MANILA (PHILIPPINES): A 400-million-dollar-concessional loan has been approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the reconstruction of houses and community infrastructure damaged by devastating floods in 2022 in Sindh.
According to a statement by the bank, the Sindh Emergency Housing Reconstruction Project is part of ADB’s multifaceted response to Pakistan’s flood crisis and forms part of the bank’s commitment to provide $1.5 billion in total assistance from 2023 to 2025 to accelerate the country’s flood recovery.
“This project will help rebuild homes and communities, and restore livelihood and basic services in Sindh, the province most affected by the devastating 2022 floods,” said ADB Director General for Central and West Asia Yevgeniy Zhukov.
“It is part of ADB’s extensive support to help Pakistan recover from the disaster which affected 33 million people and damaged houses and infrastructure across the nation.”
Sindh sustained about 83% of the total housing damage inflicted by the 2022 floods, with around 2.1 million houses either fully destroyed or damaged. Two years on, many victims still reside in inadequate, temporary shelters lacking essential services such as water, sanitation, and electricity.
The project will support conditional cash grants for the reconstruction of 250,000 houses with multi-hazard resilient and environment-responsive designs.
It will also support community-driven construction of infrastructure such as drinking water facilities, sanitation facilities, covered drainage, and renewable energy solutions for 100,000 households in around 1,000 flood-damaged villages in Sindh.
The project will also support conditional cash grants for livestock, agriculture, small enterprises, and e-commerce.
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