ISLAMABAD:State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan has said that every possible facility is being provided to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) at Baka Khel Camp situated in Frontier Regions, Bannu around 18 kilometer South of Bannu City.
He was responding to a question in the National Assembly regarding financing management system and facilities being provided to IDPs in Baka Khel.
He said the camp is jointly managed by Pak Army and FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA). The camp has four phases (clusters) and can accommodate 3,200 families or 19,200 individuals at a given time.
As soon as areas of their return are declared safe, the minister said, the repatriation of these families would commence and would be accordingly de-commissioned.
Pak Army was also responsible for the security and conflict resolution, whereas FDMA was responsible for provision and maintenance of the tents, CRIs (Core relief Items), Education and Water and Sanitation.
Health services, he said, were being provided by the Health Department through a BHU (Basic Health Unit) and PRCS (Pakistani Red Crescent Society) funded by United Nations.
The state minister said food is provided by World Food Programme through its partner Sarhad Rural Support Program (SRSP) and the camp is very well-organized by all standards while the services provision was quite satisfactory.
Since the establishment, no epidemic had been reported in the camp due to good standards of hygiene maintained at the camp and household level, he informed.
However, he said, improved health services were definitely an area to be considered for additional support, including those for mental and physical disabilities.
The services provided in the camp included free electricity, gas cylinder, non-food items, health, education, water, drinking water, recreational facilities and food for all the inhabitants.
A commercial area has also been setup to enable camp inhabitants to start small business, he said.