Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited flood affected villages in Rajanpur, DG Khan and Rojhan in Southern Punjab and inspected relief camps set up in the region.
The CM said that he would not rest until the flood affectees were rehabilitated and compensated on their losses of crops and houses. He said that he had been directly monitoring the relief and rehabilitation of the flood-hit people. Announcing financial assistance of Rs 500,000 each for the families of those who lost their lives in the flood, he said that the assessment studies on the damages caused by the flood had started and he would visit the inundated areas again to distribute cheques amongst the calamity-stricken people. He said that the houses damaged due to flood will also be reconstructed at the government expenses while bulldozers, fertilizers and free seeds will be given to the affectees to sow the next crop. The CM also ordered to ensure provision of blankets, quilts and beds to the flood-hit people by the government before the onset of winter.
The CM was given a detailed briefing at Rojhan, regarding damages caused due to the flood torrents. He was informed that 226 villages, 8870 houses and crops spread over 93 thousand acres of land have been damaged. According to the details of relief activities initiated on the instructions of CM, 193 trucks of relief items have so far been distributed in the flood-affected areas. Similarly, 10386 persons have been shifted to safer places by boats of Pak Army and Punjab government.
