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WB offers $62.20m to clear air in Dhaka

UNB, Dhaka
The government has successfully concluded negotiations with the World Bank (WB) for a $62.20 million Clean Air and Sustainable Environment (CASE) project
An official release says CASE is an innovatively designed project that aims at integrating environment and transport concerns towards a common objective of improving Dhaka's air quality.
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Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, additional secretary of Economic Relations Division under finance ministry, and Maria Sarraf, environment economist ofWB, led the government and the donor respectively at the negotiation concluded on Monday.
WB Board will tentatively discuss the credit for approval in May.
"The urban air pollution in Bangladesh causes Interrelated and numerous adverse impacts on the environment, health, and general wellbeing," said Xian Zhu, country director ofWB.
"Dhaka is one of the most densely populated and fastest growing mega cities with high risk of health hazards due to poor air quality. We are happy to support the government's effort to improve air quality and safe mobility in Dhaka,” he said.
Air pollution is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Bangladesh. The project will primarily cover two key air-pollutant sectors--brick construction and transportation.
The environment component of the project will help the Department of Environment to improve overall air-quality management capacity and to introduce cleaner technologies.
"Using energy-efficient cleaner technology in brick making will significantly improve air quality in Dhaka,” said Maria Sarraf, also the task leader of the CASE project.
The transport component will focus on low-cost measures to reduce conflict between motorized and nonmotorized transport, reduce congestion and provide safer and cleaner mobility for those
who use public transport In Dhaka.
"It would also finance the preparation of a public bus rapid transit study in Dhaka,” said the WB release.
Dhaka City Corporation and Dhaka Transport Coordination Board will implement the transport component.
The construction of foot over bridges and the rehabilitation of sidewalks should improve the mobility of pedestrian and reduce the number of traffic accidents.
The participation of Dhaka Metropolitan Police would be important for the success of CASE, said the release.