RAWALPINDI/KARACHI: Chief of Army Headquarters (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday arrived in Karachi where he was briefed on flood situation in Sindh and Balochistan and the response to help in flood victims.
COAS will also visit army units busy in rescue and rescue work in Sindh and Balochistan, according to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
According to an ISPR press release, an Army Flood Relief Center has been set up at the headquarters of the Army Air Defense Command. in Rawalpindi will oversee and coordinate national flood relief efforts across the country. in coordination with Department of military operations.
Flood relief centers are being set up in various parts of the country will assist in the collection, transportation and distribution of flood humanitarian aid flood victims in various provinces. Army units moved people to safer places by providing shelter, food and busy in health care flood affects.
in Sindh, light rain was reported in the province where Mohenjadaro received maximum precipitation of 38 millimeters (mm).
it added that about 13 people died in incidents of structural collapse and drowning in Sangkhar, Larkana and Khairpur districts. In Kambar Shahdad Kot local mound to the west of Varah is broken due to excessive water consumption, due to which 600 people were affected.
In addition, the army’s relief efforts continued. in in flood-hit areas, while a tent camp was established in Thatta for 60 families.
forward bases were still functioning in the Nagarparker, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Sangarh, Jamshoro, Mirpur Khas and Dadu districts. for providing food and relief items among flood affects.
Up to three additional forward bases were established at Tando Allah Yar and Matyari. mobile medical teams provided medical assistance in remote areas of provinces.
The Cat Digi Army teams blown away out dehydration operations and also handed out rations in bags. An evacuation operation was carried out in Khairpur out army troops, and they also blown away out distribution of rations among flood affects.
In Noxero Feroza, the army carried out a dehydration operation and distributed rations. in in area among flood affects.
In dadu position of cooked food and relief items to flood casualties and evacuation of standard population for salvation teams were taken under control. A Field Medical Center was established in Sangara. more 136 patients were treated.
Rescue work carried out in Kambar-Shahdad-Kot to evacuate stranded people out army troops.
A tent settlement was established in Thatta. for 60 families together with distribution of a rationing and dehydration operation was performed.
in Badin, flood a relief camp was set up at Tehsil Matli; ration packs with tents, mosquito nets the distribution of cooked food was carried out by the troops.
In Balochistan, intermittent rain was reported across the province where Sibi received maximum precipitation of 69 mm. Due to rising water levels on Yaro Causeway, transport mobility on H-65 was temporarily stopped.
In Jafarabad, railway traffic was suspended due to damage to the Hirok bridge between Kolpur and Makh, while in Nasirabad, road of Chattar and the surroundings of Dera Murad Jamali were temporarily violated.
Movement in Khuzdar of traffic was limited on M-8 to Vangu due to a landslide, while maintenance work was underway.
army troops in his relief efforts set up five medical field camps where some 575 patients were treated.
Relief and dehydration work was underway in Jal-Magsi. in Gandhava city where about 250 packets of rations were distributed. with cooked food provided 110 flood affects.
A rescue operation was carried out in Nasirabad. in progress while 500 people were transferred to relief camps and 200 rations were distributed.
In Punjab, army relief efforts have been in in full swing as 300 people were evacuated to a safer locations in Dera Ghazi Khan and 2000 patients received treatment.
In addition, 50 relief camps have been set up. in flood affected areas, where 5,562 people lived. A total of 38,242 rations were distributed. in flood affected areas; 37,428 people were evacuated to safer places. locations.
Two medical field camps and two other field camps were established at Mangrot, Towns and Fazilpur, Rajanpur by two corps; every field medical camp had a female doctor in in addition to two medical officers, where 3,847 patients have been treated so far and the patients have been given medicine for four days.
The rescue teams of Army with necessary equipment (13 boots, OBM, life jackets, etc.) in Dera Ghazi Khan for execution of rescue operation.
in salvation teams of Army with necessary equipment (22 lifeboats, OBM, life jackets, etc.) were pre-installed in Rajanpur for execution of rescue work. Army units were transferred in Townsa and Rojan together too with necessary equipment.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), due to the very high level in The Swat River at Khwazakhela, Charsadda, Nowshahra and Risalpur were under serious threat.
A state of emergency has been declared in most affected areas due to recent floods, while in Dera Ismail (DI) Khan due to incessant rain in catchment areas of Indus river flash flood happened in all zeros of DI. Khan, which led to the violation of road connection with Bannu, Tank, Zhob and D.G. Khan.
Flash in the tank flood was due to increased runoff from the Suleiman Ranges, while in Swat, due to heavy rains in the river Swat; roads and bridges on H-95 and H-90 were in critical condition from Bahrian to Kalam, as the Kalam-Bahrian road was temporarily blocked and probably clearing was expected in 2-3 days.
Bridges in Kagan and Naran over The river Kunhar in Mahndri is washed away by a strong current.
Rescue operation carried out out by army in D. I. Khan – 13 people were rescued, nine relief camps were set up, and 1,110 ration packs were distributed to the victims.
Women’s health centers were opened in the villages of Rory and Muddi, where 600 patients were treated. A medical camp was set up in Darazind, where 400 local residents were treated.
Army units provided assistance to the civil administration in removal of wreckage and discovery of blocked roads in Matchmaker.
