Damage assessment survey starts today
A flood victim stands amid the damages of his house, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Nowshera, Pakistan August 31, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government will launch the survey from Thursday to assess damages caused to property in flood-affected districts.
This was disclosed at a meeting of technical committee of Chief Minister Flood Relief Fund held here on Wednesday.
Senator Dr Sania Nishtar, Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash, Additional Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah, Secretary Relief, DG PDMA and representatives of Bank of Khyber (BoK) attended the committee meeting.
The committee has been constituted to devise a mechanism to ensure efficient management and utilization of flood relief funds.
Director PMRU while briefing the committee said that training has been imparted to field staff regarding mobile application developed for the survey.
The field teams will go door to door and collect data electronically through mobile application.
To ensure fast track and transparent compensationthat data collected via mobile app would be approved by claim assessment committee.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 15th, 2022.