Syed Murad Ali Shah, the chief minister of Sindh, presided over the Sindh cabinet meeting, which allocated Rs 50 billion to construct damaged homes for flood victims.
“Each and every owner of the damaged house would be given Rs 50,000 to start construction, and when the construction would reach the plinth level, the remaining amount of Rs 250,000 would be transferred to his bank account to complete the construction,” the minister decided in consultation with the cabinet members.
Minister of Information Sharjeel Inam Memon provided this information during a press conference at the Sindh Archives Building. The meeting was held at CM House, with provincial ministers, advisors, special assistants, chief secretary Sohail Rajput, chairman of the P&D Hassan Naqvi, PSCM Fayaz Jatoi, and other concerned secretaries present.
Sharjeel Memon disclosed the decisions made by the cabinet. Manzoor Wassan, the CM’s advisor on agriculture, informed the cabinet that the recent floods had ruined 3.6 million acres of standing crops, resulting in losses to farmers of Rs 421 billion.
According to Wassan, it was decided to give away free wheat seed, for which Rs. 13.5 billion were needed.
He further said that the federal government contributed Rs. 4.7 billion, while the Sindh government gave Rs. 8.39 billion.
Wassan stated that Taluka and district committees had been constituted when discussing how to repay the funds of Rs 5000 per acre. The DG of Agriculture Extension establishes a provincial committee.
Moreover, the chief minister’s advisor for agriculture, the minister of information, and the minister of local government created a committee last week during the review meeting of the flood response, which was presided over by Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
The committee conducted a preliminary meeting and decided that to speed up the processes, Tappa-level Tapedars, Field Assistants for Agriculture, Members of the District Council, and Notables might be enlisted to aid with data collecting. The cabinet instructed the agriculture department to gather the information as soon as possible so that money could be given to the growers.