PM directs to expedite process for drainage of water in flood-hit areas

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif directed to expedite process for drainage of water in flood-affected areas besides restoration of basic infrastructure.

He issued the directions during a briefing at flood-hit area of Sohbatpur in Balochistan on Wednesday.

The Prime Minister said relief and rehabilitation activities must be accelerated in flood stricken areas.

He said tents received from Turkiye would be distributed in flood-affected areas of Balochistan.

On this occasion, the Chief Secretary Balochistan Abdul Aziz Uqaili briefed him about ongoing relief and rehabilitation activities.

The Chief Secretary said more than two hundred thousand mosquito nets have been distributed among flood affectees in the area.

He said medical camps have been established to ensure timely provision of medical facilities to flood-affected people.

Source: Radio Pakistan