SWABI: The recent rains and resultant floods claimed four lives and caused damage to over 300 buildings, including educational institutions and houses, and destroyed crops on thousands of acres of land, additional deputy commissioner Qaiser Khan told Dawn here on Tuesday quoting an official damage assessment report.
He said the report had been compiled by revenue department officials and dispatched to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s secretariat in Peshawar and the federal government.
Amir Muqam, adviser to the prime minister on political and public affairs, had sought the report while assuring the people of adequate help when he visited the affected areas a few days ago.
“The report is of great importance because the flood-hit people will get the financial assistance according to it,” said another official.
The report says that four people died and seven injured due to roof collapses in Sikandari, Yar Hussain and Marghuz areas.
Similarly, 300 houses and government schools were damaged due to rain and floods across the district. Dozens of livestock also died. The floods also destroyed various crops and vegetables on 5,000 acres of land, besides sweeping away flue-cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco.
CM VISIT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf local leaders on Tuesday said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan would visit the flood-hit regions on Wednesday (today).
PTI leaders said the chief minister would assess the flood destruction in Tand Koi, Kalabat, Marghuz, Kaddi, Baja, Bamkel and various other flood-hit regions.
A detailed briefing about the damage caused by floods would be given to him, they added.
The PTI leaders said Mahmood Khan would interact with the flood victims and inquire about the financial losses they suffered. They said the chief minister would distribute compensation cheques among the people.
Earlier, the people belonging to the affected regions had criticised the PTI leadership and declared that the KP ruling party had failed to do anything beyond the verbal assurances.
Published in Dawn, July 20th, 2022
