The IDA agreed that the emergency flood and earthquake recovery and mitigation programme would be added to the "NWFP On-Farm Water Management" and NWFP CIP II projects.
Tekola Dejene, Lead Operations Officer of the World Bank in his report, said the activities of the restructured projects would mainly be carried out in the five earthquake-hit districts, but the other eight flood-hit districts would also be covered.
The additional activities of the restructured project would be carried out for restoration of economic and social infrastructure.
Reconstruction and repair of damaged roads, road embankments, pavements, culverts, bridges, retaining walls, repair and reconstruction of residential and non-residential public buildings, including schools, health facilities, repair of damaged pipelines, pumping equipment and other ancillary works of water supply systems; repairs of breaches in canal embankments, removal of debris deposited in canal prisms and outlet structures and water storage infrastructure included in the project.
The report mentioned that the safety nets would support cash transfers and in-kind assistance to the affected communities and households.
The report said that the project would not have any significant or irreversible environmental impacts and is classified as environmental category "B".
As part of the preparation of a fourth national OFWM project, which was designed to include institutional reform and rehabilitation/investment activities, a general review of potential environmental and social issues was conducted. This review also benefited from a detailed sector environmental assessment (SEA) of irrigation and drainage issues in Pakistan's Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS).
A rapid appraisal mission and consultation with key stakeholders supplemented these studies, in order to identify issues specific to the proposed NWFP-OFWM project and to propose a framework for mitigating potential negative impacts and enhancing positive ones.
The report further said that the objective of developing such a framework is to ensure and put in place a clear road map, with clear and measurable screening criteria and a transparent process and procedures. For this purpose, a FIPMSP was prepared by the project executing agency, approved by the Project Steering Committee, a body that oversees overall project implementation, and reviewed and cleared by the Bank.
Adequate capacity for the implementation of FIPMSP has been created and resource made available through the project to mitigate the social and environmental concerns.