NDMA distributes 12,700 tents, 3 water plants in rain hit areas

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on the directive of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has distributed relief items including 12,700 tents, three water purification plants and 23,000 family ration packs, to the flood-affected people in Sindh.

The relief goods have been distributed in the inundated districts of Badin, Tango Muhammad Khan and Murmur Khans besides the badly damaged Mythic Town of Tharparker District.

Chairman NDMA Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qadir visited the affected areas to take stock of the situation and coordinat with the provincial authorities for organizing effective and timely relief operations. Earlier, he also accompanied Prime Minister Gilani during his visit to the rain-affected districts this month for supervision of relief efforts.

An NDMA officer has been deputed to Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), Sindh for effective coordination and assistance to provincial authorities, a NDMA statement said.

The Sindh government has catered 13,300 tents for these areas while ration packs and non-food items are being supplied from Karachi.

As per the government's contingency plan for ongoing monsoon season, the humanitarian community including the United Nations and non-governmental organizations have not been assigned any role in view of the limited scope of disaster.

The National Emergency Operations Room at the NDMA is functioning round-the-clock to receive requirements and coordinate response, the statement said.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011