PESHAWAR:The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has launched a mobile application for survey of damaged houses in the flood-affected districts to ensure transparent relief compensation to the flood affectees.
In this regard, a high-level meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr. Shahzad Khan Bangash was held here on Wednesday.
The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary, relevant Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, representatives of Pak Army and NDMA and other concerned officials.
The meeting was apprised that mobile app for survey of affected houses has been prepared by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board for which master training is being imparted to concerned officials.
It was further informed that the survey of flood affected houses would be started from September 15. After the completion of the survey, compensation would be paid through Bank of Khyber.
As per Provincial Disaster Management Authority’s preliminary damage assessment report, a total of 91,456 houses have been damaged in the flood affected districts. Among which 37,523 houses have been completely damaged while 53,933 have been partially damaged.
The meeting was told that Rs 400,000 would be distributed for a completely destroyed house and Rs160,000 has been fixed for partial damage of a house during recent floods.
Chief Secretary directed deputy commissioners to review progress of survey on daily basis and complete it within the stipulated time. He stressed on fast track payment of compensation in a transparent manner.