Wasa gets €5m French grant for low income groups

French Development Agency will provide a €5 million grant, extending technical assistance to Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority in developing water connections in low income communities.

An agreement was signed in Dhaka following the conclusion of a two-day biannual consultation on development cooperation yesterday.

A high-level AFD delegation attended the first meeting to assess ongoing projects and set the basis to strengthen cooperation.

Additional Secretary of Economic Relations Division Abul Mansur Md Faizullah led the Bangladeshi delegation while French Ambassador in Bangladesh Sophie Aubert led their one.

Pascal Pacaut, director of Asia Department at AFD Headquarters in Paris, also attended.