LAHORE: Tent cities for flood victims have been set up near homes in the affected areas of Punjab.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif was informed during a briefing that a tent city has been set up along with a flood relief camp in Athara Hazari tehsil of Jhang district.
Officials said arrangements have been made to provide accommodation and food to flood victims in the tent city. Doctors and medical staff are also present and free medicines are being provided to patients in flood relief camps.
A temporary helipad has also been made in the flood relief camp to deal with emergencies.
The chief minister was informed that tent cities have also been set up for flood victims in Kot Khaira and Government High School Ahmedpur Sial, where arrangements for children and women have been made separately.
She was informed that thousands of villages in 32 districts of Punjab had been affected by unusual flooding in five rivers. 3,338 rescuers on 806 boats are involved in rescue operations across the province.
According to an official statement, more than 918,000 people across Punjab had been shifted to safe places before the biggest flood of the province’s history hit it.
Rescue operations are still under way in various areas to save people and livestock.
The chief minister was informed that 21,620 people and 611,000 animals had been evacuated safely in the last 24 hours.
