PESHAWAR
\nChief Minister Mahmood Khan on Friday approved the disbursement of compensation amount for the rehabilitation of flood damaged houses across the province, saying compensation packages process would be initiated from Dera Ismail Khan, the most affected district of the province in the recent flash floods.
\nMahmood Khan also directed the quarter concerned to allocate 20 per cent of the donations collected in the Chief Minister\u2019s Flood Relief Fund to Baluchistan as the floods have also wreaked havoc to settlements.
\nHe said that seven health teams will leave for Balochistan province today whereas livestock teams have been deputed who are already taking part in relief activities in District Naseerabad, Jhal Magsi, Jafrabad and Sohbatpur, the most affected Districts in Balochistan province.
\nHe was chairing a meeting of the committee set up to oversee the management and utilization of Chief Minister Flood Relief Fund.
\nProvincial Ministers Taimur Saleem Jhagra and Kamran Bangash, Chief Secretary Dr Shahzad Bangash, Secretary Information Arshad Khan, Administrative Secretaries of other concerned departments, Director General PDMA and other relevant officials attended the meeting.
\nThe forum reviewed the mechanism for utilization of funds and decided that the compensation packages would be started from heavily affected districts of DI Khan and Tank.
\nAccording to details, a compensation package of Rs4 lac per house would be provided for completely damaged whereas Rs 160,000 each to the partially damaged houses.
\nOn this occasion, the Chief Minister directed the concerned authorities to go all out to ensure that each and every penny of these funds is provided to the deserving people and made it clear that negligence in this regard will not be tolerated.
\nThe Chief Minister said that rehabilitation of flood-hit families was the top most priority of his government and billions of rupees have been allocated for this purpose.
\nHe went on saying that despite severe financial constraints, the provincial government has made substantial increases in the compensation packages to ensure maximum relief.
\nMahmood Khan maintained that the ultimate goal is to help the beleaguered humanity and enable them to return to their normal lives adding that the provincial government is not only taking concrete steps to rehabilitate the flood affectees of the province, but is also extending its all-out support to brothers and sisters affected by floods in Balochistan province.
\nEarlier, the meeting was informed that a transparent and multilayered mechanism has been adopted to ensure judicious disbursement of flood relief funds.
\nInitial assessment of damages is personally reviewed and approved by the District Administration followed by scrutiny through PDMA and final verification by NADRA after which compensation amount is directly transferred to the bank accounts of affectees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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