ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has suspended a $200 million loan due toallegations of corruption in Balochistan Integrated Water ResourceManagement and Development Project.
The project was aimed to strengthen the provincial government’s capacityfor monitoring and managing water resources and to improve community-basedwater management for targeted irrigation schemes in Balochistan.
The lending organisation had signed the project with the government ofPakistan three years ago.
Documents state that the project was supposed to mobilise communities toparticipate in the construction and rehabilitation of irrigation anddrinking water supply facilities, flood protection infrastructure,watershed management, and environmental protection work as well as on-farmwater management and agricultural productivity.
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Moreover, the project beneficiaries were supposed to be small-holdingfarmers (up to 12.3 acres) and medium holding farmers (12.35 to 49.4 acres)engaged in irrigated agriculture.
