Thursday 6 December 2012

NDMA distributed 58,250 food bags in Balochistan




ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has distributed 255,495 food bags among the flood-hit people of the country. According to an official, the NDMA has distributed 58,250 food bags in Balochistan, 176,245 in Sindh and 21,000 in the Punjab. He said the NDMA had distributed 47,300 tents including 13,000 tents in the Punjab, 14,000 in Sindh, 20,000 in Balochistan while 300 tents were distributed in Azad Kashmir by the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA).

Furthermore, the NDMA is taking care of 141,843 flood-hit people in 108 relief camps established in flood-hit areas of Sindh. To a question regarding flood damage, he said a total of 12,121 cattle heads have perished and 14,151 villages were affected by flash flooding including 1,512 Punjab villages, 11,894 villages of Sindh and 753 villages of Balochistan.

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