Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif gave a 'new deadline' to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to each flood-affected family, while earlier he ha...
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif gave a 'new deadline' to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to each flood-affected family, while earlier he had ordered the authorities to provide the money within 3 days.
during a meeting held to assess the damage caused by the floods, the Prime Minister directed the authorities to provide cash assistance through electronic transfer and ensure that the beneficiaries get their dues. Can get legitimate compensation.
He also directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) to carry out relief operations in the flood-affected areas of South Sindh.
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He urged to ensure the immediate provision of food, medicine and clean water to the flood victims and also to ensure shelter arrangements for them.
The Prime Minister also directed the provincial and federal departments to conduct a joint survey within 3 weeks to estimate the damage.
A briefing was given in the meeting that the federal government is in contact with the international organizations and other welfare organizations providing relief funds for the rehabilitation of the flood victims.
The Asian Development Bank and the World Bank expressed their commitment to provide funds for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood-affected areas under the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund.
13 more deaths in Sindh
A husband and wife, their 4 young children and a car driver drowned in the Malir river in Memongoth area of Karachi, the bodies of the 2 siblings who drowned were recovered while the search for the remaining persons is on.
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In another accident, a mother drowned while rescuing her 2 children during floods in Gadap town.
Apart from these accidents, 3 more people drowned while 4 people got electrocuted in other accidents during rain in the city.
In other areas of Sindh, various accidents occurred during the rains, more than 100 mud houses collapsed in Larkana resulting in injuries to 20 people.
Due to incessant rains there was flood situation in many areas of Hyderabad, Dadu, Jamshoro, Larkana, Sanghar, Badin, Mirpurkhas and Umarkot districts.
Land connectivity of Balochistan is severed
Four more deaths were reported across Balochistan as incessant rains and floods worsened the situation in monsoon-hit areas.
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According to the official data, the total number of people who died during the rains and floods in the province has increased to more than 200.
After the landslide, the land connection of the province with the country has been cut off, the roads connecting Balochistan with Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been closed.
Quetta-Karachi and Quetta-Sukkur highways are already closed while the railway service has been disrupted for the past 4 days.
Sherani Deputy Commissioner Ejaz Ahmad Jafar said that after the landslide on Zhob-Dera Ismail Khan highway, the security forces closed the road near Danasar for all traffic.
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According to local administration officials, more than 25 villages in Naseerabad are completely submerged while hundreds of mud houses are partially damaged or completely collapsed.
Deputy Commissioner of Naseerabad Muhammad Hussain said that Dera Murad Jamali was saved from major destruction by diverting the flood in Lahri River towards the uninhabited area, while the flood situation was continuously monitored by strengthening the protective dam around Dera Murad Jamali. is being kept.
DG Khan
In the Koh Sulaiman range, the flood situation caused by the incessant rains on the hills during the last 4 weeks has wiped out hundreds of human settlements in Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan, while more than a dozen people have also lost their lives.
Dozens of small settlements in Kallarwala, Retara, Jatwala, Tubi Qaisrani, Banbhan Doona, Qaziwala, Damra, Jhar, Bhatwala and Dera Ghazi Khan were submerged due to the breach of the protective dam of Thatta Leghari Canal.
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Official news agency APP said that the Pakistan Army continued rescue and relief operations in various flood-affected areas of Balochistan and Punjab and shifted the affected population to safe places.
According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan Army troops are engaged in relief operations in Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Naseerabad and Lasbela. According to ISPR, medical teams of Pakistan Army were also providing medical aid to the affected people.
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