DECCA, 20 November 2020, (TON): The World Bank has approved USD 10 crores to raise the living standard of the forcefully displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh. The infrastructural development by the allocation will facilitate about seven lakhs 80 thousand800 people, including the one 40 thousand 800 locals.

The allowance is adopted under the ‘Emergency Multi-Sectoral Rohingya Crisis Response' scheme. On 19 November2020, the agreement has been signed between the Bangladesh government and the World Bank. The Additional Secretary of the Economic Relations Department of World Bank, Md. Shahabuddin Patiwary and the World Bank's Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan, Mercy Tembon we’re the signatories on behalf of the World Bank.

The international organization announced in a press briefing that the allocation is for fuel, water, sanitation, and disaster protecting infrastructure development for Rohingya Camps and the local population of Cox’s Bazar area. In that briefing, Mercy Tembon said that the Rohingya influx has been affected the infrastructure of the site and the basic needs of the locals badly. She added that this new allocation would assist the Rohingyas and the locals to meet up with their basic needs.

The utilization of the allowance will secure safe water for about three lakhs 65 thousand 800 along with safe sanitation for about one lakh 71 thousand 800 people. Four thousand solar streetlights, 975 electricity safety management systems along with 40 multi disaster shelter center, which will assist 81 thousand people in Cox's Bazar.