Relief package to be given equally to rain affected areas of Balochistan: Langu

QUETTA - Advisor to Balochistan Chief Minister on Home and Tribal Affair Mir Ziaullah Langu on Thursday said that a relief package would be given equally to all the areas affected by the recent spell of monsoon rains in the province. He expressed these views while visiting the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) to get details of the damages caused by the rain in Balochistan.

He also offered condolences to the families of those killed in the floods and expressed sympathy with them.  The advisor was given a detailed briefing on the flood damage and rehabilitation and relief activities in the province.  The department officials were also present during the briefing. Giving instructions, the Home Advisor said that a committee should be constituted to remove encroachments on canals and other places across Balochistan.  He said that the PDMA had provided relief to the affected people in record time and would continue to do so in future.  Langu said that he was a public servant who would work as a soldier of Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo. “Wearing long boots and posing for photographs to show off is not my thing, I really want to help out my people during situational crises.”

He said that he would personally visit the affected areas to assess the damage caused by the floods and would also visit other disaster affected districts and areas in the next few days.  He said that the administration and concerned agencies had shown excellent performance in repairing and rehabilitating the damage caused by the recent floods.

CS seeks reports of rain affected areas

Chief Secretary Balochistan Abdul Aziz Uqaili on Thursday directed all the Divisional Commissioners and concerned departments to immediately review the damage caused in the affected areas and submit a report in view of the recent rains in the province.

He also directed the district Deputy Commissioners to intensify relief operations in the rain-affected areas and ensure the provision of necessary relief to all the victims.

The government has taken immediate notice of them and has activated all the agencies and officials and relief operations are underway in the affected areas by the district administration and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), he concluded.

 

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