Tank Uses 'Ships Of Desert' To Help Cut-Off Villages Amid Flood.

PESHAWAR -- District Administration in Tank on Wednesday used camels to supply food and other relief items to remote villages that had been cut off from the rest of the areas amid the flood.

Discussing the situation, Deputy Commissioner Hameedullah Khattak said: 'We believed that using camels is the most practical solution to transport food and relief supplies to the flood-affected residents of the remote villages of Raghaza and Manjihi, which are still completely cut off after heavy monsoon rains turned into raging torrents and destroyed infrastructure.'

He claimed that in the two locations with no ground access, there were a total of 612 dwellings with 4000 residents. The district government had hired local camels to make the arduous journey and deliver rations and relief supplies to these remote settlements.

According to the DC, initially, the ration was delivered by helicopter service to six to eight marooned villages with assistance from the Pakistan Army and FC.

Later, however, following the provincial government's instructions, it was decided to use camels as a mode of transportation for the remote areas that remained wholly cut off from the rest of the district.

Hameedullah Khattak stated that three relief camps had been established in the district where 750 flood-affected people were...