Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Minister of State for Climate Change Friday said the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) was going to launch Rescue 1122 service in the newly merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas) and Gilgit Baltistan (GB).
She made these remarks at her visit to NDRMF and lauded the efforts made by the fund to develop a transparent and independent authority working in the field of early disaster warning, disaster risk reduction and management. Zartaj said the erstwhile FATA and GB lacked any rescue and relief service in their areas where this initiative would provide them modern and latest facilities in case of emergency and disasters.
She said the fund was closely working with the Ministry of Climate Change on developing Eco-System Restoration Fund and 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project whereas around 19 different projects of NDRMF were in the implementation process across the country.
The minister of state was given a presentation and briefing on the activities and progress of the Fund by Chief Executive Officer NDRMF, Lieutenant General (R) Nadeem Ahmed.
The Fund was financing projects for provincial governments and non-public sector partners through a 70 percent financial grant in the areas of flood protection infrastructure, early warning systems, retrofitting of public infrastructure, multi-hazard vulnerability risk assessments and community based disaster risk management.
