Relief to internally displaced persons

Promise Stalled

“Providing relief to war widows, internally displaced persons, people with disabilities and people with trauma in need of relief and shelter.”

As of 3 March, 3,146 victims of Cyclone Ditwah from 1,075 families were still living in 32 active safety centres. However, a far larger number of displaced people – 14,927 persons from 43,831 families – are staying with relatives or friends, or in other alternative locations outside formal shelters.
As of mid-February, the Government had distributed around Rs. 24,438.79 million in total relief to victims of Cyclone Ditwah. This included Rs. 10,674.08 million in house cleaning allowances of Rs. 25,000 paid to 426,963 families, reaching a completion rate of 98.37%, and Rs. 7,186.45 million in house restoration allowances of Rs. 50,000 paid to 144,377 families, covering 83.63% of targeted recipients. In addition, Rs. 2,389.07 million had been allocated to support 159,271 schoolchildren affected by the disaster. The Morning