CHATTOGRAM, Oct 3: The deadline of the sewerage project of Chattogram WASA has been extended to June 2025.
According to Chattogram WASA sources said, "In this connection a letter has been received by the management on Wednesday last from the Planning Commission."
'The deadline has ended in June this year,' said Engr Ariful Islam Chowdhury, Superintending Engineer of Chattogram WASA and the Project Director."
For this reason, the WASA management had applied for extension of the deadline for completion of the project to June 2026. But the Planning Commission has extended the deadline for completion of the project to June 2025.
Meanwhile, 58 per cent works of the Catchment-1 of the project has so far been completed, said Ariful.
He also said that 51 per cent of the allocated fund for the project has so far been spent.
Meanwhile, the Development Project Proposal (DPP) of Catchment area 2,4 and 5 of Sewerage Treatment Plant under Chattogram WASA have been submitted to the Planning Commission for approval. The DPPs are expected to be approved in the meeting of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC), said Engr Ariful. He further said that the entire Sewerage Treatment project has been implemented in phases dividing the city into six zones. A total of six Catchment plants will be installed in six zones.
Engr Ariful said, Nippon Koei has concluded the study of Catchment- 2 and 4 while a Korean firm is conducting the study of Catchment-3. French firm Seuraica has already completed the feasibilty study of Catchment-5 and prepared the DPP while the DPP of Catchment 2 and 4 has been prepared by Nippon Koei of Japan. He further said that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to finance Catchment 2 and 4. Besides, the AFD (Associate Francis Development) of France has agreed to finance Catchment 5.
Meanwhile, the Chattogram WASA appointed a transaction adviser for its sewerage plant of Catchment-6. In this connection, the Chattogram WASA signed an agreement with a joint venture organisation of Bangladesh-Italy-India GTCBL-IQT-Innovest-BETSJV in August last year.
The appointed transaction adviser has been conducting a detailed feasibility study of the project which will be implemented under Public Private Partnership (PPP) and G to G system. Meanwhile, Marubeni Corporation of Japan will implement the Catchment-6 project of sewage treatment plant.
Under the agreement, the Marubeni Corporation will invest around US$325 million totalling Tk 3,510 crore in the project. Over 5 lakh residents of the city at Patenga area will get benefit of sanitation facilities under the project, the Superintending Engineer of Chattogram WASA added.
The project will be implemented in four years, starting from January next to December 2028, he said.
The Catchment-6 of the Sewage Treatment Plant include starting from Customs point at Patenga over an area of 28.5 square kilometres and five lakh people will benefit from the project, the Project Director said.
The project also include, construction of a treatment plant of 50 million litres capacity per day, installation of 68km long sewage pipeline, one low-lift pump station and connections to 11,000 residences of the locality.
Meanwhile, nearly 55 per cent works of the Catchment-1 of Sewage Treatment Plant of Chattogram WASA have so far been completed.
"In the Catchment-1 project, over 28,000 connections will be given in 21 Wards of 41 of Chattogram City Corporation," he added. Of them over 10,000 connections have already been given to the subscribers, Arif confirmed.
"With the connections over 2 million residents will be benfitted," Arif said. Arif said that the work order had been awarded to one South Korean and two Chinese companies in January 2022 last.
Those companies are, Korean firm Tayung Engineering and Construction and Chinese firms Power China and China Civil Engineering (CCE).
Meanwhile, the Catchment-1 is been implemented in three packages. Of them, two Chinese firms and one Korean firm have been selected for the project.
