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Govt taking steps for resettlement of TDPs

ISLAMABAD, (APP): Federal Government alongwith the
international donors taking various steps for the resettlement of
Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) as soon as possible.
An official source told APP here on Saturday, Ministry of
States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) and Federally Administrated
Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat is working for the early
resettlement and providing the relief to the TDPs.
To a question he said that recently Australian Government has
announced a contribution of AUD $ 3 million to the United Nations
World Food Programme (WFP) to cover the costs of milling,
fortification, transportation and distribution of 8,126 metric tons
of wheat donated by the Government of Pakistan.
The wheat will be provided to 102,000 Temporarily Displaced
Persons (TDPs) and returnees in the FATA.