South Waziristan TDPs begin journey back home

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The process of return of the Temporarily Displaced People (TDPs) of South Waziristan Agency (SWA) began on Monday.

FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) Director General Fayaz Ali Shah said that all the registered TDPs whose villages have been cleared recently in SWA would return home.

“The return of TDPs of South Waziristan Agency has started on Monday and about 30,000 families would be repatriated by May 14,” he said.

He said each verified TDP family would be given Rs 35,000 including Rs 10,000 for transportation through mobile SIMs and Rs 25,000 through ATM cards as per the government announcement.

The DG FDMA said a center/camp for facilitation of TDPs has been set up at Khairgi in FR Tank encompasses with all requisite infrastructures for smooth registration of TDPs.

The return of TDPs of village Manzakheli and Rakhzalkheli Katkai of tehsil Sarokai also started, while TDPs of Upper Spotai and Agyargai Kheliwala of the same tehsil will begin on Tuesday.

According to FDMA, the return of TDPs of village Broand tehsil Sarokai will start from April 13, while April 14 was fixed for Landai Rakhzai TDPs of the same tehsil, respectively.

The TDPs of tehsil Saroaki’s villages Basakai and Wach Spinkai will return on April 15, Spinkai on April 17, Alamai on April 18 and Gharazai on April 19, respectively.

As far as villages of Tehsil Sararogha is concerned, April 20 has been fixed for repatriation of TDPs of village Kamgar Lama, April 21 for Zinda Shogai, Kosiera Khel, April 22 for villages Batgai, Umar Ragzai and Hisar Rogha, April 23 for villages Gud, Zowar, Zawakhel, Jaokai, April 25 for villages Walmalghar Khel, Landi Sai, Salman Shah and April 26 for village Sararogha, respectively.

The TDPs of tehsil Ladha’s villages Miragla Shai will go back on April 27, Sansobai, Mirraghzai on April 28 and Wastay, Sarrogh villages of Makeen tehsil on April 29, respectively.

Whereas the TDPs of tehsil Ladha villages Jinai Pathonai, Zawar will start returning to the area on April 30, Ladha Propar, Kanigram on May 2, Kani Gram on May 3-5 and Ladha Makeen on May 6, respectively.

All the remaining TDP families of Sarokai will return on May 9-10, Sararogha on May 11-12 and Tiarza on May 13-14, respectively.