RIYADH: The King Salman Relief Campaign for the Pakistani People announced it has accomplished the first phase of construction projects to build 2,600 homes out of a total of 5,000 residential structures the campaign is building in areas affected by the 2010 floods that swept across Pakistan.
The regional director of the campaign, Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Ottoman, said on Monday in a press release that the campaign carried out the first phase of the project in 13 provinces including Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said every house has two bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom and is designed in accordance with the established customs and traditions in each province at a total cost of SR44,916,300.
He said that work is currently progressing to implement the second phase, which involves building 2,400 houses in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan and Gilgit-Baltistan. The houses will be delivered to the eligible residents when completed under the supervision of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Naif, deputy prime minister and minister of interior, who is the general supervisor of the committees and charitable campaigns.
Pakistan experienced the worst flooding in its history, which caused an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in terms of the size and the area of devastation, with some 20 million people becoming homeless. Floods destroyed infrastructure, schools and hospitals, and the people lost their livestock, homes and farms. Water wells also became contaminated.
Ottoman said the campaign carried out urgent relief, and provided more than 2,000 trucks loaded with food and necessities to the most affected areas. He pointed out that after the relief phase was completed, there were so many affected people living out in the open, in tents and huts, that the campaign decided to build 5,000 houses in the cities and provinces most affected by the flood.
The regional director of the campaign, Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Ottoman, said on Monday in a press release that the campaign carried out the first phase of the project in 13 provinces including Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said every house has two bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom and is designed in accordance with the established customs and traditions in each province at a total cost of SR44,916,300.
He said that work is currently progressing to implement the second phase, which involves building 2,400 houses in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan and Gilgit-Baltistan. The houses will be delivered to the eligible residents when completed under the supervision of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Naif, deputy prime minister and minister of interior, who is the general supervisor of the committees and charitable campaigns.
Pakistan experienced the worst flooding in its history, which caused an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in terms of the size and the area of devastation, with some 20 million people becoming homeless. Floods destroyed infrastructure, schools and hospitals, and the people lost their livestock, homes and farms. Water wells also became contaminated.
Ottoman said the campaign carried out urgent relief, and provided more than 2,000 trucks loaded with food and necessities to the most affected areas. He pointed out that after the relief phase was completed, there were so many affected people living out in the open, in tents and huts, that the campaign decided to build 5,000 houses in the cities and provinces most affected by the flood.
