China will not sit down until the last person affected by the floods is resettled: the prime minister
Charsadda:Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said that the process of providing Rs 25,000 to each family affected by floods and rains will be completed by September 3.
The Prime Minister visited the relief camps set up for flood and rain affected victims in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and inspected the facilities in the camps, also spoke to the people in the camp and distributed checks to the victims.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that Rs 1 crore is being given to the families of the deceased, Rs 15 billion to Sindh and Rs 10 billion to Balochistan. He will announce.
In a briefing, the Prime Minister was told that three rivers flow through Charsada with a population of 1.6 million and three tehsils, tents are set up for victims, five dead and 180 injured due to rains in the district. Damage survey underway, 11 thousand acres of cotton affected by rain.
On the occasion, former federal minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, provincial president of Awami National Party Amil Wali Khan, central leaders of Jamiat Ulema Islam (F) told the prime minister that PTI is holding a rally for by-elections but they are stuck in Kohistan. Their helicopter did not come to evacuate five people while the DC and AC contacted the provincial government in this regard. Punjab was now a servant of Pakistan, we have expectations from you, no expectations from the provincial government.
The Prime Minister said that the cash distribution of 25 thousand rupees to the families affected by rain and floods will be completed by September 3, according to the Benazir Income Support Program, 28 billion rupees have been allocated for this. Money is being distributed, cash distribution work has also started in Nowshera, there has been immense destruction in Sindh and Balochistan, the federal government has provided 15 billion rupees for Sindh and 10 billion rupees for Balochistan, including Kalam in Kohistan. The grant will be announced after assessing the damage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after visiting other affected areas.
He said I had also come from Nowshera, I was told that five to six feet of water had risen here a few days ago, which had receded now. are distributed among the affected people, this program is running in all four provinces and Gilgit-Bulistan, 242 people died due to rains and floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, millions of people were displaced, there was immense destruction in Kalam, Swat, Dir. 10, 10 lakh per person to the relatives of the deceased persons, the NDMA and the province will help the victims in all possible ways.
Shahbaz Sharif assured that the federal government is with the victims, they will not sit down from China until the last affected person is settled. will repair the losses.
On the occasion, the Prime Minister expressed his condolences to the families of those who died in the flood and also recited the Fatiha for the deceased.