ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has extended all possible support and aid to disaster hit areas, an official said on Wednesday.
The NDMA official told that the relief items were dispatched by the authority and Provincial Development Management Authority of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and State Disaster Management Authority.
The items included 5,030 tents, 769 shelter tents and 420 school tents, 6,700 blankets and quilts, 2,500 tarpaulins, 260 plastic mats, 200 first aid kits, 475 kitchen sets, 200 hygiene kits, 800 mosquito nets, 5,475 ration packs (21kg) and 50,000 water bottles (1.5L).
He further said that 200 hygiene kits, 200 jerry cans, 200 gas cylinders, 200 search lights, 200 water coolers and 400 mattresses were also given in the relief items.
The emergency operation centres of NDMA and Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s SDMA were active round the clock for coordinating response operations in the affected areas.
Around 4,556 houses, 200 light traffic vehicles and 141 private and government buildings have been damaged during the earthquake.
According to NDMA official, after the 5.8 magnitude earthquake on September 24, the districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and district Jhelum faced heavy damage.
The authority’s National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) was activated after the quake to deal with the complaints and queries of victims for 24 hours, he added.
The NDMA had provided relief items to the earthquake survivors from its available stock of resources kept in the warehouses, he added.
It has been observed that the people had been registering complaints, whereas, the officers on duty were facilitating the masses.
According to the authority’s report on damages, in the situation due to the earthquake, as many as 39 persons died and 746 were injured.
Around 4,556 houses got damaged out of which 512 were severely damaged and 4,044 partially damaged houses, whereas the life and property losses were reported in Bhimber, Mirpur districts of AJK and damaged houses were reported in Jhelum district.
Around 141 private and government buildings were reported to be damaged in the incident out of which nine were damaged completely and 132 got partially damaged, 200 light traffic vehicles were smashed and 580 cattle perished, reports said.
On the directions of the NDMA chairman, eight field teams had been deployed in the earthquake affected areas to conduct on-ground damage need assessment and to undertake direct coordination with the relevant authorities.
It added that medical teams from PIMS consisting of nine doctors, three paramedics, three ambulances and 200 basic lifesaving medicines and surgical kits were deployed to Mirpur district and affected areas.
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