Adviser to the Prime Minister for Political and Public Affairs, Engr Amir Muqam on Saturday said that the federal government was standing with the rains and flood victims of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Addressing a press-conference here at the central secretariat of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Engr Amir Muqam said that he visited floods and rains hit areas of Chitral yesterday and directed the concerned authorities including the National Highway Authority (NHA) to expedite relief and rehabilitation works there.
He said floods and torrential rains have also damaged standing agriculture crops in Chitral besides infrastructure. Amir Muqam said payment of Rs one million each to heirs of each dead victims of floods and rains incidents of KP as announced by the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will start soon.
Amir Muqam said the government would not left alone the flood victims in this hour of difficulty and would continue efforts till rehabilitation of the last affected person. Revenue department has been asked to conduct survey of flood and rains damages in the affected districts.
