Monday, February 13, 2012
Kabul (BNA) Mohammad Karim Khalili Second vice-president chaired a meeting of the national disaster committee.
The meeting is held for evaluating measures of the members of the committee for the affected families due to the snow falls in Kabul and provinces and the participants presented reports to the meeting according to the general head of the national committee for disaster preparedness during the recent snowfalls, in Badakhshan, Ghor, Bamyan, Daikundi, Takhar and for the displaced people in Kabul assistance in terms of cash money and for families in Badakhshan food and non-food items were distributed.
As regards the displaced families in Kabul the ministry of public health assured that mobile health teams are addressing the problems of the displaced families in Kabul.
The minister of agriculture and irrigation informed the committee meeting of addressing the needs of the affected in 14 provinces during the current year drought and added that distribution of aid is being continued.
The Kabul Municipality said that it has the readiness for cleaning of the general roads and preventing the traffic jams and its personnel is ready for solving any problems.
The meeting decided the following in order to address the problems of the affected people in different parts of the country.
1- Necessary aid should be provided to the displaced people due to recent snowfalls.
2- The ministry of rehabilitation and rural development is obligated to provide potable water by tankers to over 245 villages in Bamyan and the ministry should prepare plans for opening of the highways through contractors.
3- The ministry of energy and water was instructed that by utilizing of gabions and other materials take necessary measures for preventing the damages due to water rise on the Ammo River in Qarqeen district.
4- The ministry of public health was obligated to address the medical need of the affected provinces.
5- The members of the committee at the center and provinces should adopt necessary preparedness for probable spring water rise and the Kabul Municipality should be prepared to undertake measures for water rise in Kabul River.
