SUKKUR: Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has arrived in Sukkur to review the ongoing relief and rehabilitation activities in the flood-hit areas of Sindh, ARY News reported on Thursday.
On arrival at Sukkur Begum Nusrat Bhutto Airport, the Prime Minister was received by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister for Water Resources Syed Khursheed Shah and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.
During the flight, the Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority briefed him on the ongoing relief and rehabilitation operation.
Taking to Twitter, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said the Prime Minister will pay an aerial visit to Sukkur, Rohri, Khairpur, Faiz Ganj, Kot Diji and Thari Mir Wah areas.
The Chief Minister will meet the flood victims to review the relief work and to get to know them, Chief Secretary Sindh and Chief Engineer Sukkur Baraj will give the Chief Minister a detailed briefing on the flood disasters.
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) August 26, 2022
Afterward, the Sukkur district administration and representatives of the provincial disaster management authority (PDMA) would brief the chief minister about the ongoing work on flood relief and infrastructure rehabilitation.
He will also interact with the flood affected people to review the ongoing relief and rehabilitation works. Later, the chief secretary of Sindh and the chief engineer of Sukkur Barrage would also inform the prime minister about the devastation caused by the floods.
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A day ago, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a meeting on flood emergency said that Sindh flood victims are living on the streets.
Presiding over a session on emergency and flood relief, Shah stressed the need for immediate purchase of ration to provide relief to flood disaster victims.
He instructed to assess the losses through trade union councils and provide necessary items to the affected.
