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Punjab Unveils Provincewide Flood Relief and Rehabilitation Plan

Digital monitoring with multi-agency surveys targets quick payouts and repairs within two weeks.

Overview

  • Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif directed a large-scale operation after a high-level meeting, with district and tehsil Flood Relief Committees and a central dashboard and mobile app under her oversight.
  • Rehabilitation work is scheduled to begin within two weeks, alongside orders to rapidly restore damaged roads and bridges and expand relief camps and distribution points.
  • Damage assessments will be conducted by survey teams drawn from the Urban Unit, Revenue and Agriculture departments and the Pakistan Army using standardized survey tools.
  • Homeowners will receive direct cash compensation set at Rs1,000,000 for destroyed houses and Rs500,000 for damaged houses.
  • Officials report 3,775 villages across 64 tehsils in 27 districts affected, with 63,200 concrete and 309,684 mud houses damaged, while PDMA cites 123 deaths and a temporary M-5 closure near Multan with diversions as waters recede in several areas.