KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah in meeting with World Bank decided to provide Rs 5,000 per acre subsidy to growers for seed and fertilizer for rabi crop. World Bank agreed to provide subsidies to growers holding up to 25 acres of land and CM said that growers holding land over 25 acres would be provided subsidies at same rate.

Emergent rehabilitation works include critical works that are severely damaged and associated with the safety of communities, cities, towns and rehabilitation of infrastructure needed to be completed before next monsoon. Bank discussed repair and rehabilitation of health facilities such as dispensaries and hospitals as Bank has already pledged $ 500 million for reconstruction of houses damaged during heavy rains/floods. 

World Bank 13-member delegation led by Country Director Najy Benhassine, Manzoor Wassan, Sharjeel Memon, Mukesh Chawla, Imtiaz Shaikh, Murtaza Wahab, Rasool Bux Chandio, Haris Gazdar, Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput, Chairman P&D Hassan Naqvi and Secretary Finance Sajid Jamal Abro attended.  Regional Director Guangzhe Chen, Sector Group Leader Abedalrazq Khalil, Practice Manager Shomik Raj Mehndiratta, Programme Leader Teuta Kacaniku, senior Energy Specialist Anjum Ahmad, Executive Assistant Waleed Anwar, senior Transport Specialist Hasan Afzal Zaidi, Transport Specialist Muhammad Bilal Paracha, Disaster Risk Management Specialist Bilal Khalid, senior Social Development Specialist Kamran Akbar, Lead Agriculture Specialist Olivier Durand and senior Water Specialist Francois Onimus among WB team.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 10 2022

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