ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is to dispatch the first consignment of 80 tonnes of emergency relief assistance to Nepal on Monday, following Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s pledge last week to support the Himalayan country after catastrophic floods and landslides killed hundreds and left many more missing.
The relief consignment includes tents, medicines, blankets, food items and other essential supplies to be distributed among flood-affected communities and support ongoing rescue and relief operations.
Pakistan’s assistance comes as Nepal continues rescue operations following devastating flash floods and landslides, with authorities remaining alert to the threat of further flooding.
Pakistan Stands With Nepal
Earlier last week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan was dispatching emergency relief assistance to Nepal after speaking by telephone with his Nepali counterpart, Balendra Shah.
Rescue teams were searching for survivors as authorities remained on alert for further flooding from a newly formed lake following a glacier collapse that triggered Wednesday’s disaster.
The latest aid shipment is part of Pakistan’s continued humanitarian support for Nepal as the country responds to the large-scale destruction caused by the floods and landslides.
Devastating floods near the border with China have killed at least 903 people in Nepal, while the number of missing in the country has soared to 4,247, its disaster authority said Monday, as rescue efforts entered a sixth day.
Chinese state media earlier confirmed 16 dead and 546 people missing following Wednesday’s disaster, taking the overall toll to 919 dead and 4,793 missing.
Nepal’s list of the missing includes 592 foreigners.
It also includes 933 workers on hydropower projects along the river which the torrent crashed through, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.
