Federal Minister Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar Co-chairs meeting of flood relief activities in Sindh.

An important meeting of the Coordination Committee for Monitoring Flood Relief Activities in Sindh constituted by the Prime Minister of Pakistan was held in the Chief Secretary Sindh office under the chairmanship of Federal Minister Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar & Federal Minister for Water Resources Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah on Tuesday, 02 May 2023.

Chief Secretary Sindh Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajput, Secretaries of Provincial Departments, Officials NHA, NDMA, WAPDA and PDMA among others participated in the meeting.

While presiding over the meeting, Syed Naveed Qamar said that the rains and flood situation caused a lot of damage to the country’s economy, especially agriculture, to avoid this situation in the future, the federal and provincial governments have to work collectively. He said that the federal government was making a flood protection plan and the provincial government should also send its projects regarding flood protection to the federal government so that these plans are approved on time.

In the meeting, Chief Secretary Sindh office informed about the rehabilitation of the flood victims and said that the Sindh government had conducted a house-to-house survey to assess the damage in the flood-affected areas and according to the survey, millions of people in different areas of the province are affected.

The Federal Minister for Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar further emphasized that whatever contingency plan the Sindh government makes for monsoon rains should be shared with the federal government. The federal government will also fully support the provincial government. He asked all the provincial secretaries that the issues with the federal government should be sent through this committee and he will try to resolve the issues as soon as possible.