Japan provides grant aid to improve air pollution monitoring

The government of Japan will provide equipment for air pollution monitoring, worth USD 5 million, equivalent to JPY 835 million, to be set up in the capital city Dhaka and Chattogram.

To this effect, SAIDA Shinichi, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, and Md. Shahriar Kader Siddiky, Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance signed the Exchange of Notes on the Japanese Grant aid titled “Project for the Improvement of Equipment for Air Pollution Monitoring” in Dhaka on Monday (3 Feb).

Visiting Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Government of Japan, Ms. IKUINA Akiko, witnessed the signing ceremony, reads a press release of the Embassy of Japan.

Md. Khayrul Hasan, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, also witnessed the ceremony.

Based on this Exchange of Notes between the two counties, ICHIGUCHI Tomohide, Chief Representative of JICA Bangladesh Office, and Md. Shahriar Kader Siddiky signed a relevant Grant Agreement.

In this project, equipment for air pollution monitoring is to be set up to enhance the capacity to measure and analyze air pollutants derived mainly from vehicle emissions in the capital city Dhaka and Chattogram, thereby contributing to enhancing air pollution control capacity.

“Under the ‘Strategic Partnership’, Japan will continue its cooperation for the development and prosperity of Bangladesh for the peace, stability and prosperity of the region and the international society, and to further develop bilateral relations,” said Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ms. IKUINA.