2. Overview of URP
Bangladesh Urban Resilience Project Key Information
Name of the
project
Bangladesh Urban Resilience Project
Funding
information
Total Project Cost : US$ 182.00 million
The world Bank Part : US$ 173.00 million
GoB Part : US$ 9.00 million
Implementing
agency
Department of Disaster Management (DDM)
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC)
o Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC)
o Sylhet City Corporation (SCC)
o Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD)
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK)
PCMU, Planning Commission
Duration of the
project
1st Phase : March 2015 to June 2020 (Completed)
Restructured phase : July 2020 to April 2022 (ongoing)
Total financial
progress
Total Approved cost : 151,300 Lac BDT
Expenditure up to Feb 2021 : 87,776.82 i.e., 57.35%
86,776.82
(57.35%)
4. DDM’s Progress to Renovate NDMRTI and ERCC (A-1)
A-1: Renovate office space in DDM building for NDMRTI & ERCC
NDMRTI (National Disaster Management Research and Training Institute):
Renovation and Decoration completed for
7th floor : Office room and training center; 8th floor: 4 Training center (Sidr,
Aila, Foni & Amphan) and 2 computer lab
9th floor : Mujib corner (901), Multi purpose hall (902), Library (903) and
Auditorium (904)
ERCC (Emergency Response and Communication Centre): Renovation
Completed for ICT server room, media centre, ERCC observation room &
emergency exit.
Handover not yet done by the contractor due to pending approval of
additional work from the Ministry.
Procurement of ICT equipment on process to renovate ERCC & NDMRTI.
5. DDM’s Progress on Training, Exercise and Drill (A-5)
Training postponed since 3rd week of March 2020. TED contract
ended with REM/DTCL in November 18, 2020
Force Majeure claimed by REM/DTCL with significant amount of
contract value as compensation.
Financial Settlement between DDM PIU and REM/DTCL is getting
delayed for long time;
Early amicable settlement needed so that the left over amount if
available could be utilized.
Potential High Risk for not achievement of PDO Indicator 3, IRI 6
& 7
6. DNCC Progress on A-2
For DNCC, DSCC & SCC - 30 Facilities
8 Emergency Warehouses (DNCC-5, DSCC-3),
3 EOC (DNCC, DSCC & SCC) associated with 1
URI (Sylhet),
8 DRM Offices (DNCC, DSCC),
10 Zonal Control Rooms (1 control room at
each zonal office) –
For FSCD- 28 Facilities
2 Command & Control Rooms (Mirpur,
Dhaka and Sylhet),
13 Emergency Management Warehouses (11
Dhaka, 2 Sylhet)
13 Auxiliary Control Rooms
1. Gazipur
2. Narayanganj
3. Mymensingh
4. Chittagong
5. Comilla
6. Jashore
7. Rajshahi
8. Rangpur
9. Barisal
10. Sylhet
Tender floated for the Construction of Greenfield Tower (60m wireless tower) at
Eight (8) different location for DNCC, DSCC, SCC and Ten (10) following location
for FSCD.
A-2 Target: Construction of Emergency Response Facilities
7. DNCC Progress on A-3
A-3: Emergency Communication Technology (ECT)
equipment
Purchase ongoing for ICT equipment of EOC and CoC (1.18 & 1.19-
waiting for contract sign), EOC-DSCC, SCC & COC-FSCD (Dhaka &
Sylhet)
Purchase ongoing for ICT equipment for NDMRTI & ERCC of DDM; (Pk
1.15- Tender Eval on-gong).
ICT Equipment for FSCD Expected Delivery (Pk-1.8), May 30, 2021
(already in the port)
8. DNCC Progress
A-4: Procurement of Search and Rescue (SAR) equipment
Following SAR equipment purchased
22 SAR Equipment (vehicle),
5 Water rescue vehicles,
6 Breathing apparatus,
950 Rescue suits,
30 Chemical suits
900 Searchlights,
3 Drones,
4 Mortuary Vans,
6 Rescue carrying vehicles
SAR equipment for warehouse
(Drill machine, generator, torchlight etc..)
3 Cranes,
3 Wheel type excavators,
3 Chain type excavators,
3 Bulldozers.
3 Ladders (64-meter)
10 Ambulances
5 Hazmat Materials
3 rescue boat remaining for purchase (tentative delivery July 30, 2021)
9. RAJUK Progress on B1
Status of B1 -Vulnerability Assessment of Critical and Essential
Facilities
Approval done of “Comprehensive Situation Analysis Report” (CSAR)-
(MD-1); - January 12, 2020.
