Sindh submits Flood Resilience Project proposal to World Bank

KARACHI: Sindh government has presented its proposal of Flood Resilience Project to the World Bank for the fiscal year 2027.

A joint session of the Sindh government and the World Bank was held to mull over the development projects of the province.

Sindh’s Irrigation and Planning Minister Jam Khan Shoro chaired the meeting.

Irrigation minister briefed the session that around 18.6 million people were affected in the year 2022 floods in Sindh.

The flood also damaged the infrastructure with losses of around 9.1 billion dollars’, minister said.

Jam Khan Shoro said that there is a threat of up to 1.11 billion dollars losses by flooding in seven districts along the right bank of the Indus River.

“A funding of 1.6 billion US$ has been made so far with the financial assistance from the World Bank and over 848 kilometers of roads have been restored under various projects,” minister said.

More than nine lac houses in Sindh, have been built or repaired, he further said.

He informed the session that in 14 districts, 26 stations of Rescue 1122, have been built.

“Sindh Flood Resilience Project’s PC-I has been expected to be approved by December 2026. “The World Bank’s executive board will give its final approval of the project, likely by March 2027,” minister added.