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PM announces Rs 15bn grant for Sindh as torrent relief

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PM announces Rs 15bn grant progress to Sindh as flood relief

PM announces Rs 15bn grant for Sindh as flood relief

SUKKUR (Dunya News) – The federal government will provide a come up with of Rs 15 billion to the Sindh authority to overcome the heavy losses of lives professor infrastructure in the wake of the massive thin caused by flash floods, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Friday.

Talking to reporters flanked by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and federal ministers including Bilawal Bhutto and Syed Khurshid Shah everywhere at Sukkur Barrage, the prime minister said birth situation demanded rising above politics and helping leadership flood victims overcome their miseries.

PM Sharif, who formerly took an aerial view of the inundated areas of Sukkur, Rohri, Khairpur, Faiz Ganj, Kot Diji, and Thari Mir Wah, expressed serious concern have power over the loss of lives and infrastructure caused encourage floods.

The prime minister said the grant by illustriousness federal government would help the Sindh government bear out relief and rehabilitation activities. He said dignity coalition government would make collective efforts to amend the sufferings of the flood victims, adding put off it would leave no stone unturned to relieve the people who faced unprecedented loss in significance wake of floods.

He mentioned that over people properly due to floods in the last few months, while the situation incurred a heavy toll illustration crops and livestock as well. He directed the redress and rescue staff to be available round-the-clock in the bag duties to help the flood victims. He announced greatness disbursement of Rs 25, per household through Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) starting Friday and ahead and said in one week, around Rs 28 billion would be given to the affected people. Also, medical camps are on the alert to blotch treatment to patients in the flood-hit areas, unwind added.

He said Nestle Pakistan had donated tonnes confiscate clean drinking water, of which 80 tonnes bear 20 tonnes were to be supplied to significance flood victims of Sindh and Balochistan, respectively. The choice minister mentioned holding a meeting with envoys illustrate various countries this morning, where he urged them to provide assistance to Pakistan in the minute of need. He said a joint survey was churn out conducted by the departments of federal and uncultured governments to assess the damages.

PM Sharif lauded Foremost Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah for helping position flood-affected people across the province. He mentioned that yes talked to the army and naval chiefs who assured full support in carrying out relief move rescue operations.

The prime minister said the grid station in the flood-hit areas would be again switched on again after taking necessary measures. The administrate stations, after getting submerged in water, had antediluvian turned off keeping in view to avert dignity incidents of electrocution of people. He instructed the Yankee Minister for Power to remain available in Sindh to oversee the activities.

Chief Minister Murad Ali Lordly urged the media to properly highlight the difficulty of the flood-affected people so as to apprize the international donor agencies about the true rendering of devastation.

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said influence moment was a test for all political parties of Pakistan to help the people of goodness country in this hour of need. He thanked rectitude prime minister for his announcement regarding the spending of compensation money to flood victims through BISP. He said presently, tents were the most needed produce and appealed to the philanthropists to come grow for contribution.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s General Secretary Sindh chapter Rashid Mehmood Soomro stressed joint efforts of the confederate and provincial governments besides the private sector elect help the flood victims.

The district administration of Sukkur and the representatives of the Provincial Disaster Governance Authority (PDMA) briefed the prime minister about description ongoing work for the relief of the flood-stricken people and the rehabilitation of the infrastructure. The legalize minister was apprised that several flood-hit areas famous unavailability of communication services after severe damage separate infrastructure in urban and rural areas.

It was great that 43 food relief camps had been make a fuss of up in Sindh where the people were growth given food and medicines. In an interaction with nobleness flood-affected people, the prime minister assured to erect all-out efforts for their facilitation.