Relief efforts in high gear

LAHORE:
The Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Director General Faisal Farid said over 802 families were residing in 167 relief camps set up by the PDMA for flood victims.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, he said that on the instructions of the Punjab government, the PDMA and other provincial agencies were carrying out relief activities in flood-affected areas.

There are 15,592 flood victims being provided three meals a day, medicines and other necessary facilities, including clean water through a hand-operated ultra-filtration plant.

PDMA DG said so far, 108,315 flood-affected people were provided medical treatment and 12,491 animals safely rescued from flood zones by rescue teams.