Natl Drainage Prog

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The objectives of the National Drainage Program Project are to improve the efficiency of the irrigation and drainage system in Pakistan, and ensure its sustainability. The project is designed as a sector investment project, consisting of three complementary components: 1) a sector planning and research component facilitating long-term sector and project planning, namely, for the National Surface Drainage System (NSDS) to carry saline effluent from the drainage network to the sea, and enhancing the technical foundations of drainage; 2) the institutional reforms component, the most important component, aimed at decentralizing provincial irrigation departments, and streamlining and building the capacity of water and power development authorities, provincial irrigation and drainage authorities, area water boards, on-farm water management directorates of provincial agricultural departments, and farmers' organizations; and 3) the investment component, designed to improve drainage and water management infrastructure, and to protect inland wetlands, which finances completion of ongoing projects, rehabilitation and remodeling of completed drainage projects, and new projects which conform to or support the overall strategies of the project.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Power Generation (CCGT), Waste Processing and Treatment, Raw Materials, Government, Commercial