Bilawal Bhutto asks Sindh government to accelerate relief activities in flood-hit areas

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has asked the Sindh government to accelerate rescue and relief activities in flood-hit areas of the province, Radio Pakistan reported.

During his visit to the flood-hit areas of the province on Sunday, the PPP chairperson distributed food items among flood-affected people.

Pakistan Peoples Party chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari shakes hands with a flood-affected child during his visit to the flood-hit areas of Sindh on Sunday. PHOTO: PID

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah accompanied Bilawal. They also visited Sukkur barrage and monitored embankments of the River Indus in Ghotki and Khairpur districts.

Earlier upon their arrival, Information Minister Nisar Khoro and Secretary Irrigation Zaheer Haider Shah briefed the PPP leaders about the current flood situation and the relief activities being carried out by the government.

“All arrangements have been completed to facilitate flood victims of Kacha areas in Sindh,” said the Sindh chief minister. “More than 500,000 people from Kacha have been shifted to safe places.”

Earlier this week, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said over a million people were affected by floods across Pakistan so far.

Although there have been no reports of deaths from floods in Sindh so far, around 583,096 people in 2,177 villages have been affected by the floods in the province.