Pervaiz Elahi orders to expedite rescue and relief operations in flood-hit areas

LAHORE, August 16: Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has directed to accelerate rescue and relief operations for the flood victims in Dera Ghazi Khan, Taunsa and Rajanpur. PDMA, rescue 1122 and administration should spare no effort in their relief activities, he stressed. The affected persons should be shifted to safe places and be provided with three meals a day. The operation should be continued until the last affected person is not shifted to a safe place, he added. The CM ordered that the number of relief camps should be increased along with the provision of necessary facilities on a priority basis. The affectees should be taken care of in every way, he stated. The people in distress will not be left alone.
Chief Minister ParvezElahi personally supervised the rescue and relief operation till late at night and issued instructions to the concerned quarters.-PR