Feasibility Study of Satkhira District Rural Infrastructure Development Project (SDRIDP)

Bangladesh has a well–defined categorization of a hierarchy of rural roads and markets and the road and market classifications are integrated. This together with the clearly defined priorities set out in the strategy, provides an effective framework for the rational and integrated planning of infrastructure investments to develop the rural transport and trading system.    

The strategy has been implemented through a series of projects that focused on development of road and market infrastructure implemented by LGED which are financed by multilateral and bilateral agencies in collaboration with GOB resources. This includes Asian Development Bank (ADB) financed Rural Infrastructure Development Projects, the world Bank (IDA) financed Rural Roads and Markets Improvement and maintenance Project-I (RRMIMP-I) and RTIP (Ongoing). Also other development partners like JICA, Islamic Development Bank (IDB), KfW, SDC, SIDA, DANIDA, SFD and NORAD assisted in implementing rural infrastructure development project. These projects have contributed successfully to the strategy including employment for the poor through labor-intensive construction methods.

Perspective Plan of Bangladesh 2021-2041 also depicts Rural Infrastructure development as a catalyst for improvement of rural economy. By 2041 the expectation is that the economy will have joined the ranks of High-Income countries when poverty will be a thing of the past, people will have access to universal healthcare under–employment and low–income will have been eliminated the population will be literate and endowed with the knowledge of the latest technology in all spheres of economic activity (particularly in education industry and services). And all this will be achieved without damaging the environment so that land, water and forestry resources are preserved and citizens have access to clean air, safe water, green space and bio-diversity.