LAHORE: The Punjab government is ready to start on Wednesday (today) the rehabilitation of flood-hit folks by distributing initial financial compensation for the broken homes in sixteen districts within the province.
The initial payment of Rs25,000 for the every partly or totally broken house was a region of the chief minister’s rehabilitation package and it might continue for consequent 3 days, aforementioned cupboard Committee on Disaster Management chairman Shuja Khanzada at a news informing here on Tuesday.
The second installment of Rs25,000 for the partly broken and Rs50,000 for the totally broken one would begin on Gregorian calendar month twenty. The campaign would last for 5 days throughout that compensation for broken crops and for injury to house effects of poor folks would even be given.
Mr Khanzada aforementioned the full extent of the package was Rs16 billion out of that Rs10 billion had been transferred to the Bank of Punjab through that the compensation would run to the affected folks.
He aforementioned the provincial government would distribute thirty five,000 gift hampers among the meriting folks on Eidul Azha. this might be additionally to the baskets being organized by the DCOs of the affected districts.
The money payment would be created at seventy eight centres below the supervising of the DCOs, MNAs and MPAs involved. In all 3,484 villages were directly hit by the floods and also the affected folks would be provided free transport to and from the centres. they might even be given food and to make sure untroubled distribution of the compensation, all DCOs control mock exercises on Tuesday.
Mr Khanzada aforementioned 283 folks died within the rains and floods early this month. monetary system compensation of Rs1.6 million every had been distributed among the heirs of 242 dead. the remainder would run the quantity before Eidul Azha.
He aforementioned as per the most recent figures seventy five,000 homes were broken by the floods additionally the} rains that also destroyed crops over a pair of.4 million acres of land.
He aforementioned the govt. had started thinking of constructing watercourses and diversions within the rivers to minimise loss to life and property by floods. Some international bodies too were approaching the govt. for the aim.
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