Japan to give 150 garbage trucks for Dhaka, Ctg

Japan will provide 150 garbage trucks to improve waste management in Dhaka and Chittagong cities.

Takeshi Matsunaga, Japanese embassy chargé d'affaires; Mikio Hataeda, Jica Bangladesh Office chief representative; and Mohammed Abu Taher, Economic Relations Division additional secretary, signed the agreement in Dhaka yesterday.

The Japanese government's grant assistance of 1,486 million yen is under "The Project for Improvement of Solid Waste Management Equipment", said officials.

The daily generation of garbage is estimated to increase from 5,100 to 5,700 tonnes in Dhaka while from 1,600 to 1,900 tonnes in Chittagong, says the embassy's press release.