Staff Reports
ISLAMABAD: Since the launch of Resilience, Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (4RF) framework by the planning ministry, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved 21 development projects worth $3billion for flood-affected areas of Pakistan while securing maximum pledges committed in Geneva for flood 2022, according to a press release issued here on Sunday.
Last year Pakistan faced an unprecedented devastation due to torrential rains and flooding in most parts of the country, particularly in Balochistan and Sindh, affecting 33 million people and resulting in economic losses worth $30 billion.
In response, the government had devised the 4RF framework, which proposed effective coordination and participation arrangements among federal and provincial governments, development partners, donors, international and national NGOs and academic and private sectors.
In January, Pakistan secured pledges of $10 billion from donors during an international conference on ‘Climate Resilient Pakistan’, jointly hosted by Pakistan and the UN in Geneva. Since then, the CWDP had approved 21 development projects in the affected areas.
The projects include Emergency Flood Assistance Project (EFAP) on Farm Water Management worth $475 million, Access to Clean Energy worth $47 million, DRR project for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction worth $31.28m; Emergency Flood Assistance Project worth $8 million; Post-Flood 2022 Reconstruction Programme: Resilience Enhancement and Livelihood worth $400 million; Sindh Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Enhancement Project worth $8.3 million; Competitive and Livable City of Karachi worth $27 million; Sindh Flood Housing Reconstruction worth $500 million; Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project Sindh worth $500 million; Sindh Water and Agriculture Transformation Project worth $98 million; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Rural Accessibility Project worth $300 million; K-P Irrigated Agriculture worth $11.7 million; K-P Integrated Tourism Development worth $2 million; K-P Human Capital Investment worth $25 million; Pakistan Hydromet and Climate Services Project worth $150 million; Crisis Resilience Institutions for Social Protection (CRISP) worth $73.14 million; Pandemic Response Effectiveness Programme worth $2 million; Punjab Tourism for Economic Growth worth $2.8 million; Sindh Integrated Health and Women Empowerment worth $50 million; Polio Eradication Programme worth $100 million and K-P Food Security Support Project worth $100 million.
