4299 metric tons food delivered in Balochistan flood-hit areas

QUETTA: About 4299 metric tons of food has been distributed among the flood-hit families in eastern and northern Balochistan during the last one month said Director General Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Tahir Minhas.

He said that relief efforts in the most affected areas including Naseerabad and Jaffarabad were in full swing.

He made it clear that there were certain families who have yet to receive benefits from the relief operation carried out by the provincial government due to the large-scale devastation in the green belt of Balochistan.

The Director General PDMA said that calamity hit families were being provided with the food and non-food items on war footing basis.

He said 4299 metric tons of food comprising flour, sugar, pulses, cooking oil, dates, milk powder and rice have so far been distributed among the affectees in Balochistan.

In view of the plight and need of the people, 11710 tents, 4500 jerry canes and 3557 blankets have also been dispatched since the calamity hit the region, he added.

He noted that 30 to 40 trucks carrying food and non-food items leave PDMA Quetta office on daily basis for the flood-ravaged region.

Balochistan Focal person on floods, Secretary Information Technology Captain (Retd) Akbar Hussain Durrani said that the suspension of national highway linking Balochistan with Sindh province has hampered the smooth relief activities. However he stressed that the restoration work was in progress and within the few days inter-provincial road link would be restored.

Durani said that committee comprising former federal ministers, sitting ministers, district administration officials and local notables was monitoring the relief process being undertaken in these areas.

The Chief Minister Balochistan was being apprised on daily basis about the endeavors taken by the PDMA and local administration to mitigate the sufferings of the catastrophe-stricken people, he said.