Army rescues over 2,000 people in Goth Faqeer, Sajawal

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Army has rescued over 2,000 flood-affected people at Goth Faqeer and Sajawal to safer places, said an ISPR press release on Operation Labbaik issued here on Monday. A Saudi team along with Army took part in rescue operation at Faqeer Goth. The Army provided cooked food to 57,000 people and distributed 53 tons of rations in Sindh so far. Army has dropped 15,000 kilograms ration through helicopters in flood-affected areas in the last 24 hours in Sindh. Army Engineers have plugged the breaches the Bund at Goth Faqeer at Tori in Sindh. Army Engineers are trying to make the roads in Thatta, Sajawal, and Badin functional. On Monday Army dispatched another 15 trucks of relief goods to Dera Murad Jamali. Army Engineers have launched a bridge at Bagh Deri in Malakand and opened it for traffic.

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