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KHULNA, May 20, 2025 (BSS) - Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Administrator and 
Divisional Commissioner Md Firoz Sarkar today said Khulna is one of the most 
affected cities by the impacts of climate change. 

As a coastal city located in a low-lying deltaic region, Khulna faces risks 
from rising sea levels, frequent flooding, cyclones and increased salinity 
which exacerbated by climate change, he said, adding: "Due to frequent 
natural disasters in this coastal region, the number of climate refugees is 
increasing daily complicating the urban management."

The KCC Administrator emphasized the importance of completing this vital 
project in consultation with all parties involved and maintaining high 
quality within the scheduled timeframe.

Under the Second Urban Region Development Project, a meeting was held today 
(Tuesday) at the GIZ Auditorium at KCC to review the progress of the ongoing 
"Integrated Solid Waste Management" project.

Speaking at the meeting, Feroz Sarkar said water logging and waste management 
due to natural calamities have become major challenges in the region. 

Of the projects being implemented to address these issues, the Integrated 
Solid Waste Management project is one of the most significant. Once the 
project is completed, daily waste will be transformed into valuable 
resources, he said.

The project is being implemented at the Salua landfill site of the KCC under 
the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), funded by the Government 
of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
 
Alongside the ADB loan review mission officials, the project director, 
project officials, and representatives of the contracting firms were present 
at the meeting.

A waste management plant is currently under construction at the Salua 
landfill at a cost of Taka 55 crore, aimed at producing compost, biogas, and 
diesel from waste.
 
In addition, the KUET approach road is being developed at a cost of Taka 22 
crore. About 55 percent of the project has already been completed and it is 
expected to be finished by December of this year. 

Once operational, the plant will be capable of recycling 375 tonnes of waste 
per day.

KCC Chief Executive Officer Laskar Tajul Islam, Chief Engineer Moshiuzzaman 
Khan and Executive Engineers Md. Anisuzzaman and Sheikh Md Masud Karim, 
Project Director of the second urban region development project Md Hamidul 
Haque, Project Officer Abdullah Al Mamun, ADB Mission Safeguard Officer 
(Environment), Nahid Hossain, among others, were present.