KARACHI: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday reached Karachi, where he was briefed about flood situation in Sindh and Balochistan and response measures to help the rain-hit people.

A statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the army chief would also visit troops busy in rescue and relief efforts in Sindh and Balochistan.

It said that an army flood relief centre was established at the Headquarters Army Air Defence Command Rawalpindi to oversee and coordinate the national flood relief efforts across the country in coordination with the directorate of military operations.

The flood relief centres being established in various parts of the country would assist collection, transportation and distribution of flood relief goods to rain-affected people in various provinces.

The army troops were shifting people to safer places, providing shelter, meals and busy in their medical care.

The statement said that the army relief efforts continued in the flood-hit areas of Sindh.

The forward bases are still functional at Nagarparker, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Sanghar, Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas and Dadu districts for providing ration and relief items among flood affectees.

As many as three additional forward bases were established at Tando Allahyar and Matiari. The mobile medical teams were providing medical care in far-flung areas of the province.

In Kot Diji, the army teams carried out dewatering operations and also distributed ration bags, it said, adding that in Khairpur, the evacuation operation was carried out by the troops.

In Noshahro Feroze, Dadu, Qambar Shahdadkot, Badin and Thatta, the army troops executed dewatering operations and distributed ration bags.

Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2022