Rs38b Allocated To Help Flood Affectees, Says PM.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the federal government had allocated a grant of Rs38 billion to support each flood affected family with disbursement of Rs25,000.

Speaking to the flood affected people, the prime minister said he had already announced a grant of Rs15 billion to Sindh province while the distribution of flood relief amount among each family had commenced in Sindh province after Balochistan under Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). BISP had the complete data, ensuring prompt and justified distribution among the deserving families, he added.

Assuring the provincial governments of the federal government's support, the prime minister said others provinces would also be extended with such grants. The prime minister was accompanied by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, federal ministers and the relevant authorities. He said with the support of National Disaster Management Authority and other relevant departments, the federal government continued to support the provincial governments in the rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts.

He said that a combined survey would be completed soon which would enable them to get an estimate of the damages and losses caused by floods across the country. The prime minister stressed that in this hour of trial, they had to work collectively, irrespective of doing politics.

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