Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project

Mode of travel Mawa side Janjira side TotalNumber % Number % Number %Total 120 100 270 100.0 390 100.0Source: ADB TA 4652-BAN, 2007131. In the Mawa side, there are enough post and telecommunication facilities in the area. Postand telegraph offices, and telephone service shops are easily available. Besides, a large number ofpeople use cellular phones. But there are almost no post and telecommunication facilities in theJanjira side. Post and telegraph offices, and telephone service shops are at distances of about 3 kmand 10 km, respectively. A considerable number of people, now-a-days, use cellular phones.132. The socioeconomic survey during ADB TA 4652-BAN in 2006 in the sample villages showsthat only 12 percent people in Mawa side and 10 percent in Janjira side never use cellular phone.About 72 percent people use cell phone from commercial call centers and about 18 percent peoplehave their own cell phones (Table 3-53).3.5.10 Access to Energy133. Fuel for cooking is a major energy consumption of the rural people in Bangladesh. Fuel forcooking, in the Project villages and semi-urban areas, ranges from natural gas, electricity (few cases),fire wood, dried cow-dung, crop residues, leaves and branches of trees, etc. Some solvent familiesuse gas cylinder in their kitchen. But majority of the locals use cow-dung, jute stalks, dry leaves andbranches of trees as fuel for cooking. Compared to the Janjira side, people in Mawa side buy fuel(88.4%). Only 11.6 percent of the households can manage fuel from free sources either through theirown sources or through collection. The status is reverse in Janjira side where 82.2 percent of thehouseholds get it from own sources or collect from nature and 17.8 % purchase the fuel (Table 3-54).Table 3-54: Consumption of fuel for cooking in Project areaMawa SideJanjira SideIncur cost Do not incur cost 2 Incur costDo not incurcostSource 1 Number % Number % Number % Number %Own 2 14.3 237 93.3Collected 12 85.7 17 6.7Purchased 107 98.17 - 55 100Total 107 100 14 100 55 100 254 100Percent (%) 88.4 11.6 17.8 82.2 80Source: ADB TA 4652-BAN, 2007Note:1 Some households reported multiple sources of fuel.2 Fuel at no cost means it is available from own sources or people collect from open/free sources like branchesand leaves of trees, crops residues at field, cow dung, etc. In rural areas, still people get it from open sourceswhere people do not restrict the poor fuel gatherers.)134. Electricity is available and generally used for lighting and running electrical appliances. Inthe Mawa side 73 percent of the households use electricity in their residences. No households werereported to use electricity for irrigation purpose and only 3 percent use electricity commercially. InJanjira side, only 23 percent households use electricity in their residences, about 10 percent familiescannot afford to use electricity while 67 percent have no supply at all. Only 2 percent family useelectricity for irrigation purpose and another 3 percent use in commercial areas (Table 3-55).Table 3-55: Use of electricity by people of sample villagesUse of electricity and purpose Mawa Side Janjira Side Total3-69