SHANGLA: The funeral prayers of eight children, died in a landslide in Martung area of district Shangla were offered on Friday while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced financial assistance worth Rs1 million each for the families of deceased children.
A large number of people from political, social and other segments of society participated in the funeral prayer.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced financial assistance worth Rs 1 million each for the families of eight children who were buried alive in a landslide in the Martung tehsil of Shangla.
However, the people in the area are depressed after the tragic accident where eight children were buried.
It was certainly a big tragedy struck as the kids were playing cricket in a local ground when they were buried alive by the landslide.
It is worth mentioning here that in the devastating incident, eight children lost their lives in a landslide near a cricket ground in the mountainous Shangla district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday last.
The local residents initially started the rescue operation, but for two hours, there was no sign of official assistance.
Eventually, the Rescue 1122 teams arrived at the difficult-to-access area and commenced the rescue efforts by recovering the victims trapped.
The district had experienced heavy rainfall throughout the night, and the possibility of landslides was apparent in certain areas.
Tragically, the children overlooked the risks associated with the weather conditions.
In response to such monsoon-related disasters, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), working in conjunction with the relief, rehabilitation, and settlement department, is developing a monsoon contingency plan for 2023.
PM announces assistance of Rs 1m each for kids’ families
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced financial assistance worth Rs 1 million each for the families of eight children who were buried alive in a landslide in the Martung tehsil of Shangla.
The ones who sustained injuries in the incident would also be provided with financial support from the prime minister, according to a PM Office statement.
The prime minister announced the financial assistance at the request of his Advisor and President of Pakistan Muslim League-N’s KP chapter Engineer Amir Muqam who had written a letter to him appealing for support to families of the deceased and the injured people.
Prime Minister Shehbaz also instructed Amir Muqam to personally visit the families and condole with them.
“We share the grief of the victim families,” the prime minister said in his message to them.
