimated cost is more than $500,000 equivalent. Shopping procedure will be used for contracts with estimated cost between $10,000 and $100,000. Bidding of NCB contracts estimated at $500,000 or more for goods and related services or $1,000,000 or more for civil works shall be advertised concurrently with the general procurement notices on ADB?s website. Earthworks contracts costing less than Tk 330,000 (about $5,000) may be awarded directly to the subproject specific Labour Contracting Society (LCS) as a community works contract following relevant provisions of ADB guidelines regarding community participation. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Das, Amrita Kumar |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Bangladesh Resident Mission |
| Executing Agencies |
Local Government Engineering Department Mr Shahidul Haque [email protected] LGED Bhaban, Sher e Bangla Nagar, Dhaka |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 16 Sep 2008 |
| Fact Finding | 17 Sep 2008 to 28 Sep 2008 |
| MRM | 23 Feb 2009 |
| Approval | 22 Apr 2010 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 16 Oct 2008 |
| Last PDS Update | 29 Sep 2020 |
Loan 2542-BAN
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 04 Sep 2009 | 10 Sep 2009 | 12 Nov 2009 | 30 Jun 2018 | - | 19 Nov 2020 |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 85.30 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 55.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 44.73 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Counterpart | 30.30 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 44.73 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Status of Covenants | ||||||
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
Loan 8248-BAN
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 15 Sep 2009 | 06 Nov 2009 | 06 Nov 2009 | 31 Dec 2017 | 31 Dec 2018 | 30 Jul 2020 |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 22.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 17.90 | 100% |
| Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 22.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 17.90 | 100% |
Loan 8250-BAN
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 22 Apr 2010 | 18 Oct 2010 | 18 Oct 2010 | 31 Dec 2017 | 31 Dec 2018 | 30 Jul 2020 |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 10.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 8.39 | 100% |
| Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 10.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 8.39 | 100% |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project: Completion Report | Project/Program Completion Reports | Dec 2020 |
| Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | May 2013 |
| Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project | TA Change in Scope, Amount, and Implementation Arrangements | Jul 2010 |
| Loan Agreement (Special Operations) for Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project between People's Republic of Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank dated 10 September 2009 | Loan Agreement (Special Operations) | Sep 2009 |
| Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project: Report and Recommendation of the President | Reports and Recommendations of the President | Aug 2009 |
Safeguard Documents See also: Safeguards
Safeguard documents provided at the time of project/facility approval may also be found in the list of linked documents provided with the Report and Recommendation of the President.
Evaluation Documents See also: Independent Evaluation
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Bangladesh: Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project | Validations of Project Completion Reports | Aug 2021 |
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Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| Construction Works under Tulshi Trimohoni Bhaduria Khal Subproject (SP-46244(ADB)), Upazila: Nawa Bgonj, District: Dinajpur | Loan 2542 | 05 Mar 2017 | Md. Nurul Islam | Dinajpur Bangladesh | Local Government Engineering Department | 256,706.91 | 224,499.75 |
| Earthwork under SP-46257, SP-46264, SP-46254 and SP-46263 in Satkhira, Laxmipur, Barguna District | Loan 2542 | 06 Mar 2017 | Various | Various Bangladesh | Local Government Engineering Department | 304,810.80 | 264,422.55 |
| Expenditure Related to Maintenance of Vehicle, Equipment under WA0089 | Loan 2542 | 09 Apr 2017 | Various | Various Bangladesh | Local Government Engineering Department | 152,975.90 | 119,628.14 |
| Supply of Fuel Bill, Car Maintanance, Motorcyale Maintanance for FY 2014-15 to FY 2015-16 | Loan 2542 | 05 Feb 2017 | Various | Various Bangladesh | Local Government Engineering Department | 168,601.35 | 131,874.38 |
| Different Training Activities from September 2016 to January 2017 | Loan 2542 | 05 Feb 2017 | Various | Various Bangladesh | Local Government Engineering Department | 538,259.79 | 244,456.79 |
| Construction Works under Khal Ghat Basundia Subproject (SP-46265(ADB)), Upazila: Sadar, District: Jeeore | Loan 2542 | 06 Mar 2017 | Md. Noor Hossain | Puratan Kashba Jessore Bangladesh | Local Government Engineering Department | 105,108.04 | 90,881.59 |
| Construction Works under Ramanadi-Kutubpur Subproject (SP-45202(ADB)), Upazila: Sadar, District: Laxmipur | Loan 2542 | 05 Mar 2017 | Mohammed Eunus and Brothers Pvt. Ltd. | Chittagong Bangladesh | Local Government Engineering Department | 193,722.27 | 171,159.90 |
| Construction Works under Tulshigonga Khal Subproject (SP-45208(ADB)), Upazila: Birampur, District: Dinajpur | Loan 2542 | 05 Mar 2017 | M/S. Rafiqul Islam | North Balubari Dinajpur Bangladesh | Local Government Engineering Department | 201,212.96 | 177,759.07 |
| Construction Works under Garur Khal Subproject (SP-44128(ADB)), Upazila: Sadar, District: Laxmipur | Loan 2542 | 05 Mar 2017 | Mohammed Eunus and Brothers Pvt. Ltd. | Chittagong Bangladesh | Local Government Engineering Department | 209,593.23 | 185,399.61 |
Procurement Plan
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | May 2013 |