PESHAWAR
\nThe opposition parties in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday demanded emergency measures and establishment of a special fund for carrying out rehabilitation work and resettlement in rains and flood affected areas of the province.
\nJUIF MPA Naeema Kishwar, initiating debate on her adjournment motion, deplored that there was no option to store and use the rainwater in the province and every year it goes wasted, adding that the government should plan projects to use the rain and flood water in future which she said was also useful for crops.
\nShe said that the recent flash flood played havoc in Balochistan pushed the country 30-year back. She said the damage caused by the recent rains should not be politicized and all the governments should work together to provide relief to the victims besides establishing special package for this type of disaster.
\nShe said that due to flood, tobacco crop, vegetables and other important crops have been damaged and houses were destroyed, adding the affected areas should be declared disaster affected and measures should be taken on emergency basis. Nisar Mohmand of ANP said that rains in the areas of Pandialai, Ambar tehsil of district Mohmand caused a lot of damage to agriculture, livestock and people were waiting for the relief package.
\nMir Kalam Wazir of North Waziristan said that planning should be done to take advantage of the rains and floods. He said that funds have been kept for the affected areas but North Waziristan has been completely neglected.
\nHe said that houses and crops have been severely damaged in the Tochi and Hamzooni areas of Waziristan.
\nAhmad Kundi of PPP said that more dams should be built to save the people from floods and to get advantages of dams. He said that people of DI Khan division have suffered huge losses.
\nHe said that the flood drains are closed with dirt, which has not been cleaned for twenty years, adding these drains are affecting us more than the flood. Hafiz Issamuddin of JUIF said that the amount announced for the rains and flood victims is insufficient and the process of giving funds is also too complicated.
\nParliamentary Leader of PMLN Sardar Muhammad Yousaf said that the provincial government should made a proper mechanism to save the people from rains and floods.
\nConcluding the opposition debate, Agriculture Minister Mohibullah Khan said that as a result of the recent floods, not only Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but also Balochistan suffered and the helicopter.
\nHe said that district administration and other institutions remain active in the rain affected areas.
\nThe minister linked the rains and floods with climate change and deforestation. He said that the Agriculture Department is doing its work, adding the Billion Tree Tsunami Project is a great achievement of the provincial government to maintain climate change normal.
\nThe provincial government included many important projects in the agriculture sector in the annual development program. The provincial government would spend 78 billion rupees in the water sector during its tenure.
\nHe said that the provincial government, the chief minister and the relevant departments are committed to rehabilitate the affected areas.
\nLabor Minister Shaukat Yousafzai said that 117 people died and 134 people were injured and more than four thousand houses were damaged due to rains and floods in the province. He said that 361 million rupees have been given to different districts while Rs370 million more have been released to the district administration to work on an emergency basis for the rehabilitation of the victims.
\nLater, Deputy Speaker Mahmood Jan adjourned the assembly proceedings till September 5, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The opposition parties in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday demanded emergency measures and establishment of a special fund for carrying out rehabilitation work and resettlement in rains and flood affected areas of the province. JUIF MPA Naeema Kishwar, initiating debate on her adjournment motion, deplored that there was no option to store and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-277649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n