CM declares Gwadar, Pasni, Jiwani declared calamity-hit areas

The Baloch Hal News

GWADAR: The Provincial Chief Minister, Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani, on Tuesday declared three Tehsils of Pasni, Gwadar and Jiwanri as calamity-hit areas and assured all help to the affected people.

Accompanied by a team of orovincial ministers and local officials, the Chief Minister undertook a visit to the parts of Gwadar where he had met the people inquiring about their problems following cyclone and rains.

Talking to the affected people in Gwadar on Tuesday, Nawab Raisani announced that the Government would provide Rs 5000 to each affected family as a help sustain the present difficulties.

He said that the Government would not leave the affected people alone in this hour of difficulty and provide all possible help to the needy and affected people. The Chief Minister said that the Government would rehabilitate the people and ensure that they return to their normal life with the help of the Government.

The Chief Minister undertook a flying visit to Kolanch, Pasni and Jiwani and made a personal assessment of the extent of damage to the regional economy and to the people in the cyclone and torrential rains.

He issued instructions to the Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Coast Guards and other Federal agencies deployed in the coastal regions to undertake rescue and relief operations minimizing the agonies of the people. He instructed them to undertake the responsibility on war footing ensuring relief to the people, including women and children.

He announced that the Government had already released Rs 60 million for the affected people and the Government would release more funds meeting the requirements of the people. Nawab Aslam Raisani made a commitment that the Government would adequately compensate the losses the affected people suffered.

Referring to his meeting with the Prime Minister, Nawab Aslam Raisani said that Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani had assured him of all Federal help to the calamity-hit people of Balochistan Coast. He said that the Federal Government would fully compensate the affected people rehabilitating their regional economy at the earliest.

“The first step of the Government is to rescue the people from distress and provide them shelter first and then other comforts and relief,” Nawab Aslam Raisani told the gathering in Gwadar.

He said he had asked the local administration, including the Pakistan Navy and Coast Guards officials, to prepare a credible list of losses so that the affected people are compensated.

Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority, Lt-General Nadeem, had a meeting with the Chief Minister and briefed him about the extent of damages and plans to rehabilitate the people.