DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Eighteen key roads have been reopened to all kinds of traffic after completion of restoration work on them, deputy commissioner Hameedullah Khattak said on Sunday.

`Thanks to coordinated efforts of different departments, three main roads and 15 access roads in various areas of the district have been restored, reconnecting the marooned localities with rest of the district, he told mediapersons.

Mr Khattak added that 12 out of 13 power feeders had been fixed, restoring power supply to the affected areas, saying Pesco officials had been directed to complete work on the remaining feeder. The deputy commissioner said inmates of 1,350 destroyed houses had been provided with tents and food items. He said 3,016 packages containing food and other relief items were distributed among the affected people of different villages.

Mr Khattak said the flood-stricken population was confronting multiple challenges, including health-related issues.

He said over 14,000 patients had been provided with treatment and medication at the 22 medical camps set up in different locations.

The DC said as per direction of the provincial government, Rs800,000 each had been paid to the heirs of the two persons killed in the floods. He said rehabilitation efforts in the flood-hit areas were in full swing.

Mr Khattak said as philanthropists and donor agencies were focusing on the calamity-hit people, his administration was ensuring improvement of roads.

He said the district administration with the help of Pakistan Army had airlifted several people, stranded in the flooded localities in remote areas of the district, to safety.-Correspondent