The World Bank
on 25 October 2013 approved 250 million US dollars assistance for Uttarakhand,
in the wake of rains and landslides that killed several hundred people in the
state in June 2013. The World Bank approved the assistance to help the state
undertake rehabilitation work and improve its capacity for disaster management.
India had asked for help from multi-lateral agencies like
the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for undertaking rehabilitation
work in Uttarakhand.
Prior to this, a joint World Bank and ADB team conducted a
Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (JRDNA) to rebuild Uttarakahnd's
infrastructure damaged in the June disaster.
According to the JRDNA estimate, the total reconstruction
work to repair physical damages and infrastructure loss was calculated at about
661 million US dollars. The infrastructure covered sectors such as housing and
public infrastructure, water supply, roads and bridges and sanitation, tourism,
energy and environment.
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