Assignment Name: Preparation of Social Impact Assessment (SIA) report for Feasibility Study for Land Reclamation from Bay of Bengal

Country: Bangladesh

Assignment Location within country: NijhumDweep of Noakhali and Char Kachchhupia of Bhola

Duration of assignment (months): 2

Name of Client: Design Planning and Management Consultants (DPM)

 Total No. of Staff-month of the assignment: 4

Start Date

(Month/Year):

January-2009

Completion Date (Month/Year):

March-2009

Name of Joint Venture Consultants, if any:KM Consultants

No. of Staff-Months of Professional Staff provided by Joint Venture Consultants:

Name of Senior Staff (Project Director /Coordinator, Team Leader) Involved and Functions Performed:

Md. Mustafizur Rahman

:

Sociologist

Anisur Rahman

:

Field Coordinator

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

The Government of Bangladesh, with its own financial support undertook a project through Bangladesh Water Development Board to reclaim land from the Bay of Bengal by construction of Dam and other techniques to enlarge main land of Bangladesh. Here KMC Ltd. worked as sub consultants to DPM for conducting survey and preparation of Baseline report and Social impact assessment (SIA) report.

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by your Staff:

- Conducted socioeconomic survey using structured questionnaire and visiting house to house

- Develop database based on survey data

- Prepared Social Impact Assessment (SIA).