Islamabad 24th Oct, 09: Twenty Six Government officers on NEPA Course visited ERRA Headquarters today. They were given a detailed briefing by ERRA’s DG Planning apprising the grade 20 officers about the reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts being carried out in Earthquake affected areas.

The officers were told that ERRA is reconstructing over 13,000 projects in most difficult terrain with the commitment to build back better. Rural Housing Programme of ERRA is providing seismically safe houses to nearly 500, 000 people, whereas an amount of Rs 70 Billion has been disbursed to people of affected areas is now being considered as a model for the rest of the world.

The audience highly appreciated work done by ERRA and participated in a lively question and answers session where ERRA’s Chief of Staff Brig Masuood responded to the queries.

The officers while commending ERRA’s efforts said that the work done by ERRA should be acknowledged and highlighted at the international level.