President AJK Masood acknowledges efforts of SERRA*

Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu andKashmir, while acknowledging the efforts made by State EarthquakeReconstruction and Rehabilitation (SERRA) in rebuilding the earthquakeaffected areas, said that it has undertaken to reconstruct the lost anddestroyed facilities while following highest standards of reconstructionand rehabilitation.

The President made these remarks during a briefing provided to him by Mr.Zahid Abbasi, Secretary SERRA at Jammu and Kashmir House.The President said that after ERRA was established in 2005, SERRA was
subsequently established to take up reconstruction programmes at the State level. SERRA, he said, has achieved mammoth success in its noble cause andhas set a fine example of reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repatriation,he said.

Secretary SERRA during his briefing informed the President of the on-going
projects and also about various issue and challenges faced by the
organization which he said were leading to delays. He informed that 71 per
cent of all projects has been completed. He also said that financial
arrangements for all pending projects will be made available as soon as
possible in order to avoid any further delays in the completion of
projects.

The President praised SERRA by saying that numerous projects related to the
health sector, construction of educational facilities, road infrastructure
and urban development have been completed and now post-earthquake Kashmir
has well-equipped education and health facilities along with a modern

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