Sindh government approves Rs46 billion for reconstruction of roads damaged due to flood

On Friday, the Sindh government approved a budget of Rs. 46 billion to restore streets and highways in the province’s flood-affected areas, Mudassir Nazir has reported for Samaa.

Syed Murad Ali Shah, the Chief Minister (CM) of Sindh, presided over a high-level provincial meeting on Friday at the CM House where the budget was approved.

The CM has said that as part of the approval, 1,473 kilometers of roads that were destroyed by floods will be rebuilt throughout Sindh.

The meeting was informed that Dadu and Jamshoro areas, where the damage was worst, would receive the lion’s share of the allocation for road restoration.

Additionally, it was revealed that the project’s funding had been approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The provincial administration of Sindh was also informed that the documentation needed to obtain the grant from ADB was being prepared.

There is no funding included in this project for the restoration and repair of the rain-damaged roads in Karachi division.