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World Bank approves three operations for ARP
18 Jun '08
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"The Absheron Environmental Program is one of the most comprehensive and ambitious environmental rehabilitation programs in the region and these three projects are part of series of projects being developed by the government to address multiple environmental concerns in the greater Baku area,” said Aniruddha Dasgupta, the leader of the team that worked on the three projects.
The Absheron Environmental Program has been prepared in response to the Government's Environmental Action Plan and consists of three projects: the Contaminated Sites Rehabilitation Project (WB loan of $74.50 million); the Large Scale Oil Polluted Land Clean-up Project (WB Loan of $60 million); and the Integrated Solid Waste Management Project (WB Loan of $29.5 million).
The Contaminated Sites Rehabilitation Project will clean-up two former iodine production sites in Ramany and Surakhani; build a special radioactive materials storage facility; carry out national mapping of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM); and develop and partially implement a plan to clean 1,000 hectares of land.
The Large Scale Oil Polluted Land Clean-up Project will help the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) to carry out a large-scale cleanup of oil polluted land by providing soil cleaning equipment.
The Integrated Solid Waste Management Project will help to build the capacity of a new Solid Waste Management Company, improve the existing official solid waste disposal site and close and clean-up informal dumps. The project will also supply waste collection equipment to five suburban districts of Baku.
These three projects represent the first phase of the Absheron Environmental Program to address the most urgent environmental concerns in Absheron. A substantial portion of these projects will be devoted to building long-term local capacity in the country to deal with complex environmental issues, ensure interagency coordination and raise public awareness.
Azerbaijan joined the World Bank in 1992. Since then, commitments to the country total approximately US$ 2 323,7 million for 45 operations.
The Absheron Environmental Program has been prepared in response to the Government's Environmental Action Plan and consists of three projects: the Contaminated Sites Rehabilitation Project (WB loan of $74.50 million); the Large Scale Oil Polluted Land Clean-up Project (WB Loan of $60 million); and the Integrated Solid Waste Management Project (WB Loan of $29.5 million).
The Contaminated Sites Rehabilitation Project will clean-up two former iodine production sites in Ramany and Surakhani; build a special radioactive materials storage facility; carry out national mapping of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM); and develop and partially implement a plan to clean 1,000 hectares of land.
The Large Scale Oil Polluted Land Clean-up Project will help the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) to carry out a large-scale cleanup of oil polluted land by providing soil cleaning equipment.
The Integrated Solid Waste Management Project will help to build the capacity of a new Solid Waste Management Company, improve the existing official solid waste disposal site and close and clean-up informal dumps. The project will also supply waste collection equipment to five suburban districts of Baku.
These three projects represent the first phase of the Absheron Environmental Program to address the most urgent environmental concerns in Absheron. A substantial portion of these projects will be devoted to building long-term local capacity in the country to deal with complex environmental issues, ensure interagency coordination and raise public awareness.
Azerbaijan joined the World Bank in 1992. Since then, commitments to the country total approximately US$ 2 323,7 million for 45 operations.
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