{"id":84923,"date":"2022-03-27T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T06:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=84923"},"modified":"2022-03-25T17:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T12:29:54","slug":"wb-310-bn-water-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-310-bn-water-project.html","title":{"rendered":"WB approves USD 310 bn for Sindh\u2019s water infrastructure project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The World Bank (WB) will provide USD 310 million for the development of the Sindh Water and Agriculture Transmission (SWAT) project, news sources reported. The funds will help in the development of infrastructure for the transmission of potable water and agriculture projects in the province.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-estimates-punjab-real-estate-sectors-tax-potential.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"84449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Bank shares estimates on Punjab real estate sectors\u2019 tax potential<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the funds will be provided by the WB in collaboration with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The project will help in the development of water infrastructure in the 22 districts of Sindh in five years&#8217; time. Under the project, Sindh will implement five policies:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Water resource management&nbsp;<\/li><li>Water service delivery&nbsp;<\/li><li>Agriculture subsidies&nbsp;<\/li><li>Investment component&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Project coordination and monitoring&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the following scope has been defined in the policy document of SWAT:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rehabilitation and improvement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wwf-pakistan-mangrove-cover.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"78285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Akram Wah of Kotri Barrage<\/a>, Lower Nara Canal Head Regulator (D\/s Outlet from Chotiari Reservoir).<\/li><li>Emergency work on the right bank canals off the Sukkur Barrage.<\/li><li>Canal modernization in all the existing three area water boards: Nara canal, left bank canals, and Ghotki feeder.<\/li><li>Strengthening the agricultural policy reforms on agriculture investments for innovation, technical knowledge to improve agriculture extension services, and research systems.<\/li><li>Competitive investments to improve agricultural systems through demand-driven efforts.<\/li><li>Invest in improving the crop reporting system, and the development of a Market Information system.<\/li><li>Provision of a co-sharing subsidy on agriculture implements, inputs, machinery, and equipment.<\/li><li>Capacity building of extension research and OFWM officials\/scientist and project management team at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-ifc-mou-65-mgd-water-supply-karachi.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"82136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PMU\/Delivery Unit<\/a> level Rehabilitation and upgrading an office building for agriculture extension and research with latest equipment\/machinery.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-seeks-data-on-water-consumed-by-hotels-industries.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"49193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sindh govt seeks data on water consumed by hotels, industries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the project will enhance understanding and undertake the following studies and surveys, including:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An organization plan to establish three area water boards on the right bank canals (Rice canal, Dadu canal, and the NW canal)<\/li><li>Preparation of the Sindh Water Resources Management Plan, and preparing a plan to transform the Irrigation Department into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cm-sindh-manora-waterfront-beach-project.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"81025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Irrigation Water Resources Department (IWRD)<\/a><\/li><li>Preparation of updated financial regulations for the SIDA, AWBs, and FOs preparation of studies for the design for Sindh Hydro Informatics (including groundwater)<\/li><li>An assessment study to identify the agriculture extension and research facilities\/laboratories for rehabilitation\/modernization<\/li><li>Conducting a capacity assessment of the department for recommending the training plans for the officials and experts under the capacity development program<\/li><li>Studies for the introduction of climate Smart Agriculture &amp; Saline Agriculture<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/world-bank-to-loan-usd-100-million-for-sindh-solar-energy.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Bank to loan USD 100 million for Sindh solar energy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the news, the project&#8217;s main theme is to increase water resilience, judicious use of water and less use of resources with efficiency.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The World Bank (WB) will provide USD 310 million for the development of the Sindh Water and Agriculture Transmission (SWAT) project, news sources reported. The funds will help in the development of infrastructure for the transmission of potable water and agriculture projects in the province.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Read: World Bank shares estimates on Punjab real estate sectors\u2019 tax potential Reportedly, the funds will be provided by the WB in collaboration with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The project will help in the development of water infrastructure in the 22 districts of Sindh in five years&#8217; time. Under the project, Sindh will implement five policies:&nbsp;&nbsp; Water resource management&nbsp; Water service delivery&nbsp; Agriculture subsidies&nbsp; Investment component&nbsp;&nbsp; Project coordination and monitoring&nbsp;&nbsp; Additionally, the following scope has been defined in the policy document of SWAT:&nbsp; Rehabilitation and improvement of Akram Wah of Kotri Barrage, Lower Nara Canal Head Regulator (D\/s Outlet from Chotiari Reservoir). Emergency work on the right bank canals off the Sukkur Barrage. Canal modernization in all the existing three area water boards: Nara canal, left bank canals, and Ghotki feeder. Strengthening the agricultural policy reforms on agriculture investments for innovation, technical knowledge to improve agriculture extension services, and research systems. Competitive investments&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":61439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[51713],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-sindh-water-infrastructure","9":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WB approves USD 310 bn Sindh\u2019s water project - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: The World Bank (WB) will provide USD 310 million for the development of the Sindh Water and Agriculture Transmission (SWAT) project, news sources\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-310-bn-water-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WB approves USD 310 bn Sindh\u2019s water project - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: The World Bank (WB) will provide USD 310 million for the development of the Sindh Water and Agriculture Transmission (SWAT) project, news sources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-310-bn-water-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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