Loan for Additional Financing for Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project

Loan for Additional Financing for Uttarakhand

Question: The Loan amount for Additional Financing for Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project is ___.
(a) 96 million dollar
(b) 75 million dollar
(c) 50 million dollar
(d) 66 million dollar
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • signed a 96 million loan agreement on March 5, 2019.
  • Agreement provides additional funds to the State of Uttarakhand in its post-disaster recovery plans, ongoing since the floods of 2013, as well as strengthens its capacity for Disaster Risk Management.
  • The World Bank, through the Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project, has been supporting the State Government since 2014 to restore housing and rural connectivity, and to build resilience of communities.
  • Natural Disasters cost the country on average of 9.8 billion dollar annually.
  • So far, the project has completed more than 2,000 permanent houses and 23 public buildings and restored over 1,300 kilometers of roads and 16 bridges.

Links:

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2019/03/05/world-bank-signs-agreement-to-provide-additional-funds-for-post-disaster-recovery-in-uttarakhand-state