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At least 10 persons including five children and a woman have been died and 29 injured in torrential rains and flood in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said information collected from 10 affected districts of the province. 27 cattle have also been swept away in the flood. According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), nine houses have been destroyed completely while 16 others were damaged partially. The Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement Department had directed all concerned authorities for initiating relief operation in the affected districts.

The report said that several roads that were damaged in the recent torrential rains and flash flood in Chitral and the concerned authorities are busy in their rehabilitation. At Naran debris of the land sliding has been removed from 8 spots while National Highway Authority (NHA) and other agencies are busy in the rehabilitation of the road.

The Department of Revenue has been directed for conducting the estimates of the losses in Chitral and other affected districts while Communication & Work (C&W), district administrations and others are also busy in the relief operation.

The concerned authorities have also been directed for early issuance of the compensation cheques to the heirs of those died and injured. According to the spokesman of the KP Relief Department, the concerned authorities are utilizing all energies on provision of services to the affected people and PDMA has provided handsome amounts of funds and relief goods to the district administrations of the affected districts.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2015


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