FAISALABAD: As many as 30,267 deserving people in Faislaabad received Rs36m under Ehsaas Kafalat Programme at 18 centres set up in the district during the last three days.

Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali said on Sunday that 6,847 people received Rs12,000 each on the first day, 11,313 on the second while 12,107 people got the amount on the third day after the biometric verification.

He said drinking water and washroom facilities had also been provided at the centres and assistant commissioners supervised all the arrangements regularly.

He said measures to control coronavirus were also being made at the centres coupled with maintaining the social distancing.

SAHIWAL: Out of total 36,957 applicants, 7,783 have received financial assistance under Ehsaas programme in the Sahiwal area during the last three days.

They received the assistance at nine centers set up in the district.

A senior bureaucrat told Dawn six centres were established in Sahiwal tehsil while three were in tehsil Chichawatni.

Deputy Commissioner Zeeshan Javed told Dawn the administration had decided to set up another centre in Chichawatni tehsil for distribution of funds in the future.

OKARA: During the last three days, the district administration distributed Rs107m among 8,800 beneficiaries at 18 centres in the first phase of the Ehsaas relief programme.

During this phase, the beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) got the relief amount while the details of registered applicants would be verified for the second phase of the programme.

On Sunday, Deputy Commissioner Usman Ali and District Police Officer Umer Saeed Malik increased the number the law enforcement personnel to enforce the social distancing at the centres.

Published in Dawn, April 13th, 2020