By Ali Imran
ISLAMABAD: World Bank has provided additional grant worth of US $ 12 million for Ex-FATA, Temporarily Displaced Persons Early Recovery Project (TDP-ERP) to earlier recovery of displace families in former tribal areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Minister for Economic Affairs, Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar witnessed the signing ceremony of Additional Grant Agreement of “FATA Temporarily Displaced Persons Emergency Recovery Project” worth of US $ 12 million with the World Bank held on Friday in Ministry of Economic Affairs, said a press release issued by Ministry of Economic Affairs.
FATA Temporarily Displaced Persons Early Recovery Project (TDP-ERP) is aimed to support the early recovery of families affected by the displacement, promote child health and enhance citizen-centered service delivery in the former tribal areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The project will now also cover four new districts in KPK Province i.e. D.I. Khan, Lakki Marwat, Tank and Bannu in addition to Kurram, Khyber, Orakzai, North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Mohmand and Bajaur Districts. With this additional grant financing of US$ 12 million, total cost of this project would amount to US$ 216 million.