Approval done of Individual reports for structures assessed (2 million
Sqm) of 1st Level Rapid Visual Assessment (RVA) -(MD-02); - March 7, 20.
Field work of 5 million sqm Rapid Visual Assessment (RVA) completed;
(Submission for 1 million RVA report pending out of remaining 3 million
sqm).
Preliminary Engineering assessment Report–PEA (MD-4&5) on-going;
(0.59 million sqm out of 1 million sqm PEA done. (tentative completion:
May-21).
Detailed Engineering Assessment work already started.
10. Progress on B2
Status of B2- RSLUP (Risk Sensitive Land use planning)
Approval done of Final SEA Report (MD-01); - September 13, 2020
Approval done of Final Consultation Report and Comprehensive
Situational Analysis and Diagnosis Report (MD-2);-June 12, 2020.
Approval done of Preliminary Risk Assessment, Strategic
Framework and Geological Survey Plan (MD-3); April 12 2020.
Geotechnical Tests are on-going for:
Microtremor Test (MT)- (GD-1); Standard Penetration Test (SPT)-
(GD-2); Cone Penetration Test (CPT)-(GD-3); Seismic Downhole
Test (SDHT)-(GD-4); Seismic Cone Penetration Test (SCPT)-(GD-5);
Tentative Completion-Apr-21.
Geo Analysis and Modeling as well as Development of Risk Sensitive
Land Use Strategy of Dhaka City (MD-4); is On-going.
11. C-1: Establishment of URU Building
Approval done of Architectural, Structural and MEP, BoQ,
Bidding document and Design Report (S-11); December, 2019.
Contract signed for URU building (W-1) October 20, 2020. Physical
works started. Shore pile work & Load test are completed while
service pile work and earth excavation are going on.
Lab and Field equipment Delivered so far…:
Seismic Lab Equipment for URU (G-12) (Aug-2020)
Seismic Field Equipment for URU (G-13) (Aug-2020)
Field Equipment for Vulnerability Assessment Aspect of Structures & Geo-
physics (G-15) (Mar-2020)
PA System, Telecommunication, Access Control & Security and General
Electrical Equipment for PIU Office (G-18) (Jul-2020).
RAJUK Progress on C-1
12. URU Operationalization (S-6 with RTI)
Approval done of Situation Analysis and Feasibility Report (SAFR);
Mar-2019.
Approval done of Institutional Design & Organizational Study
(IDOS) Report; Oct-2019.
Approval done of Community Outreach Campaign Report ; Jun-
2020.
Submitted training documents for the URU Training Materials and
Documentation delivered; All related Training completed.
RAJUK Progress on C-1
13. C-2: Electronic Construction Permitting System (S-7 with RTI)
Approved Electronic Construction Permitting Assessment Report (CPAR);
done in Oct 2019.
Approval done of Strategic Plan Report with E-Permit Implementation
Action Plan, done in June 2020.
Approval done of Business Rules Specification (BRS) Report in April 2020.
In-House Testing (IHT) done (ECP v2 Alpha Testing & Beta testing –Sept
22, 2020); User Acceptance Test (UAT) and Operational Acceptance Test
(OAT) done by April 11, 2021.
RAJUK Progress on C-2 & C-3
C-3: Professional Accreditation Program
After long waiting for designing the package and approval from ministry
contract has been signed with ICC on March 1, 2021. The Consultant has
submitted the draft Inception report and yet to validate it.
14. C-4: Improved Building Code Enforcement (S-9 with ICC)
Approval done of Situation Analysis Report; on December 2019.
Approval done of Concept Note Report (CNR) for URU; on April,
2020 after validation.
