Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the government is committed to the reconstruction of the earth quake affected areas and would provide all kinds of requisite resources, despite the financial constraints. He said this in his opening remarks while chairing 13th Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) Council Meeting here on Friday.
He added that he was delighted to know the improvements in the ERRA’s performance, which have been acknowledged both by the United Kingdom Accreditation Services through ISO 9001 certification, and conferment of prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award 2011.
Furthermore, he said that the nation was struggling to address complex socio-economic challenges including the devastation caused by recent floods and is actively engaged in the war against terrorism.
“Despite these challenges, our commitment to the reconstruction of the earthquake affected areas remains unwavering”, he said.
The prime minister expressed his satisfaction at the completion of multiple development projects in the earthquake affected areas. He said that this was the result the commitment of the government not to rest till the complete rehabilitation of the earthquake victims.
Since the earthquake of 8th October 2005, ERRA and its partners have made quantum leaps in raising state-of-the-art facilities to bring life back to normalcy in earthquake affected areas. The ERRA and its development partners have come a long way in reconstructing the affected areas in an attempt to rehabilitate the people of AJ&K and KPK, he said.
“It is encouraging to know that 55 % of the total portfolio has been accomplished and 29 % projects are at various stages of construction.”
