By Qasim Ali
LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday announced a historic package worth Rs.100 billion for the rehabilitation of flood-affected people across the province.Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Flood Victims Rehabilitation Programme 2025 in Depalpur, the CM said that free transport would also be provided to facilitate flood victims in accessing relief funds across Punjab, said a handout issued here.The CM said that every single penny from the allocated package would be spent exclusively on flood victims, adding that the provincial treasury was a sacred public trust to be used solely for the welfare of the people. She said that the Punjab government had launched a fully transparent, self-funded rescue and relief operation without seeking any international aid. Highlighting the government’s field efforts, she said that she and her cabinet members remained with the flood-affected families for several weeks during the recent crisis, personally monitoring rescue and rehabilitation activities.The CM informed that over 1,700 teams comprising personnel from the Pakistan Army, and the revenue, livestock, and agriculture departments had been conducting door-to-door surveys, with over 70 percent already completed. She said that relief disbursements had begun even before the survey’s completion, adding that 2.5 million people were relocated to safe areas, over 1.2 million individuals received medical treatment through 100 field hospitals, and livestock vaccinations were carried out across all affected regions.
