JCB sending backhoes to flood-ravaged Pakistan
Construction equipment manufacturer donates $250,000, including two diggers, to help the disaster relief effort in the country
JCB have pledged assistance worth $250,000 to help in the reconstruction of Pakistan following the worst ever flooding disaster in the country.
The gift of two high-specification 4CX backhoe loaders with attachments is being made by JCB chairman Sir Anthony Bamford to help the stricken country where the worst floods in decades have left millions people homeless and where rebuilding costs are expected to be in the region of £10 billion.
Sir Anthony Bamford commented: ‘Britain has been leading the way with the level of its donations to Pakistan and as a British manufacturer, I am keen for us to help in any way possible and hope that our donation of machines can assist in some small way.’
It is not the first time that JCB have helped Pakistan in times of natural disaster. After the 2005 earthquake, the company donated excavators to help in the clear up operation. Earlier this year, JCB donated equipment worth $150,000 to help the disaster relief effort in Haiti following the devastating earthquake that killed around 220,000 people. This was followed by assistance worth $100,000 to help in the rebuilding efforts in the wake of the Chilean earthquake disaster.
Other JCB machinery donations in recent years to other parts of the world hit by natural disasters include the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province in China, when six backhoe loaders worth over $600,000 and a team of operators were sent from the company’s factory in Shanghai to help the clear up effort in the region.
