Oct 29 , 2015
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PM directs urgent relief measures for people stuck in quake-hit mountains
Nawaz directs DCO to urgently send requisition for helicopters to help victims rather than waiting for roads clearance
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DASU - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to take urgent measures including the use of helicopter to drop relief items to the earthquake-affected people stranded at high-altitude mountains.
During his visit to the earthquake-affected areas of Dasu tehsil, the prime minister directed the Dasu district coordination officer (DCO) to urgently send a requisition for helicopters to help out the victims rather than waiting for the roads clearance. The road links in Dasu was badly disturbed after landslide of mountains in the area.
The prime minister also directed the DCO to arrange heavy machinery to clear the road blockade for an uninterrupted supply of relief items. He expressed concern over the conditions of the shelter-less, who were also facing severe winter in the area and directed to ensure immediate supply of food, blankets and tents.
Prime Minister Nawaz said that the local administration should work in coordination with the disaster management officials to facilitate the affected people. The prime minister was given a briefing about the losses in the aftermath of earthquake that struck the country on Monday. The DCO apprised the prime minister that relief and rehabilitation work was in progress in Dasu, where 12 persons were killed and a number of houses were damaged.
He informed the prime minister that survey teams had been activated for an assessment of losses. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak said that there should be no excuse for unavailability of heavy machinery in the area. He said that the DCO should have immediately exercised his powers in emergency situation. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rasheed and officials of local administration were also present.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk