The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab has released a report on the damages caused by the floods.
According to the Relief Commissioner Nabeel Javed , 97 citizens died in various accidents in the recent floods, while more than 4,500 villages were affected due to floods in the Ravi, Sutlej and Chenab rivers.
The relief commissioner’s report states that a total of 2,334 villages were affected due to floods in the Chenab River, 672 villages were affected due to floods in the Sutlej River, while 1,482 villages were affected due to floods in the Ravi River.
According to the report, a total of 4.498 million people were affected due to the flood situation, 2.451 million people trapped in the floods were shifted to safe places.
The report further states that 396 relief camps were established in the flood-affected districts, while 1.91 million livestock were also shifted to safe places.
Separately, the Punjab government has come up with a plan to build 57,000 houses on its own lands in 21 districts across the province.
State-of-the-art, affordable housing units will be built under the management of the Housing Department. Punjab Housing Ministry official sources told APP that housing will be built on government lands in 21 districts across the province.
In the first phase, 41 sites have been selected for the construction of 2,000 houses.
The sources said that the houses will be given to the deserving people on easy installments.
The construction project of the houses will be completed in 5 years. The houses will be built in collaboration with the World Bank and the private sector. Easy provision of all facilities to the residents will be ensured. Quality inspection and supervision of the project will be ensured during construction. The project will be presented to the provincial cabinet for approval.