The Punjab government will distribute minimum 14 days ration among the families of people quarantined due to coronavirus. This was decided in a meeting chaired by the Punjab Disaster Management Unit Minister Mian Khalid Mehmood here on Friday.
In this connection a list has been prepared by the Punjab Home Department. The distribution of ration will start from Saturday (today) and 777 families in DG Khan and 1247 families in Multan will receive the ration.
The meeting was also told that the PDMA distributed Rs 450 million among the districts for the disaster management, out of which Rs 20 million each to divisional headquarters and Rs 10 million each to remaining 27 districts of the Punjab. Earlier, the PDMA also distributed Rs 1.44 billion among the districts from its budgetary allocated resources. These funds are being utilized for coronavirus related procurement.