Published on: September 1, 2025 2:37 AM
Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif reached flood relief camp set up in DPS Kasur for flood-affected women. She interacted with them to inquire about their problems. She also visited patients in the temporary hospital to inquire about their well-being, and consoled them.
She was briefed by the authorities concerned that rescue teams immediately responded to their call, pulled them out of the flood-affected area and shifted them to the relief camp. A woman in the camp expressed her gratitude by saying, “Many thanks to Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, she pulled us out of the flood and brought us here.”
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif expressed her affection for children residing in the camp by making them sit in her lap and loving them. She also interacted with the children in a classroom in a cheerful mood, and gave them prizes for writing their names on the whiteboard.
She was briefed about the flood relief camp by the relevant authorities. They briefed that 29 villages in Kasur district were affected due to floods. 18300 residents were evacuated and 36129 were rescued in Kasur district.
Livestock were also shifted to secure places safely. Kasur relief camp includes victims from Dhup Sari, Mboke, Ola Nagar, Aiman Pura, Mai Wala, Fati Wala and other areas. District administration removed victims out of the flood-affected areas in boats and shifted them to the relief camp in vehicles. 60 families and 312 people are residing in the relief camp, where excellent food arrangements have been made. Education also continues here for the children of flood-affected families residing in relief camps. Opportunities for play, a vast playground for small children, three doctors and medical staff are available round the clock for flood victims. 170 people benefit from treatment facilities in flood relief medical camp.
Separately, Maryam Nawaz Sharif visited Talwar Post in the border area during heavy rains to visit the newly-established relief camp in Sheikh Pura area of Kasur. She welcomed the affected families who came here by boat from the flood-hit area of Gatti Kalingar.
She picked up an innocent child and handed him over to his mother. She also inquired about the well-being of all women who came by rescue boat, and consoled them all. Two rafts (big boats) filled with cattle arrived there in the presence of Chief Minister. These rafts rescued 55 cattle and a farmer’s family from the affected village. The flood-hit family was shifted on the raft along with a tractor, a motorcycle rickshaw and other equipment.
Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif witnessed a demonstration of thermal drone surveillance during her visit to Talwar Post. She also operated a thermal drone and watched its video. Madam Chief Minister visited a flood relief camp in Sheikh Pura, and reviewed police, rescue and civil defense camps. She appreciated and congratulated Rescue 1122, police, PDMA and others.
