PM Shehbaz has announced a Rs10 billion aid for flood-ravaged K-P.

KALAM:
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday announced a Rs10 billion grant for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) as he visited the flood-hit areas of Kanju in District Swat to review the rescue efforts underway.

While speaking to the media during his visit, the premier said that K-P and Balochistan will get a grant of Rs10 billion each while the federal government will provide Rs15 billion to Sindh for rehabilitation and relief efforts after floods wreaked havoc across Pakistan.

Moreover, he said that the government is also giving Rs25,000 to each family affected by the catastrophe, while those families who have lost loved ones will be getting Rs1 million each.He further assured that the money will be distributed in a transparent manner and put to good use, through the help of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).He further assured that the money will be distributed in a transparent manner and put to good use, through the help of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).The prime minister directed expediting the operation of shifting the people to safe areas.

He arrived in Swat to review the losses and rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts.

PM Shehbaz also directed the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to restore the damaged roads on an emergency basis.

Shehbaz stresses on transparency

The prime minister also visited the flood-hit areas of Pattan and Lower Kohistan earlier today.

Speaking to the media, he expressed his condolences to families who lost loved ones in the recent flooding and assured them that the federal government is standing with those affected during this time of turmoil.“I assure you the government, the NDMA, PDMA and the provincial authorities will be with you day and night until everyone has a roof over their heads,” he said.

“We will give Rs25,000 compensation to all those affected and Rs1 million to those who have lost a loved one, and for those whose, houses and crops have been destroyed and have lost their cattle, we will give you as many resources as we can,” he added.

The premier reiterated that the funds coming into the country through the international community will be distributed as ‘transparently’ as possible.