The Green Climate Fund-financed UNDP-supported Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in Pakistan, known as the GLOF-II Project, has completed construction of 750 feet protection walls, four irrigation channels, and one community centre in the Thal Kumrat area of Upper Dir.
The August flood last year badly affected the valley of Thal Kumrat and washed away thousands kanals of agricultural land, dozens houses, bridges and other infrastructures including other areas of the district. After the flood, the the GLOF-II Project conducted a survey and initiated the flood rehabilitation work on Thal Kumrat, in Chitral, Swat and three other districts of KP and 24 areas of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).
Under the project, so far 750 feet protection walls, four irrigation channels of at least 1000 feet length each and 1 CBDRMC Center at Thal Kohistan while 5,250-feet long protection walls have been built in Lower Chitral, Upper Chitral and Swat districts.