PM personally oversees flood relief operations

Celina Ali

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is personally monitoring the rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas of the upper region in the country.

In this regard, the Prime Minister is in constant contact with the Chairman NDMA to ensure the delivery of relief supplies to the affected districts, the evacuation of people to safe places, and the speedy and effective search operation for missing persons.

On the special directives of the Prime Minister, the Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan spent the whole day in the flood-affected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and personally supervised the delivery of relief supplies.

Shehbaz Sharif directed to further intensify rescue operations in flood affected areas and asked to provide tents, medicines, immediate medical assistance and all related facilities to flood victims on priority basis.

The Prime Minister instructed to provide advance weather information to residents of affected and adjacent areas of flood. He asked NDMA to be prepared for any possible emergency.

He further directed National Disaster Management Authority to further solidify its contacts with the Provincial Disaster Management Authorities and the Disaster Management Institutions of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan and provide them with all kinds of assistance.

He directed to expedite rescue operation to immediately restore the roads closed due to rains and landslides.

The Prime Minister directed to provide assistance to passengers, stranded on blocked highways immediately.