SIALKOT:Metropolitan Corporation Sialkot and Social Welfare Department under the supervision of district administration have set up seven relief camps in various areas of the city for Turkiye earthquake victims.
In a video link conference here on Sunday, Deputy Commissioner Adnan Mehmood Awan said that Metropolitan Corporation had set up relief camps at Kutchery Chowk, Kashmir Road, Circular Road and Hajipura Road where officers and Rescue-1122 would collect donations from citizens.
He said that relief camps had been set up by the Social Welfare Department at Allama Chowk, Alam Chowk near Sardar Begum Hospital and Civil Chowk Daska while other NGOs were also cooperating in this regard.
He said the government had established a relief account in the National Bank to help the earthquake victims, while relief camps had also been set up at four places including the Deputy Commissioner’s office.
Citizens can donate blankets, food, medicines and other relief items along with donations. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Revenue Muhammed Iqbal, Additional Deputy Commissioner General (ADCG) Shahid Abbas, representative PDMA Kevan Hassan were also present on the occasion.