Earthquake: heirs of 223 dead, 472 injured of KP compensated: NDMA

27 Nov, 2015

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has so far been provided the compensation for the heirs of 223 dead, 472 injured of the earthquake, said National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

According to NDMA press release, Punjab has been provided compensation for family of 5 dead, Gilgit-Baltistan for families of 14 dead and 17 injured, FATA for heirs of 28 dead and 143 injured while Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has been provided the compensation for the families of 2 dead.

Likewise, compensation for damaged houses in earthquake hit area has also been initiated. The owners of 68,411 damaged houses has so far been paid compensation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the owners of 20 damaged houses has been compensated in FATA, 20 damaged houses compensated in Gilgit Baltistan and 2 damaged houses in Punjab for rebuilding damaged infrastructure.

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA in collaboration with all stakeholders, Pakistan Armed Forces and Provincial Disaster Management Authorities have so far distributed 47,054 tents, 80,088 blankets, 12094 plastic mats, 968.98 tons of food packs, 22,000 tarpaulins, bottled water 14 tons, 49 water filter plants, 12 generator sets and 27 tons of medicines as part of national relief efforts for the earthquake affectees.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2015

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