NDRMF to provide over Rs3b for flood rehab schemes in Sindh.

ISLAMABAD -- National Disaster Risk Management Fund would provide more than Rs3 billion for Rehabilitation/ Reconstruction of Flood Schemes in Sindh.

The NDRMF will fund Rs three billion eleven million four hundred sixty thousand and seventy to Irrigation Department, government of Sindh, for their project title: Building Resilience of Damaged Flood Mitigation Structures Along River Indus in Sindh Resilience and Adoptive Population in Disaster (RAPID).

CEO NDRMF, Bilal Anwar and Abdullah Bhurgri, Project Director Flood Emergency and Reconstruction Projects Sindh Irrigation Department signed the contract. The said financial support will be extended to the respective entities as grant financing. Grant Implementation Agreement between NDRMF and Irrigation Department, Government of Sindh, were signed in this regard.

The Project is designed for rehabilitation / reconstruction of four schemes that received major damages/ losses during the monsoon floods 2022 in districts Shaheed Benazirabad, Naushero Feroze, Sujawal and Matiari. and need rehabilitation on urgent basis as any flooding of similar nature may cause damages to life and property.

These schemes include Stone Apron and Stone Pitching along SM Bund from Mile 70/7 to 72/0 in Moro Bund Sub Division, rehabilitation/ reconstruction of Stud/ Apron along SM Bund at Mile 12/0 to 12/7 and Bakhri Loop Bund Mile 0/0 to 0/1 in Kandiaro Bund Sub Division, rehabilitation, raising and strengthening of Spurs along Surjani Complex Bund Sujawal of Pinyari Circle Hyderabad Kotri Barrage Region Hyderabad and recouping of Stone Spurs Mile 142/3 and Stone Studs Mile 136/1 along S.M Bund in Hala (Irrigation) Division Hala With...