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IPP: Bangladesh: Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project
Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project (RRP BAN 42248) Indigenous Peoples Plan March 2011 BAN: Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project Prepared by ANZDEC Ltd for the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs and Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 16 March 2011) Currency unit – taka (Tk) Tk1.00 = $0.0140 $1.00 = Tk71.56 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank ADR – alternative dispute resolution AP – affected person CHT – Chittagong Hill Tracts CHTDF – Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility CHTRC – Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council CHTRDP – Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project CI – community infrastructure DC – deputy commissioner DPMO – district project management office GOB – Government of Bangladesh GPS – global positioning system GRC – grievance redress committee HDC – hill district council INGO – implementing NGO IP – indigenous people IPP – indigenous peoples plan LARF – land acquisition and resettlement framework LCS – labor contracting society LGED – Local Government Engineering Department MAD – micro agribusiness development MIS – management information system MOCHTA – Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs NOTE (i) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This indigenous peoples plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. 1 CONTENTS Page A. Executive Summary 3 B. -
Edited by – Ashis Roy
Dam Edited by – Ashis Roy Dam a structure built across a stream, river, or estuary to store water. A reservoir is created upstream of the dam to supply water for human consumption, irrigation, or industrial use. Reservoirs are also used to reduce peak discharge of floodwater, to increase the volume of water stored for generating hydroelectric power, or to increase the depth of water in a river so as to improve navigation and provide for recreation. Dams are usually of two basic types - masonry (concrete) and embankment (earth or rock-fill). Masonry dams are used to block streams running through narrow gorges, as in mountainous terrain; though such dams may be very high, the total amount of material required is much less. The choice between masonry and earthen dam and the actual design depend on the geology and configuration of the site, the functions of the dam, and cost factors. Auxiliary works for a dam include spillways, gates, or valves to control the discharge of surplus water downstream from the reservoir; an intake structure conducting water to a power station or to canals, tunnels, or pipelines for more distant use; provision for evacuating silt carried into the reservoir; and means for permitting boats or fish to cross the dam. A dam therefore is the central structure in a multipurpose scheme aiming at the conservation of water resources. Water levels in the reservoir upstream is controlled by opening and closing gates of the spillway which acts as the safety valve of the dam. In addition to spillways, openings through dams are also required for drawing off water for irrigation and water supply, for ensuring a minimum flow in the river for riparian interests downstream, for generating power, and for evacuating water and silt from the reservoir. -
Of Bangladesh: an Overview
Chapter 3 Socioeconomic Status and Development of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh: An Overview MIZANUR RAHMAN SHELLEY Chairman Centre for Development Research Bangladesh (CDRB) 3.1 Introduction The processes of growth, poverty alleviation, and sustainable resource management in the Chittagong Hill Tracts’ (CHT) area of Bangladesh were seriously obstructed by 20 years of insurgency and armed conflict in the region which lasted until recent times. This period of insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh was brought to a formal end on the 2nd December 1997 with the signing of a peace agreement between the Bangladesh National Committee on the Chittagong Hill Tracts, representing the Government of Bangladesh, and the ‘Parbatya Chattagram Janasanghati Samity’ (PCJSS), representing the political wing of the insurgent ‘Shanti Bahini’, (Peaceful Sister(s) composed mainly of the militants among the tribe of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). The two sides affirmed their full and firm allegiance to territorial integrity, sovereignty, and the constitution of Bangladesh. The agreement was the outcome of a political process of peaceful dialogues and negotiations that extended over the tenures of three successive governments, dating from the eighties. Drawn up, finalised, and signed within a year and a half of the inception of the tenure of the Awami League Government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the peace agreement accommodated the demands for cultural, religious, and economic autonomy and equity of the hill people within the framework of sovereign 107 Untitled-4 107 7/19/2007, 1:07 PM Bangladesh and hence successfully put an end to the armed violence in the strategic and economically promising territory. -
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 2. Historical background .................................................................................................... 2 3. Efforts to settle the conflict ............................................................................................ 4 4. The peace accord ............................................................................................................ 5 4.1 Legal issues ...................................................................................................... 6 4.2 General amnesty .............................................................................................. 6 4.3 Rehabilitation ................................................................................................... 6 5. The process of implementation ...................................................................................... 7 5.1 General amnesty .............................................................................................. 9 5.2 Repatriation ..................................................................................................... 9 5.3 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) .............................................................. 10 5.4 Commission on Land ..................................................................................... 10 5.5 Army camps .................................................................................................. -
