LAHORE/ DG KHAN: On the directives of Punjab Inspector General of Police Faisal Shahkar, different teams of Punjab Police continued relief operation at brisk pace in flood-affected areas of DG Khan and Rajanpur. The plice continued shifting of people and their belonging to safer places.
According to a spokesperson for the Punjab Police, during the past 24 hours, police shifted 1,380 people stranded in the floodwater to safe places, while 605 cattle of local citizens were also taken to safer places.
The spokesperson informed that a total of more than 1,200 police personnel are engaged in relief activities, who are working day and night to help the flood victims along with the district administration and other rescue departments.
He said that in the flood-affected areas of Dera Ghazi Khan region, police have distributed relief goods and food packets to the flood victims. The relief goods included ration, milk, juice, biscuits and other staple food items.
On the orders of Punjab IG Police, the DG Khan RPO and DPO personally supervised the relief operation in the field to help the people in flood-affected areas. RPO Muhammad Saleem participated in rescue operation in the affected areas of Rajanpur.
Speaking in the occasion, the RPO said that police have distributed relief goods to the flood victims from their own resources, adding that all SHOs have been delivering relief goods to the flood victims under personal supervision. The DG Khan RPO further informed that the police have prioritized protection life and property along with rescue operations while evacuation of people from the flood-affected sped up.
He said that the police personnel have been shifting citizens, cattle and their belongings of the people from flood water, adding that all facilities and security have been provided to the flood victims in the relief camps.
