ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved $200 million loan to improve Balochistan government’s community-based water management programme in the province.
Balochistan Integrated Water Resources Management & Development Project will support investments in two of the eighteen basins in Balochistan: Nari and Porali river basins.
These basins were selected based on an assessment of surface water resources. “Balochistan is the least water-secure province in the country and farmers here face the greatest risks from climate change,” said the World Bank Country Director for Pakistan, Illango Patchamuthu, in a statement.
“The Project has been designed to boost farmers’ incomes through new irrigation infrastructure and improved on-farm management and rangeland management. An associated objective is building province’s capacity for long-term water resources planning,” he added.
