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Punjab Targets One-Month Flood Relief Payouts, Mobilizes Surveys and Repairs

A vast monsoon deluge across 28 districts, with Shujabad heavily hit, tests the government’s timeline for cash aid and recovery.

Overview

  • The provincial package includes Rs1,000,000 for fully destroyed homes, Rs500,000 for partial damage, Rs1,000,000 to families of the deceased, and Rs500,000 for the severely injured.
  • Punjab’s finance minister says funds are available, survey teams are active, and assistance will be disbursed via ATM cards with a goal to compensate losses within one month.
  • PDMA, the Irrigation Department, Rescue 1122 and the armed forces conducted rescues and ran relief camps supplying food, water, tents and, for the first time, milk packs for children.
  • Irrigation crews report fast closure of breaches and ongoing embankment strengthening under continuous monitoring, while officials outline longer-term measures including small dams, underground storage and clearing river channels.
  • Officials cite simultaneous impact across 28 districts; in Shujabad flooding exceeded 20 days, damaging 39,546 acres and affecting about 50,000 people, as a political estimate places province-wide losses above Rs88 billion with 4.755 million directly affected.