The Government of Sindh through its Planning & Development Department and with support of the World Bank formulated the first ever Sindh Resettlement & Rehabilitation (R&R) Policy-2023.

The policy approved by the Sindh Cabinet in its meeting held on March 21, 2023, and formally notified by P&D Department on June 13, 2023, for implementation in all development projects in both donor and local funded projects.

Sindh is the first Province have Resettlement & Rehabilitation Policy in the Country. In order to attend the operational and functional matters related to implementation of the Policy, a Desk has been created in the Directorate of Sindh Water Sector and Barrage Improvement/PCMU, P&D Department, Government of Sindh notified by P&D Department on August 23, 2023.

The key objective of the Policy is to avoid and minimize the displacement and resettlement by exploring the alternative options: provide adequate compensation; resettlement and rehabilitation assistance and to ensure that the need for the displacement and corresponding; resettlement and rehabilitation is identified at project identification stage appropriately planned for the project design at an early stage.

In follow up, the steps below have been taken at Desk level for the implementation of policy actions.

PCMU in collaboration with World Bank Technical Team organized five days’ series of consultative trainings workshop on Sindh R&R Policy held on 13-17 May 2024 at Karachi participated by Secretary Irrigation, Agriculture, P&D Commissioner Karachi Division, Members P&D Board, and around 200 officials from various government departments/ offices.

Further details of policy related documents/references are provided on the website.