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Punjab Vows One-Month Flood Compensation as Finance Minister Affirms Fiscal Strength

Survey teams will verify losses before cash is loaded onto cards.

Overview

  • The relief plan sets payments of Rs1 million for fully destroyed homes and Rs500,000 for partially damaged homes, with Rs1 million to families of the deceased and Rs500,000 to the seriously injured, plus compensation for livestock losses.
  • Payouts will be delivered through ATM cards after on-ground assessments, with survey teams deployed across 28 affected districts.
  • Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said the province has sufficient funds and pledged to complete all disbursements within one month.
  • The minister credited coordinated operations by provincial agencies and the army with reducing potential losses and said camps provided bedding, food, medical care, and animal shelters.
  • Officials outlined resilience steps including small dams, underground recharge wells, clearing river channels, removing encroachments, and repairing drains, while alleging heavy water releases from India worsened the flooding.