Heirs of earthquake victims compensated, says NDMA

ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has so far paid compensation to the heirs of 223 people who died in the earthquake as well as 472 who sustained injuries, said the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
According to an NDMA press release, Punjab has been provided compensation for the heirs of the five people who died, Gilgit-Baltistan for the heirs of 14 dead and 17 injured, FATA for the heirs of 28 dead and 143 injured while Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has been provided compensation for the heirs of the two people who had died.
Likewise, compensation for the damaged houses in the earthquake-hit area has also been initiated. The owners of 68,411 damaged houses have so far been paid compensation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the owners of 20 damaged houses have been compensated in FATA, 20 damaged houses compensated in Gilgit Baltistan and two damaged houses in Punjab for rebuilding the damaged infrastructure.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), in collaboration with all the stakeholders, the Pakistan Armed Forces and the Provincial Disaster Management Authorities, has so far distributed 47,054 tents, 80,088 blankets, 12,094 plastic mats, 968.98 tons of food packs, 22,000 tarpaulins, 14 tons bottled water, 49 water filter plants, 12 generator sets and 27 tons of medicines as part of national relief efforts for the earthquake-hit people.