Benazir Income Support Programme disburses Rs. 25,430,350,000 among 1,017,214 flood affected families

ISLAMABAD, Sep 19 (SABAH): 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 130,747 flood affected families have received Rs.3,268,675,000; 610,263 families have received Rs.15,256,575,000 in Sindh; 124,381 families have received Rs.3,109,525,000 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 151,823 families of Punjab have received Rs.3,795,575,000.

As of Monday Benazir Income Support Programme has so far disbursed Rs.25,430,350,000 among 1,017,214 flood affected families.

On Monday 2,231 flood affected families in Balochistan; 6,988 families in Sindh; 1,112 families in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 510 flood affected families in Punjab have received the financial assistance.

A total of 10,841 flood affected families have received financial assistance today from different campsites established in flood hit areas. A control room has been established at Benazir Income Support Pogramme headquarters to ensure smooth payments.