ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Tuesday said it had dispatched relief goods to flood-affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as monsoon rains continue to wreak havoc in the north of the country.
Since late June, heavy monsoon rains have killed nearly 670 people across Pakistan, damaged infrastructure, and triggered flash floods and landslides in the country’s mountainous north, according to official data. At least 341 people have died in the northwestern KP province in the latest spell of rains that started late last week.
“NDMA’s dispatch of relief goods for flood-affected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is continuing,” the authority said in a statement. “This morning, two separate consignments were sent for Swat and Shangla.”
The consignments include tents, blankets, generators, dewatering pumps, ration bags and medicines, the NDMA said, adding that the goods would be handed over to the respective district administrations for distribution among affected people.
The agency said it was working with the armed forces and welfare organizations to ensure timely delivery of relief supplies to flood-hit areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.
