📋 Tender Overview
Project Name
Sustainable Energy Development and Empowering Communities in Chattogram Hill Tracks Project
Project Number
58371-001
Country / Economy
Bangladesh
Project Status
Proposed
Project Type / Modality of Assistance
Loan
Source of Funding / Amount
Loan: Sustainable Energy Development and Empowering Communities in Chattogram Hill Tracks Project
Concessional ordinary capital resources lending US$ 20.00 million
Ordinary capital resources US$ 180.00 million
Sector / Subsector
Energy / Electricity transmission and distribution
Gender
Effective gender mainstreaming
Description
The phase 2 of the Extension of Power Distribution System Network in Three Hilly Districts project will attend eradication of remaining poverty (OP1) by increasing access to electricity and creating energy-based livelihood opportunities; contribute to Rural Development and Food Security (OP5) by enabling SECs leverage from improved agricultural value chain and market access; enhance climate resilience for the people through climate-proofing of the electricity distribution infrastructure (OP3); address inequality (OP2) through creating livelihood opportunities for marginal women; and improve capacity development of BPDB (OP6) in the remote hilly areas.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
The Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) is a geographically and ethno-culturally distinct region in the Chattogram Division of Bangladesh. Located in the southeast of the country with 13,295 square kilometers of land, it comprises three extensively hilly districts- Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachori, and constitutes approximately 9% of the country's land area. The CHT borders Myanmar to the south, and the Indian states of Tripura to the north and Mizoram to the east. More than 50% of its 1.84 million inhabitants constituting 429,163 households are made up of ethnic population from 11 distinct ethnic groups, each with its unique language, culture, and heritage. However, these are also the poorest population of Bangladesh. The Bandarban and Khagrachari exhibit poverty levels of 53%63%, which is more than twice the national average, making CHT one of the poorest regions of Bangladesh. According to the Poverty and Social Assessment (PSA) prepared for the Climate-Resilient Livelihood Improvement and Watershed Manage
Impact
Uninterrupted and reliable power supply for rural areas of Bangladesh achieved
Outcome
Quality, reliability, and resilience of electrical power supply in Chattogram Hill Tracts improved.
Outputs
New climate-resilient and GESI-responsive power distribution networks established in 26 municipalities in Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachori by 2032.
Geographical Location
Bandarban, Khagrachhari, Rangamati
