Rs7.5bn allocated for climate change

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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated an amount of Rs7579.200 million for various new and ongoing schemes of the Climate Change Division under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2019-20.

According to PSDP 2019-20, the government has allocated an amount of Rs7515.000 million for the new schemes and Rs64.200 million allocated for the ongoing schemes of the Climate Change Division.

In new schemes, the government has allocated Rs15.000 million allocated for the establishment of the Climate Change Reporting Unit in the Ministry of Climate Change and an amount of Rs7500.000 million allocated for Ten Billion Tsunami Programme Phase-1 upscaling of Green Pakistan Programme (Revised).

In ongoing schemes, the government has allocated an amount of Rs20.000 million for Climate Resilient Urban Human Settlements Unit, 3.200 million for the establishment of Geomatic Centre for Climate Change, Rs16.000 million for the establishment of Pakistan WASH Strategic Planning and Coordination Cell and Rs25 million allocated for the sustainable land management project to combat desertification of Pakistan SLMP-II.