Calamity-hit areas: Saudi Arabia allocates big amount to construct 40 more schools

Saudi Arabia will continue helping Pakistan in the education sector and for this a huge amount has been allocated to construct 40 more schools in the affected areas of the country. Saudi Arabia had announced to carry out the relief and reconstruction projects in calamity-hit areas of Pakistan to express solidarity with the people suffered due to floods in their areas.
All the relief and construction projects are being completed in different districts of Pakistan under the directives of Khadim al Haramin Al-Sharifain, stated Dr Khalid M Al-Othmani while talking to reporters. A sufficient amount was allocated for constructing 40 more primary, middle and secondary schools besides colleges in different affected areas of Pakistan, he said.
The task of relief and construction projects was being accomplished through a Saudi organisation "King Abdullah's Relief Campaign for Pakistani People (KARCPP), which started work in the flood-stricken areas to provide all necessary things to the people, he added.
Regional Director KARCPP, Dr Khalid M Al-Othmani further said the educational institutions would be completed at a cost of US 15,000,000 dollars to help facilitate the children who were facing difficulties in achieving their academic goals, in flood stricken areas. Besides this, he said the organisation had distributed school bags and other essential items among 15,000 orphan children studying in flood-hit districts.
He said KARCPP had completed nearly 2,000 houses worth US 9,410,000 dollars and installed many clean drinking water plants in Balochistan and Sindh areas to facilitate the families affected by floods. He said a large number of people would also avail the health facilities in their areas soon. According to the plan, he said that 5,000 houses would be provided to the displaced families living in the affected areas. He said Saudi Arabia had given instruction to initiate relief and construction projects worth millions of US dollars following the guidance of Prince Muhammad Bin Naif Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia.-PR