The Government of Japan has approved a grant amounting to 18.5 million dollars for flood management project in Pakistan. A signing ceremony for exchange of notes and record of discussion between the governments of Japan and Pakistan was held in Islamabad today. The project is aimed at improving accuracy of flood forecasts and flood control functions, accumulate basic data that contributes to disaster risk reduction measures, and reducing the risk of loss to human and economy including infrastructure.

 

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