K-P declares emergency in flood-hit areas

Provincial Relief and Rehabilitation Department issued a formal notification of emergency on the directives of CM Khan

PESHAWAR:

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government declared emergency in flood hit areas of Dera Ismail Khan, Upper Chitral, Lower Chitral, and Upper Kohistan districts on Monday, with direction to the departments concerned to expedite the relief and rehabilitation activities in the affected areas.

The provincial Relief and Rehabilitation Department issued a formal notifications of emergency on the directives of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.

The chief minister said that he would soon visit the flood-hit districts to look into the damages caused by flash floods and review the rehabilitation effort.

Khan said that he would announce a package for the rehabilitation of flood-battered infrastructure in the stricken districts. He directed the quarters concerned to expedite relief and rehabilitation activities and ensure provision of food items and other stuff of daily use to the flood victims.

CM Khan said that the district administrations had been asked for damages assessment reports to review the damages caused by floods, adding that necessary directives had also been issued for the rehabilitation of damaged infrastructure.

“The provincial government will go all out to provide relief to the affected people,” the chief minister said, adding that all available resources would be utilised towards their end.