CWS in a statement issued here on Monday said hundreds of new families seeking shelter were coming in the tent village in search of hope. To meet their basic needs and also ensure a healthy environment latrines and the drainage had been dug within the areas looking at the feasibility of the people.
Meanwhile, four tents for the health unit, warehouse, community centre and administration had been erected.
The Church of Pakistan has offered to provide the medical services within the camp. The sanitation equipment had been set up in the CWS-P/A tent village.
The statement maintained that chlorinated water appeared to be probably available in the valley, or would be available, but there was a need to transport it to the camp.
Referring to available figures, they said 25,1988 houses had been completely destroyed in the northern part of the country and currently 600,000 people were shelterless. The death toll could increase alarmingly if these people were provided tents or shelter before the winter.
The number of helicopters had increased to 100 which had eased the possibilities for air dropping shelter kits and food items to the inaccessible villages, volunteers of Church World Service of Pakistan said.
CWS-P/A field team was stated to be also attending and keeping close contact with the UN cluster meetings in the affected areas. It was reported that 140,000 people were likely to move from the hills down to Battagram and Balakot within the next two weeks.
Meanwhile, referring to the tent erected by them the volunteers said besides all other relevant assistance and help, female workers of CWS-P/A were in constant contact with the arriving families interviewing them and discussing with them fire hazards.
People seem to arrive quite shell shocked and tired, they said adding that on their arrival they appeared to be extremely relieved to find a relatively comfortable and structured place.
According to them scared people of the Allai valley were also seeking shelter in the near by areas, after the smoke they saw emitting from the nearby mountains.
CWS-P/A team struggling to cope with the devastating earthquake is relaying more on the support of the army to air drop its relief aid to the far fledged affected areas due to the weather constrains.
Due to lack of shelter near the affected areas people have shown resistance from getting discharged by the hospital authorities. This adds to the efforts of CWS-P/A to make the Tent Village more homelike to the people and provide maximum facilities.