Benazir Income Support Programme disburses over Rs 24 billion among 992,206 flood affected families

ISLAMABAD, Sep 15 (SABAH): Benazir Income Support Programme has so far distributed Rs.24,805,150,000 among 992,206 flood affected families in a transparent manner across the country. An amount of Rs.25,000 per family is being provided to the flood affected families of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab under Flood Relief Cash Assistance.

In Balochistan 125,546 flood affected families have received Rs.3,138,650,000. 594,176 families have received Rs.14,854,400,000 in Sindh; 121,871 families have received Rs.3,046,775,000 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 150,613 families of Punjab have received Rs.3,765,325,000.

On Thursday, 13,145 flood affected families received cash assistance from different campsites established in flood hit areas of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. A control room has been established at Benazir Income Support Pogramme headquarters to ensure smooth payments.