Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and focal person of the Sindh government on Thar, Taj Haider has said that the government has provided help to 60 percent of the affected people in Thar.
Talking to Radio Pakistan, he said the government had distributed aid among 1,60,000 people out of 2,59, 000 affected people till now.
He said monitoring committees had also been established to ensure transparency in aid distribution. “I admit may be there are some mistakes in distribution of aid but we are ready to rectify these mistakes,” he opined.
He said the PPP had constructed nearly 1,100 kilometers of roads in Thar during its government. He said that medical and rescue teams reached most of the remote areas of Thar. The government and local administration had provided aid to the affected people and a proper monitoring system should also be introduced, he suggested.
He said aid goods were being distributed among the affected people through their elected representatives.