PDI Advocacy meeting with Sindh Govt Planning Official.

 Participatory Development Initiatives (PDI) Media Coordinator on 05.07.2012 Wednesday held advocacy meeting with Sindh Government Planning & Development Departments Inchrage of Foreign Aid Inchrage Chief Abbas Ali which was held at his office.In the meeting   discussed Planning and Departments proposed and revised schemes and its planning to mitigate the losses of 2010 flood and 2011 rain floods devastation and future plans and schemes to combat natural disasters in prone disasters districts of Sindh .

Abbas Ali told PDI media Coordinator that Sindh government to rehabilitee 2010 rain flood communities got loan of 650 million dollar from Asian Development Bank and approved schemes in road, agriculture, Irrigation and for National High way Authority . He said that 131 million dollars were proposed  for works and service departments in which money was allocated for restructuring and making new roads schemes in flood devastated districts    , 234 million dollars   for    Irrigation department to revitalize and  construction of damaged bunds and canals , 285 million dollars proposed for National High Authority departments for reconstruction of damaged roads . He told PDI Media Coordinator that Planning and Development Authority has been completed its damaged assessment and requested for loan from Asian Development Bank for 2011 rain flood response but yet no grant or loan received by Sindh government . He said that Sindh government had spent Rs 30 million from non development expenditure for 2011 rain flood response.  

   He added that Planning and Development Departments after receiving proposed schemes from all departments approved schemes and its responsibility of respective departments to propose schemes to strengthen capacity building and infrastructure of respective departments to effectively combat with riverine or rain flood devastation.