Peshawar – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Syed Fakhar Jehan, visited flood-ravaged parts of Chagharzai tehsil in Buner district on Monday, pledging full government support for relief and rehabilitation. He was accompanied by PTI Chairman and MNA Barrister Gohar Ali Khan.
The minister toured some of the worst-hit areas, including Gumbad, Batara and Ganshal, where he met local elders and families who lost relatives in the disaster. He offered condolences and prayers for the victims, assuring residents that the provincial government “will not leave them alone until they are fully rehabilitated.”
Jehan directed district authorities to accelerate relief operations, maintain the supply of essential goods, and speed up restoration of roads and electricity. Heavy machinery has already been deployed to clear debris, he added.
The provincial government has announced a compensation package: Rs2 million for each family of those who died, Rs500,000 for the injured, and financial support for rebuilding completely destroyed homes.
The minister also noted that Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur had personally visited Buner to review the situation, instructing officials to “leave no stone unturned” in ensuring timely relief.
Health Department Expands Emergency Response
Alongside rescue and rehabilitation efforts, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department has scaled up medical services in flood-hit districts. Acting on the directives of Health Advisor Ihtesham Ali, emergency teams from Khyber Teaching Hospital and Bacha Khan Medical Complex have set up field camps, while additional supplies have been dispatched from Hayatabad Medical Complex and Lady Reading Hospital.
International partners—including WHO, UNICEF and the International Medical Corps—are supporting the effort. Medicines worth over Rs2 million have been handed over to provincial authorities to strengthen the response.
So far, the department has set up 289 medical camps across affected districts. In just the last 24 hours, 442 new cases of infectious diseases were reported, bringing the total to 822. Most common are diarrhoea, skin infections, and eye diseases, often linked to unsafe water and poor sanitation after the floods.
Health officials report 334 deaths and 329 injuries from the floods overall, though no fatalities so far have been tied directly to infectious diseases. However, the destruction of 46 health facilities—42 partially damaged and 4 completely destroyed—has added pressure to the system.
Advisor Ihtesham Ali said disease surveillance has been activated under the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response System (IDSRS), with alerts issued across all districts. “We are monitoring the situation round the clock from the control room,” he told reporters, emphasizing the need for vigilance against outbreaks.
