Key points
- Relief goods airlifted
- Victims moved to safer areas
- Engineer Corps clearing debris
- Army doctors treat flood victims
ISLAMABAD: The flood relief operation by the Pakistan Army in Buner, Swat, Shangla, and Bajaur continues for the fourth consecutive day on Monday despite heavy rains.
Ration and other relief goods are being distributed among flood victims through the Pakistan Army’s helicopters, while people are also being shifted to safer places, according to Radio Pakistan.
The contingents of the Pakistan Army Engineers Corps are engaged in opening roads and removing the debris.
The Urban Search and Rescue teams of the Corps of Engineers are also busy retrieving the injured and bodies from the rubble.
Providing medical treatment
The doctors of the Pakistan Army are providing medical treatment to the patients free of cost in the medical camps that have been set up in the affected areas.
Pakistan Army troops are also engaged in relief operations in flood and landslide-affected districts of Gilgit-Baltistan.
The Army Engineer Corps and FWO are busy opening roads that were blocked due to landslides.
The Islamabad-Gilgit Highway via Babusar Top has been reopened, while Hunza Road, which heads towards Estiqwar and China, Deosai Road, and Jaglot-Skardu Road, except Estiq Bridge, have also been reopened for traffic.