Proposed Program for Building Codes and Construction Code
Enforcement Report submitted on April and Approved on Jun-
2020. Validation meeting done Nov-30, 2020
Training and Capacity Building Report targeted to submit it
within May 2021 (Major upcoming milestone)
RAJUK Progress on C-4
15. PCMU Progress (Component-D)- Cont.
Component D: Projects Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation
PCMU Organized: 1 TC Meeting, 1 PSC Meeting, 1 Coordination meeting
M&E Team meet with the Implementing Agencies
Meeting with DNCC on January 6, 12 and March 14, 15 (FSCD)
Meeting with DDM on February 14, March 24
Field visit to monitor SPT, West Paikpara, Mirpur on December 22,
Field visit to monitor Seismic Downhole Test (SDHT), Biruia, Savar
on February 10, 2021
Field visit to monitor RVA and PEA, Mirpur Ideal Girls College on
March 4, 2021
Field visit to monitor URU Construction progress (March 3, 7, 11, 15,
2021)
16. Project Approved cost and financial progress
Sl. No
Implementing
Agency Name
Total Approved
Cost (RDPP)
(in lac Tk.)
Expenditure for FY
20-21 Vs ADP All..
Total Expenditure
(Up to Feb 2021)
1
URP: DNCC 80,590
4,528.77
(87%)
59,859.51
(74.3%)
2
URP: RAJUK 53,665
3,727.49
(134%)
19,851.36
(37%)
3
URP: DDM 12,515
467.34
(11%)
4,887.50
(39%)
4
URP: PCMU 4,530
652.66
(53%)
2,178.45
(48%)
Total
151,300 9,376.3
(69.6%)
86,776.82
(57.35%)
Total project cost US $182 million. (US $173 million IDA Credit, US $9 million from GoB as operating costs.
Project Duration: March 2015 to April 2022;
17. Challenges
Due to postponement of Training, Exercise and Drill (TED), the
achievement of PDOI -3, IRI-6 & 7 are at high risk;
Due to delayed financial settlement with REM/DTCL the financial
restructuring (if needed for Rajuk) could be delayed
Completion of URU Construction within the project duration is tight
and could be delayed; specially the service pile work might not be
completed within the scheduled period before the rainy season starts;
URU Operationalization -- within the project duration (April 2022) is
challenging due to shortage of fund and the timeframe.
Operation & Maintenance (O&M) of purchased Goods & equipment
and overall Sustainability of URP;
Less Follow up mechanism and attention to address the PSC and
Technical committee decision.
18. Recommendations & Conclusions (long Term)
Following issues need t0 be anlysed and reviewed
critically.
1. Essentialness of TED; that is very crucial to achieve PDIO 3, IRI 6
&7. We have facilities and equipment, now we need trained
staff to utilize the facilities and equipment. We must have to
restart TED.
2. Vulnerability Assessment (B1)- If the RVA (5m-sqm) --->PEA (1m
sqm)---->DEA (.4m sqm). What will be the aftermath of rest 4m
PEA and subsequent DEA and its implementation? Besides,
Vulnerability Assessment shouldn’t be confined only within
Dhaka city.
19. Recommendations & Conclusions (long Term)-cont..
3. URU construction & Operationalization– Package S-6 will be
ended in June 2021. Package S-6 needs to be redefined to
increase its scope of work with a view to fully operationalize the
URU. This is a comprehensive task.
4. Comprehensive plan & budget for Operation & Maintenance
(O&M) of purchased Goods & equipment is a persistent issue that
needs to be addressed for overall Sustainability of URP;
Considering the progress affected for COVID pandemic &
understanding the above critical and essential requirements; those
aren’t possible to be completed within April, 2022. We
recommend to initiate URP-II (decision time now??) with additional
budget to complete the mentioned tasks among others.
20. Recommendations & Conclusions (Short term)
TED is essential to achieve PDIO 3, IRI 6 &7. There is no
alternative of TED to achieve these indicators. Considering the
short duration of the project G2G system to hire
trainers/mentors and conduct training would serve the purpose.
DDM is recommended to complete the financial settlement
with REM/DTCL asap so that the left over amount could be
utilized.
A financial restructuring is needed end of this FY 2020-2021. The
unutilized fund of DNCC, DDM and PCMU could be contributed
to completed the additional requirement of Rajuk
21. Recommendations & Conclusions (Short term)
Construction of two basement (Mat foundation) for URU is
very critical to complete before rainy reason.
Considering from the project Evaluation point of view, it is
essential either to complete TED to achieve the mentioned
indicators or Restructure the Results Framework and Readjust
the scope of Indicators those are related to Training, Exercise
and Drills.
We strongly recommend a follow up mechanism to implement
the PSC meeting decision more effectively. PCMU could play
the most vital role to look into this matter.
