The seventeenth Board Meeting of ERRA was held here on Thursday. This is the first board meeting after the signing of ERRA Bill by President Asif Ali Zardari, which reconstitutes the ERRA Board with Chief Secretaries of all provinces being members of ERRA Board now.
ERRA Board members including Chief Secretary AJK, Chief Secretary Sindh, Abdus Subhan, members of EAD, Ministry of Finance and Planning Division attended the meeting. Welcoming the Board members, Chairman ERRA Hamid Yar Hiraj thanked the Prime Minister for reposing his confidence in ERRA and giving it a permanent stature, which will give it a national mandate.
He urged the representatives of ERRA Board: "It is an opportunity not only to serve the nation, but also to make ERRA an exemplary organisation for post-disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation." Hiraj also emphasised the need for harmony among all stakeholders and said that in times of financial crunch ERRA is closely collaborating with international donors and sponsors and has got promising response.-PR