Urban Risk Reduction Activities

Earthquake risk assessment and contingency planning in targeted cities

and urbanized municipalities
Seismic Risk Assessments in Bangladesh - Ongoing

Earthquake risk, damage assessment and subsequent development of scenario based

contingency planning for 6 cities/towns
Development of detailed building and infrastructure database for 3 city corporations e. g.
Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet
Development of ward level spatial contingency plan for 3 city corporations

Support UDD to develop disaster risk reduction integrated physical plan/land use

map for Mymensingh urban areas along with rural (10 new unions) areas
Model development for enhancing capacities of seismic retrofitting technology
of critical infrastructures training to engineers & professionals, PWD retrofitting cell
establishment, seismic retrofitting assessments of three major buildings
Landslide hazard assessment study conducted on landslide zonation mapping for Coxs

Bazar and Teknaf under the process of publication

Safer City campaign Orientation workshop for Mayors on LG-SAT and CRA/FTCRA in
cooperation with UNISDR & MAB under Safer City Campaign: Making Cities Resilient. Till now 180
Municipal Mayors of Bangladesh signed UNISDR Protocol.
1st batch completed in March with 16 participants Mayors
2nd batch is scheduled at June 01-02 with likely participants of 36

Urban Risk Reduction Activities

Training of construction workers Nationwide training program for construction
sector professionals like masons, bar binders and contractors on safe construction process by
HBRI and registered in website
Till now 43 sessions completed out of targeted 52,
Till now 760 masons, 760 rod binders and 150 contractors (total 1670 professionals out of 2020)

of 9 towns get training

Imam / Religious leaders training Planned to organize training progamme on

earthquake hazard and DRR in association with Islamic Foundation

Training to urban officials Locally and Internationally

Community-based CRA / RRAP and mitigation works
CRA / FTCRA completed in some targeted wards of city corporation/municipality.
260 families to be benefitted by LDRRF in joint pilot projects implemented with UPPR and

Gopalganj Municipality to provide the urban communities/households evicted with disaster

resilient housing and facilities. 1st phase of 100 house construction ongoing.

Urban Risk Reduction Activities

Urban LDRRF interventions
Construction of storm sewer lines of 6.1 km and RCC U channel is ongoing at

Mymensingh Municipality
MoU & FA signed with Sylhet City Corporation for re-excavation of various khal/chora
and drain; under tendering process
Construction of road side U drain, box culvert, guard wall, footpath, catch-pit and canal
re-excavation at Chittagong City Corporation work started recently (10% progress)
Re-excavation works along with construction of RCC retaining wall on both sides of
Mohesh khal in Chittagong - under tendering process

Institutionalize ward level contingency plans

Disseminate ward level contingency plan to the volunteers and Ward Disaster

Management Committee
Ongoing training to urban registered volunteers on contingency planning, conduct
simulation drill, overseas tour program for FSCD personnel.
Expand support to FSCD for procuring equipment