{"id":8886,"date":"2023-01-11T12:43:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T07:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=8886"},"modified":"2023-01-11T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T07:43:11","slug":"federal-govt-okays-wbs-funded-post-flood-reconstruction-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/federal-govt-okays-wbs-funded-post-flood-reconstruction-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Govt Okays WB&#8217;s Funded Post-Flood Reconstruction Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: With financial assistance from the World Bank, the government has authorized 2 projects totaling Rs. 248 billion for post-flood rehabilitation and reconstruction in Sindh and Balochistan.<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank will provide a $400 million loan to fund the Rs88 billion &#8220;Post-flood Reconstruction Project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Besides, the bank will also give the Rs. 160 billion Flood Response Emergency Housing Project in Sindh another out of about Rs110 billion.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/adb-approves-funds-for-post-flood-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"u568e8b2295e73066efbd8b88f07c48a5\"><style> .u568e8b2295e73066efbd8b88f07c48a5 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .u568e8b2295e73066efbd8b88f07c48a5:active, .u568e8b2295e73066efbd8b88f07c48a5:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u568e8b2295e73066efbd8b88f07c48a5 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u568e8b2295e73066efbd8b88f07c48a5 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u568e8b2295e73066efbd8b88f07c48a5 .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u568e8b2295e73066efbd8b88f07c48a5:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">ADB Approves Funds for Post-Flood Recovery<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The remaining Rs. 50 billion would be raised by the provincial government via its means.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of Balochistan was assessed at $2.345 billion and Sindh&#8217;s at $7.9 billion out of the total $16.3 billion needed for rehabilitation and reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a Post-Disaster Need Assessment completed by international aid organizations, the Rs. 160 billion Flood Response Emergency Housing Project in Sindh would be carried out through a newly formed company.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative will provide financial help for 100,000 partially damaged houses and 465,228 destroyed ones, as well as for the expenditures of non-governmental organizations and consulting fees.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/al-khidmat-conducts-survey-to-rebuild-houses-in-flood-hit-gaddap-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"ua7f3c70fcebbb3afdd06b14d8955390a\"><style> .ua7f3c70fcebbb3afdd06b14d8955390a { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .ua7f3c70fcebbb3afdd06b14d8955390a:active, .ua7f3c70fcebbb3afdd06b14d8955390a:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .ua7f3c70fcebbb3afdd06b14d8955390a { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .ua7f3c70fcebbb3afdd06b14d8955390a .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .ua7f3c70fcebbb3afdd06b14d8955390a .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .ua7f3c70fcebbb3afdd06b14d8955390a:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">Al-Khidmat Conducts Survey to Rebuild Houses in Flood-Hit Gaddap Town<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The government&#8217;s Urban Unit selected several teams to perform a survey, and the results of those surveys have been used to create district-by-district lists of damaged, entirely, or partially destroyed residences.<\/p>\n<p>The Sindh government has cut the contingency spending from 2% of the project&#8217;s cost (about Rs3.2 billion) to 1% (Rs1.6 billion), with the remaining money going toward repairing destroyed houses in response to the Planning Commission&#8217;s concerns.<\/p>\n<p>To increase resilience, irrigation and flood protection infrastructure in the province&#8217;s disaster-affected districts will be renovated using the &#8220;build back better&#8221; philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>The project also included capacity building, modernization of hydrometer (weather and flood) systems, and enhancing early warning systems.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/aiib-approves-500mn-for-flood-affectees-in-pakistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"uab1aa3925733938be1aa5444eff33113\"><style> .uab1aa3925733938be1aa5444eff33113 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .uab1aa3925733938be1aa5444eff33113:active, .uab1aa3925733938be1aa5444eff33113:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .uab1aa3925733938be1aa5444eff33113 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .uab1aa3925733938be1aa5444eff33113 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .uab1aa3925733938be1aa5444eff33113 .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .uab1aa3925733938be1aa5444eff33113:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">AIIB Approves $500Mn for Flood-Affectees in Pakistan<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Besides, homeowners will get financial incentives for future repair or rebuilding once a spatial planning assessment is carried out to verify that reconstruction locations are flood-resistant.<\/p>\n<p>According to the project&#8217;s specifications, housing assistance will be provided for the construction of a 250-square-foot unit that is multi-hazard resilient, has a water collecting system, twin pit latrines, and a solar system.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a thorough implementation plan will be unveiled, including cash-for-work initiatives for young people, the underprivileged, and women, as well as grants for farmers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: With financial assistance from the World Bank, the government has authorized 2 projects totaling Rs. 248 billion for post-flood rehabilitation and reconstruction in Sindh and Balochistan. The World Bank will provide a $400 million loan to fund the Rs88 billion &#8220;Post-flood Reconstruction Project.&#8221; Besides, the bank will also give the Rs. 160 billion Flood Response Emergency Housing Project in Sindh another out of about Rs110 billion. The remaining Rs.\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-1-9.jpg",1000,560,false],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-1-9.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-1-9.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Firas Qureshi","categories_name":["News"],"title_text":"Federal Govt Okays WB\u2019s Funded Post-Flood Reconstruction Projects","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=5&exclude=8886","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}