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The Asian Development Bank has managed to award only 27 percent of its mid-year target for contracts and 47 percent of its half-year fund disbursement target as of June 30, in an indication of the magnitude of slowdown in project implementation caused by the pandemic.
In the first six months of 2021, the ADB, which is one of the biggest lenders of Bangladesh, has set a target of awarding contracts worth $826 million and disburse $1,027 million, showed an internal document.
Pandemic has affected most of the projects implementation, said the Manila-based multilateral lender, adding that the delays in awarding contracts and disbursing funds have seriously impacted the projects performance.
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[media type="image" id="942129" layout="small" position="right" caption="1"][/media] Two major railway expansion projects have plunged into uncertainty as China has decided not to finance one of those and the Chinese contractors for both the projects have refused to work following downward revision of the contract prices.
Bangladesh Railway's initiative to introduce electric train service in the country has not seen any progress over the last six years, thanks to indecision on selecting the route to be converted for electric traction. More than 70 percent of neighbouring India's huge railway network has electric traction system. But Bangladesh is yet to launch the system, which is considered