Pakistan

PM announces Rs100,000 compensation

Gilani said Rs100,000 will be given to those people whose homes have been damaged in recent floods.

Express September 12, 2010

JAMPUR: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani says Rs100,000 will be given to those people whose homes have been damaged in recent floods.

Addressing a public gathering in Jampur, the prime minister said the government will not leave flood victims alone in this difficult time.

He said the army and the National Disaster Management Authority are working together in the disaster-hit areas as per the government directives.

Also, the government has restored supply of electricity and gas while roads are being repaired.

On the occasion, Gilani appealed to the international community for help.

Earlier, the prime minister had ordered an inquiry on the breaching of embankments by politicians to save their own fields during the floods.

Talking to media during his visit to Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on Eid, the prime minister assured the people that these allegations would be investigated.

Flood victims in many areas of Punjab and Sindh had complained that influential politicians and landlords breached multiple embankments to save their own fields.

COMMENTS (2)

Shehryar Jafri | 14 years ago | Reply I think that the Prime Minister should be aware of the fact that the Breaches In sindh were made by most of present ministers of Sindh. I suggest that, the breach that was made in Tori Bund should be asked of by the ministers, as i inquired the locals in Shahdadkot and they mentioned the names of two of the ministers present there who breached the tori bund that caused a huge disaster and destroyed over 3000 villages and 12-14 cities.

Sultan Ahmed. | 14 years ago | Reply Politicians, they are not politicians, they are in fact black dot on the face of politics. M.A.Jinnah, our great politician, who gave us a separate country named Islamic Republic Of Pakistan, after long fight and struggle. What have given us by so called politicians they snatched and destroyed poor peoples houses by breaching embankment they gave preference their personal interests on the flood effected people's property and life.

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