Cash disbursement to flood-hits will take 3 months: Bashir bilour

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Senior Minister, Bashir Ahmed Bilour Monday said the process of disbursement of funds among the people affected by floods will be completed within the next three months.

Speaking at KP Assembly, Bilour said 230,000 houses were washed away by the floods in which, he pointed out, 1065 people were killed. Now the provinces needs Rs4.5 billion for their reconstruction, he added.

Initially, the Federation and the province have issued Rs1 billion each and that the process of giving away the cash to the affectees will be completed within the next three months.

He said strict notice will be taken against the irregularities in the distribution of relief goods.

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