Web Desk(LTn News): KANJU, Aug. 31 (APP): On Wednesday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif announced a gift of Rs. 10 billion as flood relief aid for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s flood-affected residents.
The prime minister said that the funds would be used for the relief and restoration of the province’s flood-affected residents while speaking to a group of flood victims here.
Through tight collaboration, the federal government, the National Disaster Management Authority, and the provincial administration will guarantee transparency and prompt payment in the impacted areas, he continued.
The prime minister said earlier, the federal government had already announced Rs15 billion for Sindh province and Rs10 billion for Balochistan province respectively.
According to the prime minister, it is the duty of all governments to work together to provide aid to flood victims and make sure that the funds allotted to them are used fairly and on those who need it.
I’ll keep going back to the impacted areas until everyone has been helped, he added.
He said that the federal government had allocated an amount of Rs 28 billion which was being disbursed among the affectees through NDMA and Benazir Income Support Programme.
He said every affected family was given a cash amount of R25,000 whereas per family was entitled to Rs1 million that had lost its near or dear one.
The prime minister while expressing his grief and pain over the large-scale tragedy said that more than1,000 lives had been lost including 300 children.
He said the cash support extended by the federal government was no substitute for the loss of lives as the bereaved families would continue to mourn the death of their relatives for a long, but it was the responsibility of the government to provide maximum comfort in this hour of grief.
