Heavy monsoon rains and floods continue to cause large-scale damage in areas across the country, and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has d...
Heavy monsoon rains and floods continue to cause large-scale damage in areas across the country, and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has declared a state of emergency in 4 districts.
On the other hand, relief supplies were delivered to Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur districts of Punjab, dozens of displaced families moved into tents after villages were destroyed in Gilgit-Baltistan, while efforts are underway to restore the national highway connection between Punjab and Balochistan. are
According to the report of Dawn newspaper, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has declared a state of emergency in the districts of Dera Ismail Khan, Upper and Lower Chitral and Upper Kohistan.
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Melting glaciers in Gilgit-Baltistan have wreaked havoc in Wadi Hooper and Nagar Khas, where floods washed away the small villages of Shaman and Tokarkot, displacing around 50 families.
On the other hand, in two separate meetings under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, while reviewing the worsening situation in the flood-affected areas and the relief measures, the federal government decided to hold a donor conference to inform international organizations about the disaster caused by the flood. decided.
The Prime Minister ordered immediate provision of 40,000 tents and 100,000 ration packets to the flood-affected people and to take measures for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the flood-affected areas. Contribute generously to the relief fund.
Meanwhile, air operations were launched to deliver relief goods to the flood-affected areas of Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur districts. Due to the mountain floods in Taunsa, there is a risk of high-level floods in the Indus River, which are already affected by the 2 districts. There is a danger to
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Also, when two primary schools near Landi Patafi in Muzaffargarh were inundated, the district administration asked people to evacuate the villages of Landi Patafi, Jhagiwala and Arain and warned them that the flow of water in the Indus River would increase. There are more than 100,000 kiosks.
The management believes that the water level will not start receding before August 26.
DG Khan's Commissioner Muhammad Usman Anwar said that for this purpose, the relief goods are being delivered by helicopters from the government and besides the helicopters, camels, motorcycles and other vehicles are being used by the Border Military Police and Baloch Levies. Rations, medicines and tents are being sent to the tribal areas of Sulaiman Range.
The commissioner said that the traffic on the Dera-Quetta highway, the main trade route between Punjab and Balochistan, is still suspended due to landslides, but the National Highway Authority is working on it.
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Heavy rains in Balochistan badly affected the districts of Quetta, Sahabpur, Musa Khel, Daki, Dera Bugti, Chaman and Loralai where hundreds of human settlements were destroyed, hundreds of flood victims were shifted to tents and government buildings in different areas. .
Meanwhile, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Relief, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Department issued four separate notifications announcing the imposition of emergency in 4 affected districts.
According to the notification, on the requests of the district administration and the recommendations of the PDMA, the competent authority has imposed emergency till August 30 for relief activities in the flood/rain affected areas of Lower and Upper Chitral, Dera Ismail Khan and Upper Kohistan districts. .
The official statement said that these notifications were issued on the special instructions of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mehmood Khan, who will soon visit the flood-affected districts to assess the damage caused by the floods.
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It said that the Chief Minister will also announce a relief package for the restoration of flood-affected infrastructure in the districts.
Meanwhile, Rescue 1122 officials and residents said that two children died after a house collapsed due to heavy rains in Tehsil Navgai in Bajaur. By the name of Bibi, who was sleeping in the room and died on the spot.
Decision to hold Donors Conference
On the other hand, the government has decided to hold a donors' conference for the rehabilitation of the flood-affected areas, in which the international organizations will be briefed on the flood disasters in the country and they will be informed about the ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts of the federal and provincial governments. Be informed.
According to the official statement, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif appealed to the philanthropists to donate generously to the Prime Minister's Flood Relief Fund.
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At the same time, the Prime Minister directed to send 40,000 tents and 100,000 ration packets to the affected areas immediately and said that measures should be taken on an emergency basis for the rehabilitation and resettlement of the flood-affected areas.
He also directed all concerned agencies to work on emergency basis to speed up the relief and rehabilitation works in the affected areas.
In a separate meeting, Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Abdul Qudous Bizenjo briefed the Prime Minister about the flood situation in the province along with the damages and ongoing rescue and relief operations.
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