Rehan Khan Khushik
KARACHI
The World Bank mission members have said that the Kohistan region in Sindh province is a water deficit area where life and livelihood is dependent on rainfall, and the rainfall pattern is being changed due to climate change significantly.
The World Bank mission members further said that it is expected that more extreme weather patterns are going to take place such as drought and floods.
The high level World Bank mission led by Task Team leader, Ahsan Tehsin, senior disaster risk management specialist visited and inspected the Lat-01 flood detention dam at lat basin near Malir in Kohistan region in Sindh on Monday.
The other World Bank mission members included Nihan Rafiq disaster risk management specialist, Yunziyi Lang climate change specialist, Yoko Okura disaster risk management specialist, Amna Memon, Mishka Zaman senior social development specialist, Sana Ahmed environment specialist, Moritz Meyer senior economist, Christina Wieser senior economist and Farah Yamin Khan, Shahid Sohail, Syed Kashif Gilani, Shoaib Siddiqui, Shams Jaffrani, Aijaz Shaikh.
The World Bank mission also included the representatives of economic affairs division Azam Khan and Ms Iqra Khan and representative of planning commission Asghar Halipoto.
Zahid Hussain Shaikh senior water resource specialist, Nasir Panhwar social safe guard specialist, Shaikh Ahmed and Aqeel Ahmed of Sindh Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project of Sindh irrigation department also accompanied the World Bank mission..
The world Bank mission members also visited the Sindh Emergency Service Rescue 1122 station at Hyderabad..
The world Bank mission was briefed by the Ghulam Asghar Kanasaro project Director SFERP (planing and development components )and Abid Jalal u Ddin Project Director rescue 1122 project funded by World Bank during visit at Hyderabad Station.
