Beating the cold with inadequate blankets 
Children warm themselvs with fire at the foothills of ZiaratThe Earthquake affectees in Balochistan are freezing with cold as no facility has been provided by the Government to the survivals, the news items appears in different leading newspapers reveals that;
Thousands of quake-affected people in Balochistan are still waiting for winterised tents with temperatures dropping below freezing point at nights and threat of snowstorms looming large.
Talking to Dawn Newspaper, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Gen Farooq Ahmad Khan conceded that no winterised tents had so far been sent to the affected areas.
‘We have tried to compensate it by sending a huge quantity of blankets and getting the gas connections restored on a war footing,’ he said. He said 143 gas connections were yet to be restored. Gen Farooq said some friendly countries had been asked to send winterised tents.
Meanwhile the government has decided to provide an amount of Rs25,000 and 15 CGI sheets to each family in Balochistan’s quake-hit areas for reconstruction of mud-houses because tents would not protect people from the snowstorm likely to hit the area in a few weeks.
Taking notice of reports about delay in providing relief goods to the quake-hit people, the prime minister directed the authorities concerned to gear up relief and rehabilitation efforts.
He said there should be no shortage of foodstuff in the areas.
Turkey has agreed to provide pre-fabricated houses and the first consignment of 10 containers with 120 units will arrive soon.
According to latest estimates, he said the quake had left 166 people dead and 347 injured. The number of people displaced by the calamity is around 7,000.
He said under a compensation package for the survivors corrugated sheets and cash grants would be given for rebuilding houses.
Facing complaints from the affected people, the local army commander has also stressed the need for providing winterised tents on an emergency basis.
Talking to Dawn Newspaper, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Gen Farooq Ahmad Khan conceded that no winterised tents had so far been sent to the affected areas.
‘We have tried to compensate it by sending a huge quantity of blankets and getting the gas connections restored on a war footing,’ he said. He said 143 gas connections were yet to be restored. Gen Farooq said some friendly countries had been asked to send winterised tents.
Meanwhile the government has decided to provide an amount of Rs25,000 and 15 CGI sheets to each family in Balochistan’s quake-hit areas for reconstruction of mud-houses because tents would not protect people from the snowstorm likely to hit the area in a few weeks.
Taking notice of reports about delay in providing relief goods to the quake-hit people, the prime minister directed the authorities concerned to gear up relief and rehabilitation efforts.
He said there should be no shortage of foodstuff in the areas.
Turkey has agreed to provide pre-fabricated houses and the first consignment of 10 containers with 120 units will arrive soon.
According to latest estimates, he said the quake had left 166 people dead and 347 injured. The number of people displaced by the calamity is around 7,000.
He said under a compensation package for the survivors corrugated sheets and cash grants would be given for rebuilding houses.
Facing complaints from the affected people, the local army commander has also stressed the need for providing winterised tents on an emergency basis.
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