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Rs 15956m compensation paid among quake affectees: ISPRRAWALPINDI Dec 23 : A compensation of rupees 15956 million has so far been paid in earthquake hit areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP to as many as 24516 seriously injured persons, 431916 owners of damaged houses and 46219 next of kins, ISPR said on Friday.
Statistics compiled by ISPR reveals that rupees 8652 million have been paid in Azad Kashmir and 7303 million were paid to affected people in NWFP.
Despite severe cold weather in the mountainous terrain the Army troops are round the clock busy in providing relief to the affected people. Army doctors and paramedics are busy in treating the sick and wounded while Army Engineers are working their day in and day out in repair of damaged bridges, construction of roads, clearance of land slides and more over construction of shelters for those who lost their abodes in 8th October earthquake.
Troops of Army engineers have been able to construct 77000 shelters using corrugated sheets in the earthquake hit areas while another 11000 are under construction. 56000 shelters have been constructed in the affected areas of Azad Kashmir and 21000 in NWFP. Similarly locals have also constructed 40000 shelters on self help basis and with the assistance of NGOs in these areas.
Pakistan Army Engineers have cleared almost 95% roads in all the affected areas while 75% water supply schemes and 70% electricity have also been restored in these areas which were badly damaged due to earthquake.
Army Engineers also launched a Bailey Bridge on River Kunhar. A 180 feet long and 13 feet wide bridge was launched in a record time of 22 days. The bridge connects road Mansehra-Naran and will also function as by pass route to Balakot city.
A host of medical teams comprising doctors and para medics both from Pakistan and abroad are still there in the field and providing medical treatment to the needy people. Foreign Medical teams have established 44 field hospitals and besides that 45 medical teams are also busy in the field to provide necessary medical treatment to the locals of Azad Kashmir and NWFP in earthquake affected areas.
Beside provision of medical treatment mental health relief units have also been established in Muzaffarbabd, Bagh and Rawlakot. Army psychiatrists are making all out efforts to provide necessary counseling and psychological care to the people who went through some hard experience of their life during this earthquake so as to help them to return back to normal life.
Similarly an extensive immunization campaign was also launched by Army medical teams in collaboration with Ministry of Health and WHO. In Forward Treatment Centre Muzaffarbad, Bagh, Rehra and Combined Military Hospital Muzaffarbad 9672 persons were administered TT vaccination, 138 ATG vaccination, 7269 measles vaccination,532 Hepatits A, 235 for meningitis.
Under EPI vaccination programme Army Medical Teams in collaboration with WHO, Ministry of Health has administered vaccination to 758370 people in Azad Kashmir. In NWFP more that 50000 were administered TT, Measles, OP, DPT, VITA (Blue) and VIT (Red) vaccination under EPI programme.