One million flood-hit families get new homes in SindhPakistan

According to the chief minister, the programme now aims to build 2.1 million climate-resilient houses for flood-affected families across 23 districts of the province. He said every completed house had been verified through geotagging and digital monitoring, and that the work was being carried out through the Sindh Peoples Housing Foundation.

Funding and women homeowners

The chief minister said the World Bank had contributed 500 million dollars to the project, while the Sindh government had provided 179 million dollars from its own resources. He also acknowledged support from the Asian Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank and the European Investment Bank.

One of the programme’s major achievements, he said, was the empowerment of women. Millions of women in rural Sindh had become homeowners for the first time, with houses registered in their names, which he described as a guarantee of their security and dignity rather than mere property ownership.

He added that the government had empowered affected families to build their own houses instead of relying on contractors, and credited the people of Sindh, who rebuilt their homes through determination and hard work, as the real heroes of the project. The foundation, he said, had completed the task through a digital system with a team of only 40 people.

Work is now under way on clean water, sanitation and drainage projects in the areas where houses have been built. Through a combined investment of around one billion dollars, basic facilities will be provided to 4,800 villages, according to the chief minister.

He said the journey would continue towards the target of 2.1 million houses, adding that the government remained committed to turning public hopes into reality under the leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.