Benazir Income Support Programme has so far disbursed over 46 billion rupees among 1,861,836 flood affected families

ISLAMABAD, Sep 26 (SABAH): An amount of Rs 25,000 per family is being distributed through Benazir Income Support Programme to the flood affected families of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan.

So far a total of Rs 46,545,900,000 has been disbursed among 1,861,836 flood affected families under Flood Relief Cash Assistance across the country. In Balochistan 150,568 flood affected families have received Rs 3,764,200,000. 1,321,300 affected families of Sindh have received Rs.33,032,500,000.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 183,628 families have received Rs. 4,590,700,000 whereas 206,033 families of Punjab have received Rs.5,150,825,000. In Gilgit Baltistan 307 flood affected families have also received Rs. 7,675,000.

On Monday, a total of 142,171 flood affected families have received financial assistance from different campsites established in flood hit areas. A control room has been established at Benazir Income Support Pogramme headquarters to ensure smooth payments.