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Social protection authority yet to become functional
Money meant for social welfare programme allocated to flood rehabilitation efforts
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Flood victims still waiting for rehabilitation drive to kick off
Affectees are currently fighting December’s bitter cold in makeshift tent settlements
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Mass irregularities in Coronavirus spending
The Sindh govt’s procurement, distribution of funds has been identified as lacking transparency
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Financial turmoil fails to hinder Sindh’s spending
Allowances amounting to billions of rupees are given annually on top of base salaries
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Lack of awareness impacts Zakat disbursement
Overall financial assistance is low as it is distributed proportionate to population instead of poverty rate
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Inefficient planning: Repair work on flooded roads raises eyebrows
Engineering defects, poor quality materials will result in a poor rebuild bound to get ruined by future rains
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Flood victims fear data survey may halt relief efforts
Previous damage assessment figures will be scrapped in favour of a fresh collection exercise
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Transparency demanded in use of flood relief funds
Citizens and welfare organisations want a trail of where donations come from and where they are spent
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Tents, food items fall victim to profiteering
Philanthropists, welfare organisations coughing up thousands more to buy life saving essentials for flood affectees
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KMC begins to replace Conocarpus with Neem tree
The indigenous shade tree is believed to be better suited for urban life as compared to the non-native Conocarpus