The restoration work on damaged access roads and highways in flood affected areas of Tank is almost completed with opening 70 key roads for all kinds of traffic, said Deputy Commissioner Hameedullah Khattak.
“Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the line departments, about three main roads, 15 branch roads at various places of the district have been rebuilt, connecting all the localities with rest of the district,” the DC told .
About restoration of power supply, Hameedullah Khattak said that out of 13 feeders in Tank district, the power supply had been restored for consumers of 12 feeders and added Wapda officials had been directed to expeditiously complete work on the remaining feeder too, so that no household was left without electricity. The deputy commissioner said that 1350 fully damaged houses have been provided with tents and food package so far.
He told the media that in addition 3016 packages containing food and other relief items were distributed among the affected people of different villages and localities of the district.
