Relief activities in full swing: ISPR
DM Monitoring

ISLAMABAD—Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan has said that relief activities are progressing day by day in quake-ravaged areas of Kashmir.
“Relief work is in full swing in quake affected areas and Pakistan Army has got access to more areas”, Sultan told private TV channel here on Sunday.
He noted that work was also underway for wiping out rubble from roads in quake hit areas.
Road ply up to Chanari in Jhelum Valley will be opened today (Saturday), he added.
DG ISPR said that road in Leepa Valley has also been cleared while Chakoti road to be opened within coming few days.
Army Jawans are busy in removing the debris from Chakoti road, he maintained.
Sultan observed that work for clearing roads in Kafar Khan range and in Neelum Valley is also going on.
He said that foods would be provided in quake-stricken areas through Chinook helicopters.
He noted more helicopters are coming from foreign countries to participate in relief activities.
We will try to reach distant quake-hit areas in coming four weeks, DG ISPR said.
He said that matter of the evacuation of earthquake survivors from Alai transformed political situation.
Sultan went on to say that there is no possibility of volcano in Alai.
However, tent-houses are being set up in Alai so that people could live in Valley rather than on height, he said.
International donors continued to fly in emergency relief assistance for quake victims and more aircrafts landed at the Chaklala Airbase carrying relief goods on Sunday.
A five cargo aircrafts carrying relief goods from NATO reached here for the affected people of NWFP and AJK.
Besides relief goods, the NATO has also sent one field hospital, medical equipment and medicines for providing better medical treatment to the victims of quake-hit areas.
Meanwhile, a cargo aircraft from Germany carrying ambulances and medicines also reached here at Chaklala Airbase. These ambulances and medicines will be sent to the quake affected areas.
A 41-member Chinese medical team along with medical equipment and doctors and para-medical staff from Malaysian already reached Pakistan and started providing medical assistance to the quake victims.
China will send more medical teams to Pakistan for the assistance of those who affected with the severe earthquake. China has also decided to send experts team who will assist Pakistani concerned officials for making plan regarding any expected earthquake.
Several other countries including United States set up field hospitals in the affected areas for providing medical assistance to the people of quake-hit areas.
According to concerned officials, more aircrafts carrying relief goods for the affected people will reach here on Monday.