ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said donors’ conference to collect funding for reconstruction and rehabilitation activities in flood-hit areas was expected in first week of January.

Presiding over meeting here regarding strategic plan for post-flood reconstruction and rehabilitation at National Flood Response and Coordination Centre (NFRCC), he said roadshows would also be held in major capitals of world for reconstruction and rehabilitation projects. He said strategy of Resilient, Recovery, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Infrastructure needs, institutional requirements and investment should be adopted in rehabilitation and reconstruction plan.

Various financing options should be considered to fund short-term and long-term reconstruction and rehabilitation projects, he said. He said different financing options should be considered for short-term and long-term plans of reconstruction and rehabilitation while international community should also be informed about steps taken so far by government of Pakistan. He directed that strategic plan for reconstruction and rehabilitation should be shared with stakeholders at least one month before donor conference. “Documented strategy plan for rehabilitation and reconstruction should be made comprehensive and futuristic in all respects” Ahsan Iqbal said.

National Coordinator NFRCC Lt. Gen. Zafar Iqbal, Secretary Ministry of Planning, representatives of World Bank and other relevant officials attended meeting. Meeting was briefed on Strategic Plan (4RF) containing short-term and long-term plans for post-flood reconstruction and rehabilitation.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 25 2022

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