Almotamar.net - Official sources said Monday that directives issued by ranking authorities in the capital mayoralty and all governorates of Yemen for collecting donations in kind of tents , blankets , food stuffs and medicines and to send them to the affected areas in the governorates of Hadramout and Mahara in the eastern part of the country.
In this context the supervising committee assigned with following up efforts of rescue and relief in the areas damaged by the disaster of rains and torrents chaired by deputy prime minister for interior affairs Sadeq Amin Abu Ras formed a number of field work teams and basic committees s so that to double efforts for rescuing the citizens and offer relief to those affected by the rainfall and torrents.
It is scheduled that the field work teams and the committees would undertake the tasks of checking damage in the districts of the Valley and the desert in Hadramout and opens all the roads connecting the districts with the rest of neighbouring governorates and themselves,
The latest statistics point out the death of 64 persons in Hadramout province and the destroyed houses 1200 and 10000 persons became homeless in addition to sweeping of agricultural lands completely, and the extinct of large number of cattle.
In 2007 the opposition Yemen Congregation for Reform (Islah) Islamic oriented Party maintained its having political and media sway over the Joint meeting Parties (JMP) block, also consisting of Yemen Socialist Party and the Nasserite Unionist Organisation.
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