Post-Ditwah recovery efforts: Rs. 190 bn needed to restore roads and bridges countrywide

Officials of the Ministry of Transport and Highways and Urban Development yesterday said that due to the destruction of roads and bridges across the country by Cyclone Ditwah, the Road Development Authority alone had incurred a loss of approximately Rs. 75 billion.

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The officials said the restoration of disaster-hit roads and bridges would require approximately Rs. 190 billion.

This was disclosed at the meeting of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development, convened to discuss the nature of the Ditwah disaster and the measures to be taken to assess the resulting social, economic, and environmental damage. The meeting was held recently (11) in Parliament under the Chairmanship of Member of Parliament S.M. Marikkar.

During the meeting, officials of the Ministry of Transport and Highways and Urban Development pointed out that as a result of the disaster situation, 316 roads and 40 bridges, under the purview of the Road Development Authority, had been damaged.