PESHAWAR: In another move to provide relief to the earthquake-affected people in the province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday released Rs7.251billion funds for all the affected districts.
As per details, Rs106 million have been allocated to Abbotabad, Bannu Rs10 million, Battagram Rs123 million, Buner Rs320 million, Charsadda Rs30 million, Chitral Rs1,156 million, Lower Dir Rs1,120 million, Uper Dir Rs443 million, Hangu Rs15 million, Karak Rs10 million, Kohat Rs5 million, Upper Kohistan Rs40 million, Lower Kohistan Rs120 million, Malakand Rs300 million, Mardan Rs132 million, Nowshera Rs20 million, Peshawar Rs100 million, Shangla Rs1,712 million, Swabi Rs60 million, Swat Rs1,324 million and Rs90 million will be distributed in Tor Ghar.
The federal and provincial governments had earlier announced a special compensation package for the quake victims.
According to provincial disaster management authority (PDMA), 232 people have lost their lives, 1502 sustained injuries and more than nine thousand houses were damaged when a powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.1 jolted Khyber Pakhtunkhwa having Epicenter in Hindukash region and focal depth of 193 Kilometer on 26th October, 2015.
People desperately appealed to the government for quilts, blankets, sweaters and food rations as snowy and rainy conditions have set in.
Pakistan Metereological Department (PMD) has reported that a westerly wave is affecting upper and western parts of the country and likely to persist during next 2-3 days.
Rain with snowfall over the hills is expected at isolated places of upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas including Malakand, Hazara, Mardan, Kohat, Peshawar divisions, upper FATA areas including Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber and Kurram Agencies, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during the next 24 hours.
For many in Pakistan, last month’s quake brought back traumatic memories of a 7.6 magnitude quake that struck in October 2005, killing more than 75,000 people and displacing some 3.5 million.
