Description

The proposed Urban Infrastructure Improvement Preparatory Facility for Bangladesh will help manage the technical and implementation issues upfront to secure high readiness of the ensuing investment projects for ADB financing. It will support the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) in preparing water supply and sanitation investment projects in selected secondary towns and city corporations where development is lagging. In target towns, the facility will support the shift from intermittent and groundwater-based supply to continuous supply from surface water. It will also support the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) in improving water supply, drainage, and urban roads. Narayanganj is the fourth most populated city in Bangladesh and economically important because it is adjacent to Dhaka. The facility will build NCC's capacity for municipal financial management to ensure the sustainability of urban infrastructure investments, and their operation and management.