HYDERABAD: The rain victims in the Hyderabad Region who were earlier displaced have started to return to their villages / homes especially in Badin, Jamshoro and Matiari districts, according to district officials.
However, 248,321 affectees are still living in 1,648 relief camps in Hyderabad Region excluding Dadu district from where report about the affectees could not obtained, officials said.
The District Administration Badin informed here on Tuesday that 278 relief camps had been established earlier in the district where about 150,000 rain affectees were provided shelter along with other living facilities. With the receding of rain water, as many as 121,964 rain victims have returned to their villages / homes, subsequently 160 relief camps have been closed while 118 relief camps were still operating with 28,036 affectees sheltered there.
The reports from District Administrations Jamshoro and Matiari indicated that 500 rain affectees of Jamshoro and a few thousand of Matiari have returned to their native places.
The report further showed that as many as 248,321 affectees are still residing in relief camps in the Hyderabad Region except Dadu district out of which 5300 affectees are residing in 12 relief camps in Thatta, about 18,000 in 190 relief camps in Tando Mohammad Khan, 65,000 affectees in 248 relief camps in Tando Allahyar, 67,643 affectees in 315 relief camps in Matiari, 10,253 affectees in 64 relief camps in Jamshoro, 48,672 affectees in 660 relief camps in Shaheed Benazirabad and 5,417 affectees are living in 15 relief camps in Hyderabad district.
It was also informed that 146,626 tents have been provided to the rain affectees residing outside the relief camps. For these victims 40,000 tents have been provided in Badin district, 8669 tents in Thatta district, 11,000 tents in Tando Mohammad Khan, 10,000 tents in Tando Allahyar, 3600 tents in Matiari, 3822 tents in Jamshoro, 66,000 tents in Shaheed Benazirabad and 3,535 tents have been provided in Hyderabad district.
It may be pointed out that the spell of torrential monsoon rains had affected 35,16,489 people in the region which included 10,21,301 in Badin district, 1,77,838 in Thatta district, 5,70,000 in Tando Mohammad Khan district, 5,00,000 in Tando Allahyar district, 2,00,000 in Matiari district, 97,350 in Jamshoro district, 9,00,000 in Shaheed Benazirabad district and 50,000 people were affected in Hyderabad district.
The Administrations of these districts indicated that the government will continue relief support to all the affectees, till their difficulties are fully overcome.
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