AIIB Watch Cases

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2017-2021
Area: Between Chittagong and Bakhrabad, People's Republic of Bangladesh
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 60 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 453 million
Co-financier: ADB: US$ 167 million; Government of Bangladesh: US$ 226 million

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The project sets out to improve efficiency in gas production at the Titas Gas Field and to build a 181 km pipeline between Chattogram and Bakhrabad.

Resettlement: According to the updated Resettlement Plan by the ADB from October 2021, in total 802 title-holding households will be displaced by the project. Another 101 non-titled households also face resettlement. While not suffering the loss of residential structures, nearly 8000 further households are in some way affected by land acquisition.

CSO reports and organizations monitoring: Bank Information Center Europe, Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network (CLEAN) and NGO Forum on ADB, July 2019 – Dangerous Distractions

AIIB interactions to date: Publication Dangerous Distractions has been shared with AIIB management and shareholders.

Further information: AIIB Page; Gender Action Scorecard

Last update: 31.12.2023