PESHAWAR, Aug 17: The NWFP government has told the district governments of Peshawar and Swabi to submit detailed reports on the damage caused by the recent floods and torrential rain, according to official sources.

The district coordination officers (DCOs) of the two districts have been asked in separate letters to provide detailed information regarding the damage done by the floods.

They are required to provide information in terms of patwar circle/revenue circle and village/moza.

“The areas affected by the recent floods may well be declared calamity-hit in view of the magnitude of damages caused to the private property and assets, including standing crops, houses, herds of animals, etc,” said the official sources.

However, the magnitude of losses in terms of money is not yet known to anyone as the district governments have not yet provided details in this respect.

“They are busy carrying out relief works in the affected areas and have not been able to evaluate the damages caused to the property,” said a senior government functionary.

Several villages falling under the jurisdiction of the five union councils of district Peshawar got inundated as a result of torrential rain and overflowing water courses on Wednesday last.

According to the district revenue officer, Peshawar, Khalid Salim Marwat, who is supervising the relief work in the affected areas, some 300 to 400 houses got affected in the suburbs of the provincial metropolis.

Senior functionaries of the Peshawar city district government said the losses had not yet been assessed and the same would be done once the district government managed to control the crisis-like situation caused due to Wednesday’s natural disaster.

Similarly, said the provincial government functionaries, the Swabi district government had also been asked to submit report on the damage.

Both the district governments have been dispatched prescribed pro forma to give detailed overview of the destruction caused by the floods.

A large area in the Swabi district was inundated few weeks ago after the Pehur and Cheena canals flooded a number of adjoining villages.

Flood occurred in the Swabi district after the two water courses developed breaches at several points, according to the sources.