$10 billion needed for reconstruction after terrible floods

Devastated by devastating floods that killed at least 1,136 people, Pakistan will need more than $10 billion to rebuild following the disaster caused by the monsoon rains, the Minister of Health said on Tuesday (August 30th). Pakistani Planning and Development.

“Massive damage was caused to infrastructure, particularly in the telecommunications, roads, agriculture and livelihoods sectors”, said Ahsan Iqbal. A third of Pakistan is under water after the worst monsoon rains in three decades. More than 33 million people, or one in seven Pakistanis, have been affected by the floods, which have destroyed or severely damaged nearly a million homes and vital farmland.