Web Desk (LTN NEWS): Imran Khan, the leader of the PTI and a former prime minister, said on Friday that he couldn’t raise money for flood relief. Imran said he can only ask for money when he knew how much damage had been done.
In a video posted after he flew over the flood-damaged areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Imran said that he couldn’t raise money for the province right now because he had to raise money for Shaukat Khanum, NUML University, and Al-Qadir University.
During the flight, he was with Chief Minister Mehmood Khan and Ali Amin Gandapur. Imran said he could only ask for money once he had a good idea of how much damage had been done and what was being done to help.
Our correspondent in Tank adds that Imran Khan, the leader of the PTI, went to the Tank district to check on the flood situation. He went to a relief camp set up at the Government College. He went there with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.
Deputy Commissioner Hameedullah Khattak told him about the damage caused by the floods and what the government was doing to help. The official said that six groups have been set up to help the people who were hurt by the flood. “The bodies include the roads connectivity committee, the committee on relief camps, the committee on providing tents and non-food items to victims, the health committee, the power supply committee, and the emergency committee, which would look into any emergency situation,” he said.
He said that many official buildings, like the district courts, the compound of the deputy commissioner, public parks, PTCL Colony, FC Line, and grid station, were flooded.
However, the district administration cleared all of these areas by doing 235 dewatering operations. The deputy commissioner said that Tank-Jandola Road and Tank-Pezu Road were once again open to traffic.
The heavy flash flood that hit the district and the area next to it, Waziristan, for a week caused damage to homes, crops, and other buildings. He said that the floods and heavy rains in the district flooded about 20% of the urban areas and 80% of the rural areas.
During the week-long flooding, the Warren Canal was damaged and even got holes in some places, according to news reports.
