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Lods are not new to Pakistan. Since the devastating floods of 2010 sank the fifth country in a record flood of 2022 monsoon, which displaced 33 million people, the country has repeatedly observed how the rising water level ruins life, infrastructure and the economy. This bar with the stage, floods, attitudes and Chenab rivers have displaced hundreds of thousands. A large number of families are trapped, standing crops have been swept away and many have been violated to protect the urban areas.
The clear weakness of Pakistan is structural. There are bad backpacks, loaded rivers, flooded urban drains, inadequate forests and water shed forests. Each flood requires tens of billions of dollars of aid and reconstruction, resources that can be used in otherwise. According to the Asian Development Bank, Pakistan suffered more than $ 30 billion (Rs 8.5 trillion) during the 2022 floods. Therefore, only government resources and measures are inadequate to tackle the challenge.
A viable solution is in the Public Private Partnership (PPP), a systematic cooperation that is included in the vision and authority of the state with the innovation, capital and performance of the private sector. PPP projects can provide a suitable roadmap for flood management for Pakistan.
Why does the PPS make a difference
Floods are a multi -dimensional threat. This is a hydrophrological problem in river basins, citizens in the rapidly expanding cities, when the cost of rehabilitation pushes development costs and political, because people decide to lead, based on how the water decreases or helps.
All these sectors have unused capacity in the private sector. Agricultural businesses such as Deston Engineering, construction companies, Engro and Fauji Fert Laser, insurance companies such as Jubilee Life and TPL insurance, and telecom players like Jazz, Telenor and Ufone are equipped with equipment, networks and capabilities to support flexibility in their domains. Using these skills and abilities through PPP can convert the reaction of destruction into the preparation of destruction.
Infrastructure:
Restoration of Pashtun and Barrage: Rescue/manage the flood IThe weakest point of Pakistan is nfrastructure. Most parts of the Indus River are weak and poor. However, improvements are available. In a partnership with a private contractor, supporting Jinnah and Tunus Barges with the support of the World Bank, supporting the World Barrage, supports the World Barrage, protect the irrigation flow and manage the floods. The PPP model can be copied in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Citizens drainage and wastewater management: Lahore and Karachi are investing in waste water cleaning plants and trunk gutters through PPP, re -claiming capacity in drainage networks and reducing water logging. Lahore’s water and wastewater management projects and projects like Karachi’s western Karachi Recycle Water Plant show how PPP can turn waste water into flexibility.
Storage Dam: Large reserves, including already built Qatar-Bhasha Dam and Mohammad Dam, irrigation and hydropower, will afford flood cushions. Small and medium -sized dams are equally important in the arrests of KP, Balochistan and rivers in Punjab. The network of 100 small dams can revolutionize water shed management. Such a network is a natural PPP candidate. Private contractors can construct and work with the government under performance -based arrangements.
With public private partnerships, dams and drains can be the latest place, more accurate, insurance universal, forests live and strong forecasts can be predicted. There will still be floods but the losses can be reduced.
Forecast and smart system
Prediction and sensor: Sindh flood emergency rehabilitation plans are increasing the prediction system. Private IT companies can add AI -based modeling, GIS mapping and IOT sensors to the entire Indus Basin to provide real -time stream information.
TELL -BOLT WATTERS: The recent NDMA deal with Jazz has already covered millions with Jazz to enforce the warning of the geo -tied SMS flood. With the service -level contracts, the national multi -language system can save tens of thousands of lives.
Smart measurement: PPP is being tested in Lahore to detect water measurements and leakage. Their deployment across the country can increase the administration on the tension system during the flood.
Insurance
Flood infrastructure also eliminates livelihood. PPP can increase micro -insurance programs for farmers and traders that can be subsidized by the government and can be insured by international companies. After the safety of a million rural families, there may be a part of the post -relief.
At an independent level, destructive bonds and parametric insurance can provide immediate liquidity at the doorstep of river levels or rainfall. Such devices, standards in countries like Mexico and Caribbean, are equally suitable for repeated disasters in Pakistan.
Emergency response and restoration
Floods cannot always be avoided, but relief can be accelerated. Logistics companies like TCS, Leopard and DHL can ensure timely supply of food and drugs under PPP management. Utility companies can build solar powered evacuation centers with safe water and emergency kits, such as electric and hubo for permanent destruction.
The preparation of the community and the solution of the ecosystem
Training and awareness: Ready communities are the last line of defense. PPP can provide withdrawal exercises, school safety exercises and national awareness drives. Corporate companies such as HBL and Lucky Cement have already tested such drives. Expansion of five years of organized campaigns to save thousands of lives.
Forests and Watershed Management: Catchment deforestation spoils run -off and harvesting, which encourages flash floods. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa billion trees tsunami exemplifies massive planting environmental and flood control benefits. Private companies and communities can be mobilized for water shedding sponsorship and mangrove rehabilitation by PPP, the run -off peaks can be saved and rescued coastal areas.
Finance to the Roadmap
A mixture of PPP models can fund the above road map:
Boat schemes for dams, wastewater plants and pumping stations.
Violet gap funding can be used for back and drainage schemes.
Service contract for initial warnings and measurements.
Risk transfer to PPP through cat bonds and insurance.
Fixing the contract
The success of the recommended Roadmap depends on this:
A clear threat between public and private partners and the procedure for shared responsibility.
Measurement of flood -associated performance.
Transparent funding associated with the results.
Availability of open data dashboards for accountability.
The integration of local workforce to create skills and maintain operation and management.
The threat of floods is a nationwide challenge but it must not be an annual catastrophe. PPP is eligible to achieve early success toward dry roads, sharp warning, working dams and drains and social preparations. They can also reduce costs by transferring destructive threats in capital markets and maintaining assets beyond opening.
The pre -election choice is very clear. Floods have to be recognized as a structural challenge that demands any weather emergency or structural solution. With the PPP, there can be the latest place of dams and drains, whose predictions are more accurate, insurance universal, forests alive and societies strong. There will still be floods but the losses can be reduced.
An independent adviser to the Sustainable Public Private Partnership Projects, a PhD degree in the subject. This can be reached by Waseemalitipu@gmail.com.