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THE DEVELOPMENT PARADOX : MEGA PROJECT, RESOURCE SCARCITY AND CONFLICT NEXUS IN BANGLADESH Md Rafiqul Islam1 Mohammad Shaheenur Alam2 Abstract Conflict over the land accusation for the development projects is the latest phenomenon in Bangladesh. The general people in some occasions have engaged in conflict with the government and multinational corporations in protest of land accusation for the name of the development projects. There is a scanty of the research work to investigate the underlying and proximate causes of the violence and conflict in regard to implementing the development projects in Bangladesh. This article attempts to fill up this gap by analysing some cases of conflict between the general people and law enforcing agencies while implementing the development projects. Based on the case study, this article argues that resource scarcity is the underlying cause of the conflict. The question of the livelihood of the poor people and the government’s inability to rehabilitate the displaced people after the eviction also motivate people to wage into conflict. The population pressure, resource capture by the elites, and fear of losing vital resource by the marginal people (for example, land) play a crucial role in forming conflicts and violence. This paper finds that unholy alliance between the multinational corporation and government bodies exploit the people attached to the environmental resources, which is now a prime cause of violence. The paper, thus, suggests that no project should be implemented if it forces to displace a significant number of people from their land. Moreover, alternative source of living and sustainable livelihood for the poor people are the fundamental prerequisites before implementing any development project in the highly populated areas in Bangladesh. -
BANGLADESH POWER DEVELOPMENT BOARD Tel: 880-2-9554209
'?trf qtfrffirBrEr{, 951q6trfrqq" Central Secretariate, WAPDA Building (1't floor), Motijheel C/A BPDB, Dhaka-1 000 BANGLADESH POWER DEVELOPMENT BOARD Tel: 880-2-9554209 g y- 0) Memo no. 27 .11.0000.101 .14,O0%,>O - R Date: toztzozo EOI DOCUMENT FOR RENDERING CONSULTANCY SERVIGES AS OWNER'S ENGINEER FOR CONSTRUCTION OF RAOZAN 4OO MW + 10% COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT PROJECT, CHATTOGRAM, BANGLADESH 1.0 lntroduction: A Combined Cycle Power Plant of 400 MW t10% capacity at site conditions (35oC, 1.013 bar, 98% R.H.) is intended to be set up by Bangladesh Power Development Board at the specified space within existing Raozan Power Station, Chattogram, Bangladesh. Raozan Upazila is located in Chattogram District, 25 kilometers north-east from Chattogram on the south side of the Chattogram-Kaptai Highway. The proposed combined cycle Plantwill be 1:1:1 with single shaft configuration having capacity of 400 MW t 10% at site conditions (35oC, 1 .013 bar, 98% R.H.). Natural Gas will be used as fuel of this Power Plant. Around 38 acres of land is available in the southern & eastern side of existing power station boundaries. Portion of this land will be used for Construction of Raozan 400 MW t 10% Combined Cycle Power Plant Project (around 10 acres) and the remaining space will be used for future Power Plant expansion. The completion period of the power plant project in 900 Days from the Effective Date of Contract and warranty period is 24 months from the Operational acceptance of the facilities. 2.0 Expression of lnterest: BPDB now invites reputed lnternational Engineering Consulting Firms to indicate their interest in providing consultancy services as Owner's Engineer for Construction of Raozan 400 MW ! 1Ao/o Gas Based Combined Cycle Power Plant Project, Chattogram. -
Kaptai National Park
ipac Site Level Field Appraisal for Integrated Protected Area Co-Management KAAPPTTAAII NAATTIIOONNAALL PAARRKK K N P Chittagong Hill Tracts Cluster Integrated Protected Area Co-management Project Rangamati, April – 2009 ipac Site-Level Field Appraisal for Integrated Protected Area Co-Management KKAAPPTTAAII NNAATTIIOONNAALL PPAARRKK Prepared by Nikhilesh Chakma, Partha Dewan, Mostafa Omar Sharif, Pulak Chakma Integrated Protected Area Co-Management (ipac) project CIPD Adivashi Unnayan Kendra (CIPD) April 2009 With partners: CIPD, CODEC, RDRS and WorldFish Centre Site Level Field Appraisal for Protected Area Co-management: Kaptai National Park TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ..............................................................................................................................1 LIST OF TABLES.........................................................................................................................................3 LIST OF FIGURES.......................................................................................................................................3 1. INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................4 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................4 1.2 INFORMATION NEEDS OF IPAC AND LOGICAL BASIS FOR CONDUCTING PRA/RRA.........................6 1.3 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT....................................................................................................................8 -
Together Towards Tomorrow’
