Bangladesh: Support for Preparation of South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Dhirasram Inland Container Depot Project
The proposed South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Dhirasram Inland Container Depot (DICD) Project will support construction of a new inland container depot (ICD) in the north of Dhaka with direct rail link to Chattogram Port and Indian borders. The project will apply the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme where a concessionaire will finance construction of the superstructure of DICD and procurement of cargo handling equipment, and will be responsible for operation and maintenance. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will finance construction of the substructure of DICD.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Kasahara, Kaoru
South Asia Department
Request for information -
Approval Date
13 December 2022 -
Country/Economy
Bangladesh -
Sector
- Transport
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| Project Name | Support for Preparation of South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Dhirasram Inland Container Depot Project | ||||
| Project Number | 56172-001 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Bangladesh |
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| Project Status | Approved | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Transport / Multimodal logistics |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Some gender elements | ||||
| Description | The proposed South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Dhirasram Inland Container Depot (DICD) Project will support construction of a new inland container depot (ICD) in the north of Dhaka with direct rail link to Chattogram Port and Indian borders. The project will apply the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme where a concessionaire will finance construction of the superstructure of DICD and procurement of cargo handling equipment, and will be responsible for operation and maintenance. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will finance construction of the substructure of DICD. The project will strengthen the national logistics network enabling operation of more container freight trains connecting with the port and Indian borders. The project will contribute to modal shift toward environment-friendly and sustainable multimodal transport in Bangladesh. Also, it will alleviate road congestion in Dhaka by replacing the Kamlapur ICD in the city center once the DICD is operational. Accordingly, the project will reduce truck inflow and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from logistics operation. The project will be aligned with the following impacts: trade logistics improved, and export diversification advanced.1 The project outcome will be capacity of container transportation by rail in Bangladesh increased. The project outputs will be: i) substructure of DICD constructed,2 ii) National ICD Development Plan prepared; and iii) readiness of DICD operation and supervision advanced. The indicative amount of regular ordinary capital resources loan from ADB is $250 million out of the total project cost of $794.6 million. Investment by a PPP concessionaire is expected to be at $108 million while Bangladesh Railway's counterpart financing is $416.2 million. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The ensuing loan will develop Bangladesh's largest ICD at Dhirasram in the north of Dhaka, with direct rail link with Chattogram Port and Indian borders. The DICD is expected to substantially increase container transport capacity of Bangladesh Railway. | ||||
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| Description of Project Outputs | Readiness of DICD operation and supervision advanced. 2.National Inland Container Depot development plan and other documents prepared. |
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| Geographical Location | Dhirasram |
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| Consulting Services | ADB will engage the consultants following ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions._A firm consultant will advance project readiness of the ensuing loans through implementation of the study including capacity development of Bangladesh Railway and Container Company of Bangladesh Ltd. Individual consultants will be engaged to support Bangladesh Railway in the: i) review of deliverables by the firm consultant for quality assurance; ii) preparation of documents for government procedures; and iii) communication with other agencies and stakeholders for project coordination. The consultants will procure goods as required for implementation of assignment, including office equipment. |
| Procurement | Not applicable. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Kasahara, Kaoru |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Transport and Communications Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Bangladesh Railway |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 13 Dec 2022 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 13 Dec 2022 |
TA 10040-BAN
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | - | 0.00 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Support for Preparation of South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Dhirasram Inland Container Depot Project: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2022 |
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