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26 relief camps setup in Punjab to facilitate affectees
By APPISLAMABAD: Flood relief activities are in progress in the affected areas and 126 relief camps have been setup to facilitate affectees in Punjab.
Chief Relief Commissioner Punjab Nadeem Ashraf said that cooked food is being provided to the affectees in these camps. He said that funds have been released to the concerned DCOs of affected districts for the relief activities.
He said that in eighteen affected districts more than 23 tents 4,000 mineral water bottles and 36,000 food hampers have already been provided.
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has also sent about 3,000 tents to the flood affected areas of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK). According to the NDMA officials, 3,000 blankets have also been sent to the area.
Meanwhile, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab has provided more 2,100 tents to the flood victims besides packs of food and other essential commodities.
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