Chief Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam(JUI-F) Maulana Fazl Rehman has described the current flooding as unprecedented and urged leaders of all political parties to avoid politics on it and focus on assistance of flood victims and rebuilding damaged infrastructure.
“The country faced unprecedented floods which left villages inundated, crops and infrastructure destroyed and a number of people killed, so it is a time to avoid politics, rather we should help flood-stricken people and focus on reconstruction of damaged roads and bridges etc to enable the displaced families to start living back in their respective areas amid all basic facilities in a dignified manner,” the JUI-F chief said while talking to a representative delegation of Chamber of Agriculture, led by Haji Abdul Rashid Dhap here on Tuesday.
The delegation apprised the minister of breaches and damages caused to Chashma Right Bank Canal (CRBC) by the devastating floods, saying if these damages were not repaired timely, it would cause severe damage to the agricultural land and result in a wheat and sugar crisis in the entire province.
Maulana Fazl Rehman said he had informed the district administration and CRBC officials to assess damages and make estimates so that repair work could be timely initiated.
He said his party’s workers were actively busy in relief and assistance work in flood-affected areas and other political parties should also follow the suit by focusing on relief and rehabilitation activities instead of doing politics on the natural calamity of the flood, he added.
