Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar has said that efforts are being made at the national level to deal with the flood situation in different parts of country.
Briefing media persons in Islamabad today along with Minister for Climate Change Musadik Malik and NDMA Chairman Lieutenant General Inam Haider, he said a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister reviewed the flood situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Ongoing relief and rescue operations were also reviewed in the meeting.
He said coordination with provincial governments is being carried out in an effective manner.
Through the early warning system, NDMA had been regularly providing data to the relevant authorities.
Attaullah Tarar said NDMA is in contact with provincial governments on the instructions of the Prime Minister.
He said relief activities are being carried out in the affected areas.
In his remarks, the Minister for Climate Change said all-out efforts will be made to compensate the victims for their losses. He asked the provincial governments to campaign to permanently settle the people living alongside the rivers and nullahs in the mountainous areas to safer places.
The Chairman NDMA said the Authority is in constant coordination with the provincial governments to ensure timely assistance and effective response to the flood affected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Giving the latest death toll, he said six hundred and seventy people have so far died and one thousand others injured due to rains, floods and landsliding.
He further said that more than four hundred and twenty flood relief camps have been activated in the flood affected areas.
He said two to three more spells of monsoon are expected and the current spell will continue till Friday. He said situation will normalize by the end of September.
Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik said the foremost priority of the government is to rescue the people and shift them to safer places.
He said the process of making assessment of damages caused by the floods will be started once the monsoon season will be over.