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BATTLING FLOODS
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Issue Date: Jan 31, 1996
Frequent floods has
left the Bangladeshis in a state of utter
despair. Pitching in to help is the World
Bank which recently announced the
approval of a US $121.9 million credit.
The credit will be used mainly to protect the river banks from erosion and also to build institutions devoted to improved water planning. The credit will
meet 78 per cent of the total project cost of US $156 million with the rest being met by the Government of
Bangladesh.
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