The government of Japan will provide 835 million Japanese Yen or nearly Tk64.87 crore to Bangladesh as grants to implement a project to combat air pollution.
In this regard, a Grant Agreement and Exchange of Notes were on Monday between the governments of Bangladesh and Japan to implement the project titled: ‘Project for the Improvement of Equipment for Air Pollution Monitoring’.
Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky, secretary, Economic Relations Division (ERD), signed the Exchange of Notes and Grant Agreement on behalf of the government of Bangladesh, according to an ERD release.
SAIDA Shinichi, ambassador of Japan in Bangladesh, signed the Exchange of Notes, while ICHIGUCHI Tomohide, chief representative, JICA Bangladesh Office, signed the Grant Agreement’ on behalf of the government’ of Japan,.
IKUINA Akiko, parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, government of Japan, officials of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Department of Environment were present at the signing ceremony.
The project will be implemented during the period from March 2025 to June 2028 by the Department of Environment under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
This grant will be utilized for enhancing the capacity to measure and analyze air pollutants derived mainly from vehicle emissions through setting up Continuous Air Monitoring Stations (CAMS) for analyzing the impact of vehicle emissions in Dhaka and Chattogram, thereby contributing to the enhancement of air pollution control capacity.
Japan is the single largest bilateral development partner of Bangladesh. Since independence., Japan has committed $32.61 billion contributing significantly to the overall development of the country.
In addition to soft loans, Japan is also providing significant amounts of Grant and Technical Assistance for different projects, including support to human resource development, socio-economic development and environment protection.
