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district roads (including farm-to-market and accessroads) in rural areas and 54,000 km of municipalroads in urban areas.In the two flood-affected provinces, the nationalhighway system traverses 1,975 km in Sindh and4,630 km in Balochistan. About 13,700 km ofprovincial highways and 31,900 km of districtroads are located in Sindh and 11,800 km ofprovincial highways and 20,200 km of districtroads are in Balochistan. The railway network of7,791 km railway lines and 1,100 stations serve thelong-distance main north south corridor andconnections to other regions including Balochistan.Approximately 1,899 km of railway lines are inSindh while 1,202 km are in Balochistan. Sixinternational airports in major cities serve as hubsconnecting to 19 regular and 17 feeder and otherairports. The telecommunication infrastructureconsists of 3,155 exchanges; 34,950 km of opticalfiber transmission lines for the landline networks;and 25,554 transmission towers for the cellulartelephone networks.The rains and floods during August and September2011 damaged the Transport and Communications(T&C) infrastructure in the province of Sindh andBalochistan. Based on the data received on thedamages to the T&C Sector, a total of 5 districts inBalochistan and 18 in Sindh have been affected bythe floods and the longer than usual spell andhigher intensity of rains. It affected the network ofnational and provincial highways, district andTable-7: Transport and Communication Damage and Loss Figures.ProvinceDirect Damages(Rs. million)Indirect Losses(Rs. million)RoadsPakistan: Flood Impact Assessmentmunicipal roads. Damages to the roadinfrastructure were caused by submergence, highsurface runoffs and ingress of water in roadwayformation; floods have caused damages to railwaytracks, bridges, stations and residential buildingsunder the administrative control of PakistanRailways. There were no reports of damages byCivil Aviation Authority in the aviation sub-sector.In the communication sector, damages werereported to the buildings, equipments andtransmission network of cellular and landlineoperators.The reported damage is classified into two broadcategories: Completely Destroyed (CD) andPartially Damaged (PD). For roads and railways,the data is segregated into lengths of roads, railwaylines and number of affected structures. Fortelecommunication infrastructure, the reporteddamage is more specific. Four national highwayswere affected at various places; three in Sindh andone in Balochistan. On these highways, sevenbridges were also reported to be partially damaged;all located in Sindh. About 1,955 km of provincialhighways in Sindh, representing 15 percent of theprovincial highway assets and 5,773 km of districtroads were affected (including municipal andurban roads). On the contrary, damages inBalochistan are lower and comprised about 426 kmprovincial highways and district roads (about 1percent of this road stock). A summary of loss anddamage in Transport and Communication is givenbelow:-Total(Rs.million)Sindh 14,850 9,974 24,824Balochistan 1,095 108 1,203Subtotal 15,945 10,082 26,027RailwaysSindh 277 - 277Balochistan - - -Subtotal 277 - 277Telecommunication 165 - 165Total 16,386 10,082 26,468Source: World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Damages and Needs Assessment Report 2011253