Benazir Income Support Programme so far disburses Rs. 25,624,425,000 among 1,024,977 flood affected families

ISLAMABAD, Sep 20 (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 132,410 flood affected families have received Rs.3,310,250,000; 615,339 families have received Rs.15,383,475,000 in Sindh; 125,075 families have received Rs.3,126,875,000 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 152,153 families of Punjab have received Rs.3,803,825,000.

As of Tuesday evening Benazir Income Support Programme has so far disbursed Rs.25,624,425,000 among 1,024,977 flood affected families.

On Tuesday 1,562 flood affected families in Balochistan; 4,743 families in Sindh; 705 families in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 415 flood affected families in Punjab have received the financial assistance.

A total of 7,425 flood affected families have received financial assistance on Tuesday from different campsites established in flood hit areas. A control room has been established at Benazir Income Support Pogramme headquarters to ensure smooth payments.