To improve the condition of the Jhenaidah to Jashore road, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has requested the World Bank to finance the upgradation of the existing 2-lane highway to a 4-lane highway road through the WeCARE project. Under the WeCARE programme, total 260 Km road has been considered to upgrade from 2-lane to 4-lane. However, approximately 48.7 km was planned to be upgradeded in Phase-1 and the remaining road will be upgraded in next phases. An Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Jashore – Jhenaidah Road existed as part of the SIA for the Daulatdia – Magura – Jhenaidah – Jashore – Khulna Road (N7) prepared in 2015 with funding support from and following the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Safeguard Policies. That pre-existing SIA covered other sections of the road (beyond Jashore –Jhenaidah and Hatikurul-Bonpara) that will not be supported by the World Bank. This SIA needed to be updated re-focusing the assessment on the Jashore – Jhenaidah to meet the new Environment and Social Framework (ESF) of the World Bank that took effect October 1, 2018 under which the WeCaRE Program will be processed and implemented. Development Research Initiative (dRi) was assigned to update Existing SIA complying the new Environment and Social Framework (ESF) of the World Bank
Serial No: 17
Theme: Environmental Socia Assessment and Management
Research Method: Mix-method
Partner: Roads and Highway Division, BD
Starting Year: 2020
Study Area: Jashore, Jhenaidah
