Islamabad: Government launched ‘Digital Flood Dashboard’ of National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) in a bid to ensure transparency in relief and rehabilitation efforts in flood-hit areas. Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal speaking to ceremony said that this portal has been rolled out as per special directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

He said that general public and development partners will be able to get information about flood relief aid and funds being received from home and abroad and its distribution. “Pakistan faces an unprecedented calamity which has affected 33 million people across Pakistan,” he said. He said that damage caused by floods is being assessed on a daily basis with cooperation of World Bank, Asian Development Bank, United Nations and provincial governments.

Final estimates of damage will be available only after water recedes from all parts of Sindh and Balochistan provinces, he added. Iqbal asked public to step forward to help flood victims, reminding them of valiant way nation faced calamities in past. He expressed confidence that it will cope with current one in same spirit. Digital portal is established to provide direct information to general public about financial support and relief goods being received and distributed among flood affectees at global, federal and provincial levels.

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 13 2022

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