ADB to fund Bangladesh riverbank erosion control measures

摘要

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to fund state-of-the-art riverbank protection in Bangladesh to prevent land erosion that is estimated to cost the country's economy around $250 million a year. The $255 million loan will help to put in place riverbank protection structures and embankments along vulnerable stretches of the Jamuna, Padma and Ganges rivers - the main waterways of the country. Low-lying Bangladesh is one of the most flood and erosion-vulnerable countries in the world, losing up to 6000ha of land each year. Around 100,000 mostly poor, rural people lose land, crops and even homes as a result.