Officials said Tuesday that flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across the country have killed 118 people and injured 812 others this month. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said the rains and floods affected over five hundred and fifty-four thousand people have been affected. Over eleven thousand houses have been destroyed and […]
The Flood Forecasting Division Lahore has warned of high to very high flood in River Chenab. Chenab at Marala is likely to attain very high flood level and at Khanki and Qadirabad high to very high flood level today. Meanwhile‚ the flood water flooded Nullah Dek overflowed near village Chahoor in Pasrur Tehsil. In Pasrur […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) granted Rs. 261 million to Pakistan to help the rehabilitation processes for the recent flood-affected people in the province of Sindh and Balochistan on Thursday. The donation was granted from the Asia-Pacific Disaster Response Fund, which will assist the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to provide food, drinking water, medicines […]
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NDMA to form National Disaster Management Plan in country In view of country’s vulnerability to disasters, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is working on National Disaster Management Plan and Multi Hazard Contingency Plan to minimise loss of lives and property during natural calamities. The country is vulnerable to wide-ranging hazards from droughts to floods to […]
Asian Development Bank earmarks Rs261 million for the flood victims of Pakistan The Asian Development Bank on Thursday announced a grant of Rs261 million to support those people who were affected by monsoon rains and floods in southern Pakistan, a statement said on Thursday. Asian Development Bank’s country director for Pakistan Dr Werner Liepach, signed […]