There is no money to buy pumps for drainage, Prime Minister
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Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif says that international aid is necessary to save millions of people.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, while writing an article in the British newspaper The Guardian regarding the flood disasters and required emergency funds in Pakistan, said that the international attention and aid on the floods in Pakistan has decreased but the flood water has not decreased.
The Prime Minister said that Pakistan is still in the grip of climate disaster, and large areas of Sindh and Balochistan are still under water. The rains and floods claimed 1700 lives, inundated an area the size of Switzerland, and affected 33 million people.
Shahbaz Sharif wrote that the number of people suffering from lack of food has doubled to 14 million due to floods, another 9 million people have also gone below the level of extreme poverty, and international aid is necessary to save millions of people.
The Prime Minister said that the flooded areas are becoming permanent lakes, the flood water cannot be removed even in a year, there is not even money to buy pumps for drain and age, and the worry is that there may be another flood in July 2023.
The Prime Minister further said that despite the economic crisis, we mobilized 1.5 billion dollars in emergency aid from our weak resources. According to the World Bank and the European Union, we have suffered a loss of 30 billion dollars due to floods, which is 10 percent of Pakistan's GDP. Yes, $16.3 billion in funding is needed over three years to address recovery challenges.
Shahbaz Sharif said that he will co-host the International Donors Conference with the Secretary General of the United Nations in Geneva on January 9, and present a two-part comprehensive framework for rehabilitation and reconstruction of the victims at the conference.
The Prime Minister said that in the first phase, 16.3 billion dollars of funding is needed in 3 years to deal with the challenges of immediate recovery. The second phase will require an investment of $13.5 billion over 10 years.
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