Lahore:
In a reprimand of a larger coalition partner on how to help tens of thousands of flooded, hit people in Punjab, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Saturday finally made her preference by officially announcing the launch of a special relief card.
PPP has constantly maintained that Benazir Income Support Program (Bisp) is the most effective and fastest mechanism to help flood victims, while the PML-N government in Punjab insists on channeling help through its own “emergency card” initiative.
The Punjab Chief Minister promised financial compensation for broken homes, livestock loss and agricultural damage.
When he spoke at the inauguration of Punjab’s campaign for flooding investigations, Maryam formally launched the digital survey portal and managed you to members of the investigative teams themselves.
“People from other provinces often say, ‘if we were only in Punjab,'” she said, adding, “there is no magic wand, but fortunately Punjab has mostly had PML-N governments.”
According to the minister of chief, 2,200 investigative teams consisting of 10,000 members have been mobilized across Punjab. These include representatives from revenue, agriculture, livestock departments, district administration and the Pakistani army.
By revealing the details of the auxiliary map, Maryam said that families whose houses were completely destroyed would receive RS1 million, while, whose home was partially damaged, they would be given RS500,000.
In case of livestock deaths, compensation of RS500,000 per year would be provided. Animal.
She also announced that farmers who grow up to 12 hectares would receive RS20,000 per year. Acre as support.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday directed acceleration of relief and rehabilitation operations in flooded people.
The Prime Minister was chairman of a review meeting on the current flooding situation and the ongoing rehabilitation efforts immediately after his address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, PM Office Media Wing said in a press.
The Prime Minister instructed the National Highway Authority (NHA) to speed up the restoration work on the section of the M-5 motorway affected by floods from the Sutlej River.
Chief Secretaries for all four provinces, including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, also attended the meeting.
