The federal and provincial governments have taken adequate measures for providing relief to rain and flood hit people of the Sindh province. This was stated by Ghulam Qadir Chandio Member of the Sindh Assembly (MPA), while talking to Pakistan Television on Saturday. He said that the steps were taken on the directives of the President to help the flood-ravaged people.
The MPA of Benazirabad said that the Army and Navy personnel were shifting the people to safer places and taking other relief measures to help them. Ghulam Qadir said that heavy rains that hit many parts of the country, including Sindh had destroyed crops, houses, swept away animals and inflicted extensive damage on property of the people.
The provincial minister said that recent heavy rains played havoc in most parts of the Sindh including Benazirabad. Replying to a question, he said eight people were reportedly killed during the calamity caused by rains and floods. To a question, he said that rescue teams had been despatched to flood-hit areas to provide relief to the people.