annual reporT together towards 2019 tomorrow annual reporT 2019 annual reporT together towards 2019 tomorrow EXPORT IMPORT BANK OF BANGLADESH LIMITED CONTENTS Our Vision 3 Our Mission 4 Board of Directors 5 Brief Profile of the Directors 6 List of Sponsors 9 Executive Committee 10 Board Audit Committee 10 Risk Management Committee 11 Shariah Supervisory Committee 11 Management Team 12 Corporate Information 14 Five years Financial Performance at a Glance 15 Notice of the 21st Annual General Meeting 16 From the Desk of the Chairman 18 Round-up: Managing Director & CEO 21 Directors’ Report 25 Compliance Status of Corporate Governance Guidelines of BSEC 61 Corporate Social Responsibilities 80 Report on Risk Management 85 Market Discipline Disclosure 103 Report of the Board Audit Committee 131 Annual Report of the Shariah Supervisory Committee 132 Auditor’s Report 134 Consolidated Balance Sheet 141 Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 143 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 144 Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 145 Consolidated Liquidity Statement 146 Balance Sheet 147 Profit and Loss Account 149 Cash Flow Statement 150 Statement of Changes in Equity 151 Liquidity Statement 152 Notes to the Financial Statements 153 Highlights on the Overall Activities 225 Financial Statements–Off-shore Banking Unit 226 Financial Statements of Subsidiaries 232 Photo Album 282 International & National Recognition 290 Branches of EXIM Bank 296 Proxy Form 306 OUR VISION The gist of our vision is ‘Together Towards Tomorrow’. Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited believes in togetherness with its customers, in its march on the road to growth and progress with service. To achieve the desired goal, there will be pursuit of excellence at all stages with a climate of continuous improvement, because, in EXIM Bank, we believe, the line of excellence is never ending. -
People Versus Power: the Geopolitics of Kaptai Dam in Bangladesh
Water Resources Development, Vol. 18, No. 1, 197–208, 2002 People versus Power: The Geopolitics of Kaptai Dam in Bangladesh SAILA PARVEEN & I. M. FAISAL Environmental Studies, North South University, 12 Kemal Ataturk, Banani C/A, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh. E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT This paper examines the impacts of the Kaptai dam, in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, on the tribal communities of that area. Kaptai dam is the only hydropower source in Bangladesh, with an installed capacity of 230 MW; about 5% of the electricity consumed in the country is produced there. When the dam was built in 1962, some 100 000 people were displaced and few of them received adequate compen- sation. Recently, the Power Development Board (PDB) of Bangladesh has announced a plan to install two new 50 MW units that will bring the capacity of the dam to 330 MW. This plan will cause the reservoir water level to rise and may take away about 7500 ha of the fringe land, which the tribal people use for rice cultivation during the April–August period each year. As before, the PDB has not discussed this plan with the potentially affected tribal groups, who are concerned about losing the fringe land and an important source of income. The paper discusses the original displacement issue and this recent development in the light of the geopolitical history of this region. It attempts to present an objective analysis of these issues and views held by various concerned parties. It then proposes a scheme for managing the Kaptai reservoir based on a participatory approach that will ensure both economic efciency and social equity. -
Annual Report 2018-19
Annual Report 2018-19 Bangladesh Power Development Board Bangladesh Power Development Board Vision To deliver uninterrupted quality power to all. To secure continuous growth of electricity Mission for sustainable development and ensure customer satisfaction. Objectives To be engaged in implementing the development program of the government in the power sector; To adopt modern technology and ensure optimum utilization of the primary and alternative source of fuel for sustainable development of power generation projects; To purchase power as a Single Buyer from power producers; To provide reliable power supply to customers enabling socio economic development; To promote a work culture, team spirit and inventiveness to overcome challenges; To promote ideas, talent and value systems for employees. Annual Report 2018-19 From the desk of Chairman It is a matter of immense pleasure that Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the largest electricity utility of the country is going to publish its Annual Report for the financial year 2018-2019. Power sector of Bangladesh is a proud sector of the country with installed power generation capacity of 22,562 MW as of October 2019 (including captive and renewable energy). Power sector of Bangladesh is one of the booming sectors of the country. Now 95% of the total population has access to electricity. The largest energy consumers in Bangladesh are residential sector, followed by industries, commercial and agricultural sectors. Only few years back high system loss, low plant efficiency, erratic power supply, shortages of funds for power plant maintenance and absence of new power generation plan were the big problems in Bangladesh's power sector, but now the scenario is completely different. -
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Revisiting Power System Master Plan (PSMP) 2016 2018
NOV Revisiting Power System Master Plan (PSMP) 2016 2018 Contents Chapter I: Introduction 9 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................... 9 1.1.1 Procedure Followed ................................................................................................................. 9 1.1.2 PSMP 2016 .............................................................................................................................. 9 1.1.3 Policy Vision of PSMP 2016 ................................................................................................ 10 1.1.4 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) .................................................................................. 10 Chapter II: Power Demand Forecast 11 2.1 Present Power Supply Situation ........................................................................................ 11 2.2 Zone-wise Demand up to 2041 according to Distribution Utilities ...................................... 11 2.3 Peak Power Demand Forecast as per GDP Elasticity Method ............................................. 13 2.4 Electricity for Economic Growth ...................................................................................... 19 2.5 Economic Development ................................................................................................... 19 2.6 Per Capita Income ........................................................................................................... 19 2.7 Industrialization