Pak Army distributes 7,000 tons of ration in drought hit areas

16 Mar, 2014

HYDERABAD: The Pakistan Army has so far dropped seven thousand tons of ration (food) through Helicopters for drought hit people in far flung and inaccessible areas of Tharparkar district.

The ISPR spokesman informed APP on Sunday that operation of dropping rations bags containing flour, rice, pulses, cooking oil and other essential goods is in full swing in the drought hit area, which are inaccessible due to having no communication facility.

On Sunday, he informed that Army personnel dropped 750 rations bags containing 1500 kilograms through helicopters in unreachable villages of Union Council Bolari of Taluka Diplo.

Besides dropping the ration bags through helicopters, the relief operation in the towns and villages where the communication facility is available is being carried out with full swing, the spokesman said and added that medical and paramedical staff of Army including lady doctors also busy in providing medical aid to drought hit people of Tharparkar.

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