Govt, donors to fight climate change effects

The government in cooperation with different donor agencies has launched a development project to enhance the capacity of coastal people for resisting adverse effects of climate change.
The “Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project” aims to achieve improved livelihoods, in the form of higher incomes and food security, for poor households in 12 coastal districts -- Barisal, Bhola, Patuakhali, Barguna, Jhalakathi, Pirojpur, Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira, Gopalganj, Madaripur and Shariatpur.
This information was revealed at the inception workshop on the project at the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) auditorium in the capital yesterday.
Improved road connectivity, improved market services and enhanced climate change adaptation capacity are the three major components of the project, said project director AKM Lutfur Rahman.
Besides, different important information will be disseminated through introducing community radio services in the selected districts.
Involving around Tk 1,230 crore, the project will continue till the end of 2018.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),
Asian Development Bank, and KfW, a German government-owned development bank, will finance the project, while the LGED will implement it.
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan was present in the programme as chief guest.