The initiative aims to strengthen the city’s waste collection, transportation and disposal capacity.
Waste Management workers of the Dhaka North City Corporation dump waste on Notunbazar to Badda road on 22 April 2025. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS
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Waste Management workers of the Dhaka North City Corporation dump waste on Notunbazar to Badda road on 22 April 2025. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is likely to provide a grant of around Tk120 crore to modernise waste management in Chattogram, including support for the construction of a new sanitary landfill.
The proposed funding will cover the supply of more than 50 modern waste collection and transportation vehicles, as well as equipment needed to operate the landfill.
The initiative aims to strengthen the city’s waste collection, transportation and disposal capacity.
The matter was discussed at a meeting between a JICA delegation and Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Administrator Shahadat Hossain at the Nagar Bhaban today (4 November).
CCC Public Relations Officer Aziz Ahmed disclosed the details in a press release.
According to the release, the Japanese government has approved a feasibility study for the proposed grant project. A team of experts from JICA headquarters is expected to visit Chattogram in December to conduct the study.
The project’s final approval will depend on the findings of the feasibility study, the press release added.
For the proposed sanitary landfill, CCC has already acquired 28 acres of land in the Fatehabad-Nandirhat area, south of the University of Chittagong. The land consists of two plots measuring 18 acres and 10 acres.
JICA’s technical assistance team is working with CCC officials to prepare the design and bill of quantities (BoQ) for the proposed landfill, paving the way for the preparation of its Development Project Proposal (DPP).
At the meeting, the CCC administrator assured the delegation of the city corporation’s cooperation in completing the feasibility study.
Shahadat also sought JICA’s technical assistance to improve the management and infrastructure of existing landfill sites alongside developing the new facility.
He said infrastructure development and the adoption of modern technologies were essential to making the city’s waste management system modern, environmentally friendly and sustainable.
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