Tag: Flood

ISLAMABAD - The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved a $775 million loan for Pakistan to help the government provide cash transfers to more than a million flood-affected households.
According to an ADB statement, the bank's board of directors approved the loan, along with a supporting technical assistance grant, for the Flood Emergency Reconstruction Project. The loan will be used to reconstruct damaged roads, bridges, irrigation systems, as well

KARACHI - The provincial government has officially ended all flood-relief activities in the province, saying that the efforts will be now concentrated on the rehabilitation of flood survivors.
This was confirmed by Sindh Rehabilitation Minister Haji Muzzaffar Shujra, who while talking to Pakistan Today on Saturday, said that shifting its efforts from relief towards rehabilitation, the Sindh government will soon hand over 2,000 houses to flood-affected families in the first

ISLAMABAD - The Flood Commission constituted by the Supreme Court on Friday submitted its interim report with the apex court on the damages caused by floods last summer, saying irrigation infrastructure in Balochistan suffered serious damage during the catastrophic floods.
After receiving the interim report, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry issued notices to concerned parties and fixed the case for hearing on March 28 before a bench already hearing the matter.
The

KARACHI - Over 1.8 million families that were adversely affected by the floods are unlikely to receive the second instalment of Watan Cards as the Sindh government has no funds due to severe financial constraints, sources informed Pakistan Today.
Following the floods in the country, the federal and provincial governments had announced a number of measures for proper rehabilitation of the displaced people. The Sindh government had also initiated the rehabilitation process of the

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Flood Commission - set up to probe overflowing of rivers, charges of deliberate diversion of floodwater and breaches in embankments of barrages and canals during the recent floods - to complete the probe within six weeks and submit a report to the court's registrar. A two-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani, was hearing a suo motu case against the breaches allegedly made in

LAHORE - In a testament to the power of charitable giving, a star-studded evening organized by "Quintessentially" on March 4, called "Pakistan Appeal" will see influential members of the UAE and the regional society give their charity and thoughts to the enduring plight of millions of flood victims, who lost everything in the greatest disaster ever to hit Pakistan.
The opening address will be made by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Sheikh Nahyan Bin

LAHORE - Kashf Foundation initiated re-construction in the flood affected village "Manna" in Kot-Addu Tehsil, Muzaffargarh District after the successful completion of its relief phase. Kashf's Managing Director Roshaneh Zafar distributed the keys of the newly constructed one room shelters with washrooms to the women of 114 flood affected families.
Ms Zafar explained the importance of building back better, stating: "quality and strength of houses built is highlighted as a crucial

ISLAMABAD - The government is unable to take measures for minimizing chances of flood damages in the future owing to financial constraints and would reconstruct only the lost infrastructures, said National Flood Reconstruction Plan, a report by the Planning Commission of Pakistan.
The government's reconstruction plan, based on the estimates of the Damages and Needs Assessments (DNA) Report, prepared by the World Bank and the Asian Development (ADB), said the government had

LAHORE - A seven member Taiwanese relief team has arrived in Pakistan to visit the flood affected areas from February 25 to 27 in Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan districts.
CLAP Trust Pakistan Secretary General Ghulam Qadir Fayyaz announced the arrival news during a press conference at Lahore Press Club on Thursday. Al-Mustafa Welfare Society Head Mian Khalid Habib Elahi, Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation Executive Director Debi Fan and Taiwanese relief team members

MULTAN - In continuation of relief activities conducted by the Ocean Pakistan Limited (OPL) after floods, a company of Hashoo Group, the construction of 12 houses for most-affected families in the village Manjhi Wala, Kot Addu, has been successfully completed.
These houses contain a unit of two rooms with a veranda in front with a total covered area of 875 square-feet per unit. Talking to the media representative at the site, General Manager OPL Col (r) Tahir said the Hashoo

LAHORE - Kashf Foundation recently released a flood relief strategy report based on three phases: food distribution amongst flood victims, reconstruction of homes and access to sustainable income sources. Kashf Foundation Managing Director Roshaneh Zafar shared key points of the three pronged strategy.
The Foundation plans to provide financial education, along with microfinance for small businesses and livestock to flood victims to enhance income generation that will ensure

ISLAMABAD - Japan has provided US $45 million to the UN-HABITAT (United Nations Human Settlements Programme, a UN agency for human settlements) for assistance to the Pakistani flood victims. "As winter prevails, the needs of the 20 million flood affectees have been growing and the government of Japan has given funds at a very critical time," a press release issued by the UN-HABITAT said Monday.
"This substantial amount will go towards early recovery involving shelter, water,

ISLAMABAD - Scores of flood affected people from Kot Addu of district Muzaffar Garh continued their hunger strike on the second consecutive day here on Monday seeking issuance of second installment of Watan Cards.
They assembled here outside the National Press Club (NPC) and set up a protest camp to convey their grievances to the authorities. They were chanting anti-government slogans for its 'negligence' towards their plight. They said the delay in the delivery of second

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced concern that the problems of the flood-hit population all over Pakistan seem to have come off the priority list even though the difficulties facing the affected people remain as challenging as ever and in some areas have even aggravated.
HRCP has been conducting damage and needs assessment in 33 flood-affected districts across the country and monitoring relief efforts there. In January and February the Commission held

KARACHI - Following the appeal of international donors and aid agencies for the flood-affected people of Pakistan, Russia has also launched an initiative to assist them. Talking to the media at the Russian Consulate in Karachi on Thursday, Russian Consul General Andrey Demidov said that Russia has so far provided humanitarian aid of about $9 million to flood survivors of Pakistan and, if needed, it would continue its support in the future.
"In accordance with the ordinance of the

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has directed district coordination officers (DCOs) engaged in rehabilitation of the flood-affected areas to pay complete attention to solving the problems and grievances of the flood survivors in a befitting manner.
The chief minister issued these orders during a meeting held in connection with reviewing the rehabilitation measures for the flood-affected people. Chairing the meeting at the Chief Minister's House, Shah said that

COLOMBO - International aid for 1.2 million Sri Lankans affected by monsoon flooding has fallen far short of the immediate humanitarian needs, United Nations figures showed Wednesday. The UN said it received only $8.4 million as of Tuesday in response to an appeal for $51 million to meet urgent relief requirements in the island's north, centre and east.
Fresh flooding has submerged large areas of the country's rice-growing area, just as villages were trying to recover from