Bangladesh: Dhaka and Western Zone Transmission Grid Expansion Project (AIIB-000272)

Countries
  • Bangladesh
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Dhaka
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Financial Institutions
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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Borrower
Government of Bangladesh
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Sectors
  • Energy
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 200.00 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 750.00 million
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Bank Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AIIB website

Updated in EWS Jun 29, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Aug 28, 2019

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Project Description
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According to bank documents, "The objective of the proposed Project is to enhance the reliability and efficiency of power transmission in Dhaka and Western Zone of Bangladesh and strengthen institutional capacity of PGCB.

The proposed Project will include three components.
•Component 1: construction of substations with a total capacity of 4,450 megavolt-ampere (MVA)and transmission lines of 40 km in Greater Dhaka.
•Component 2: construction of substations with a total capacity of 2,990MVA and transmission lines of 368 km and20 bay extensions in Western Zone.
•Component 3: strengthening of institutional capacity of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB).

Investment Description
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Co-financing:
ADB loan: USD 300 million
People’s Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund: USD0.75 million
Government of Bangladesh/PGCB: 249.25million


Contact Information
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AIIB
Hongliang Yang
Senior Investment Operations Specialist
hyang@aiib.org

ADB
Aiming Zhou
Principal Energy Specialist
azhou@adb.org

Borrower
Bibi Karimun Nessa
Assistant Chief
suborna1@gmail.com

PGCB
Pranab Kumar Roy
Chief Engineer of Planning and Development
manmis.pgcb@gmail.com

 

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AIIB

The AIIB has established the Accountability Mechanism for Project-Affected People (PPM).  The PPM provides “an opportunity for an independent and impartial review of submissions from Project-affected people who believe they have been or are likely to be adversely affected by AIIB’s failure to implement the ESP in situations when their concerns cannot be addressed satisfactorily through Project level GRMs or AIIB Management processes.” Two or more project-affected people can file a complaint.  Under the current AIIB policy, when the bank co-finances a project with another development bank, it may apply the other bank's standards. You can refer to the Project Summary Information document to find out which standards apply.  You can learn more about the PPM and how to file a complaint at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/how-we-assist-you/index.html.

The complaint submission form can be accessed in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Chinese, English, Tagalog, Hindi, Nepali, Russian, Turkish, or Urdu. The submission form can be found at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/submission/index.html.




 

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