ADB, Myanmar sign agreements to improve urban services in Mandalay
MANDALAY - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Myanmar have signed agreements for a US$60 million loan and $4 million grant to provide Mandalay - the country’s second largest city - with a sustainable, modern wastewater and drainage man
“The project will improve Mandalay’s urban infrastructure and service quality, benefiting citizens and helping to spur the city’s sustainable growth,” said Winfried Wicklein, ADB’s Country Director in Myanmar. “A strong focus will be placed on innovation, including through support for a biogas-generating system and sludge stabilisation as part of the wastewater treatment plant.”
The agreement was signed on September 9.
Mandalay’s enormous potential as an economic hub is constrained by substandard urban services. The existing piped-water supply system serves only 55 per cent of the population and for only 10 hours per day on average. There is no piped sewerage system, nor a centralised wastewater treatment plant.
The project will build Mandalay’s first centralised wastewater collection and treatment plant to reduce direct discharge of wastewater into canals and creeks. Awareness programs will be conducted for residents on the importance of better water services to good health, for example by reducing water-borne diseases such as dengue.
The project will be cofinanced by 40 million-euro loan from the Agence Française de Développement and an 8 million-euro grant from the European Union.
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