Presentation on Gazipur City Corporation (GCC),

Bangladesh

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Presented by:

1. Ashadur Rahman Kiron, Mayor (Acting), GCC

2. Md. Akbar Hossain, Superintending Engineer, GCC

3. Md. Moinul Islam, Senior Urban Planner, GCC

Wednesday, 04 March 2016

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Konabari Union

Kayaltia Union

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RANGPUR

RAJSHAHI

KHULNA

DHAKA

SYLHET

CHITTAGONG

BARISAL

DMDP Area

GCC Area

BAY OF BENGAL

RANGPUR

RAJSHAHI

KHULNA

DHAKA

SYLHET

CHITTAGONG

BARISAL

DMDP Area

GCC Area

BAY OF BENGAL

Location of Gazipur City Corporation in Respect of Bangladesh

GCC

Map of Gazipur City Corporation

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GazipurKashimpur Union

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Vision

“Make a green, poverty free and safe livable city by

preparing a master plan and implementing it

properly by improving governance and people’s

participation without hampering natural

environment”

City Introduction

Background: Gazipur City Corporation is the largest and 11th city corporation of the country. Total area of City Corporation is 329.53 sq.km and population is almost 3.0 million. Gazipur City Corporation is located in the center of the country. Connectivity of the capital city Dhaka with northern regions is through Gazipur City. It lies between 23052’45" and 2406’12"north latitudes and between 90015’2"and 90029’50" east longitudes.

Challenges and Opportunities:

1. Improper solid waste management.

2. Environmental pollution and water logging due to improper drainage

3. Land Crisis and Capacity Constraints. 4.Insufficient Water Supply

5. Rapid and Unplanned Urbanization.

6. Lack of adequate financing. 7. Huge number of migrated people.

8. High land. 9. Opportunity of more revenue income.

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Unplanned Waste

Management

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Increase of Migrating people towards

Urban Areas

Unplanned Drainage System

Traffic congestion

Steps to be taken by the City Corporation

1. Preparation of action area plan is going on.

2. Preparation of sub project priority list.

3. Water supply, drainage and road network projects have been

taken by the JICA finance.

4. PFS and FS for the Solid waste treatment plant will be started

soon.

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Infrastructure Project Overview

Necessity: In Gazipur City Corporation, a huge quantity of solid waste almost 600 ton is produced every day. But there is a lack of dumping sites, equipment and garbage trucks. For this solid waste management project is needed.

Objective: To make a green, clean, livable and pollution free city for all.

Beneficiaries: Ultimately, total population of the city will be benefited from the project. They will get a clean and pollution free city. On the other hand, many new employment will be generated due to the project.

Key Steps: Solid management is one of the vital activities of the city corporation. It is included in cities development plan. City corporation has taken has several strategies such as- crash program, establishing road side dustbin (Secondary points), public awareness program, etc. And now we are trying to take a project to establish solid waste treatment plant. 11

Photographs on solid waste dumping

Technical Description

Project description: Construction of solid waste treatment plant.

Project components :

1. Land.

2. Vehicle (Garbage Truck, Pay loader, Excavator, Chain Dozer, etc)

3. Modern Equipments related with solid and liquid waste management (e.g. Compactor).

Supporting measures: To make the project viable fund, land purchase, different types of vehicles, modern equipments, technical support and capacity development activities are needed.

Key challenges:

1. Land Acquisition.

2. Funding

3. Very few number of resettlement.

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Cost Break up

Project Investment

1. Project development 2 crore tk 250000 USD

2. Capital Expenditure

(e.g. for land acquisition, construction, equipment and furnishing)

119.5 crore tk 14937500 USD

3. Other costs 0.5 crore tk 62500 USD

4. Supporting non-infrastructure costs 0.5 crore tk 62500 USD

(e.g. CapDev)

TOTAL(project investment) 122.5 crore tk 15312500 USD

City own source 25 crore tk 3125000 USD

Financial Gap will be 97.5 crore tk 12187500 USD

Approx. Operation &Maintenance year 10 crore tk 1250000 USD

Anticipated Socio-Economic Impacts (Positive & Negative)

Social and poverty Impacts:

Positive Impacts:

1. Household solid waste will be disposed regularly.

2. Ensuring pollution free city which is also social impact.

Negative impact:

1. Very few number of resettlement.

Economic Impacts:

Positive Impacts:

1. Income generation of the employers.

2. Savings of people from medical treatment due to pollution free city.

3. Create opportunity of investment project.

Negative impact:

1. Increase of operation and maintenance cost for vehicle and fuel. 15

Anticipated Environmental and Climate [Resilience] Impacts (Positive & Negative)

Environment Impacts:

Positive Impacts:

1. City will become clean and green.

2. City will be pollution (Air, Water, etc) free.

Negative Impact:

1. Air and underground water may be polluted to some extent around the dumping places.

Climate [Resilience]Impacts:

Positive Impacts:

1. Due to proper management of the waste less carbon dioxide will be emitted and thus ozone layer depletion will be less.

Negative Impact:

1. Increase of temperature of the surrounding area to some extent due to incinerate. 16

Illustration, images, maps for the infrastructure project

Some pictures of

secondary points

Some pictures of unplanned

waste management

Waste falling here there creating water

logging and environmental pollution

Map of Gazipur

City Corporation Nagar Bhaban Removal of waste

under crash program

Some pictures of Current waste

disposal site (Kodda Bymile)

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