Rehabilitation plan for flood-hit areas gets CM’s nod

Hails welfare group's help for rebuilding homes

LAHORE:

An action plan for the rehabilitation and resettlement of flood victims and the repair of damaged houses was agreed upon during a meeting between Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and a delegation of the Baitussalam Welfare Trust (BWT) on Wednesday.

The chief minister appreciated that the BWT would provide cement, bricks and other material for the construction of demolished houses in the flood-hit areas. The Punjab government has dispatched medical teams for the prevention of epidemics in the affected areas and medical support from the BWT would also be welcomed, he stated.

On the instruction of the CM, a committee comprising BWT chairman Maulana Abdul Sattar, Mian Muhammad Ahsan, Hafiz Amaar Yasir, the Rescue 1122 DG, PDMA DG, Huzaifa Rafiq and Salman Hamid was constituted to prepare a plan for the rehabilitation of the flood victims and the repair of damaged houses.

Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi stressed that employment opportunities should be arranged for the flood victims without delay. In this regard, the BWT model will be beneficial, he said. He vowed to continue relief and rehabilitation work in affected areas along with the BWT, adding that the facility of dastarkhwan and educational institutions would also be established for the affectees.

The BWT will also establish maternity care container clinics in the affected areas and different commodities, medicines and tents will be provided jointly.

The CM announced that soft loans would be given to rehabilitate the victims of the deluge and added that collaboration with the BWT and Indus Hospital would be promoted to benefit the people. Aid must reach the deserving people while the spirit of serving the victims is commendable, he concluded.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 1^st, 2022.