(The Gist of PIB) First Resilient Kerala Program [JULY-2019]

    (The Gist of PIB) First Resilient Kerala Program [JULY-2019]

First Resilient Kerala Program

• The Government of India, the Government of Kerala and the World Bank signed a Loan Agreement of USD 250 million for the First Resilient Kerala Program.

About:

• The 2018 floods and landslides in Kerala led to severe impact on property, infrastructure, and lives and livelihoods of people. One sixth of the State’s population – about 5.4 million people – were affected while 1.4 million were displaced from their homes.
• The New Program is part of the Government of India’s support to Kerala’s ‘Rebuild Kerala Development Programme’ aimed at building a green and resilient Kerala.
• To enhance the State’s resilience against the impacts of natural disasters and climate change.

Strategy:

• The Program aims to support the State with –
• To improved river basin planning and water infrastructure operations management, water supply and sanitation services
• To resilient and sustainable agriculture, enhanced agriculture risk insurance
• To improved resilience of the core road network
• To unified and more up-to-date land records in high risk areas
• To risk-based urban planning and strengthened expenditure planning by urban local bodies
• To strengthened fiscal and public financial management capacity of the state

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