Flood-ravaged Swabi gets Rs1b package

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Wednesday paid a visit to district Swabi and announced Rs1 billion for the restoration of infrastructure and roads damaged by recent flash floods.

The CM visited Bam Khel and other flood-affected areas in Swabi and assessed the damages caused due to recent rains.

He announced a special package of Rs1 billion for the rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged by rains and floods, and Rs200 million for electricity works.

The chief minister also distributed cheques of Rs3 lakh per head among families of those who died during the natural calamity, and announced additional financial aid of Rs5 lakh for each victim.

He also announced Rs4 lakh per house for the completely damaged houses and one lakh sixty thousand per house for partially damaged houses.

Khan also announced an increase in the compensation money for damaged crops from Rs5,000 to Rs10,000 per acre. Addressing the flood-affected people in Thand Koi area of Swabi, the chief minister said that the provincial government stood by its people in these testing times and all possible assistance would be extended to the flood-hit people.

He added that the purpose of visit was to meet the flood affected people and assess the damages caused by floods.

“I have also visited Karak and Tank districts to review the losses and announced financial assistance to mitigate the sufferings caused by floods,” he noted.

The CM further said that solving the problems of the common people was the manifesto of PTI and the vision of Imran Khan.

The chief minister while paying tribute to the Relief Department, Rescue 1122 and other relevant agencies for providing services to the people in a better way during rains and floods said that the provincial authorities had shown excellent performance in this difficult time.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 21^st, 2022.