http://www.english.hadhramaut.info 1500 residential houses to be built for floods' victims [The Source: www.sabanews.net - 21/12/2008] The implementation of 1500 residential houses for victims of rain and floods in Hadramout province will be launched in the beginning of the next year, Hadramout governor said. In a statement to Saba, Hadramout governor Salem al-Khanbashi clarified that the 1000 houses will be implemented by the UAE Red Crescent to assist affected people by the flood disaster, 300 by the citizens of Hadramout and 200 by the Islamic Charity Society in the coast areas in the province. The governor praised the government's announcement recently to establish a reconstruction fund for areas affected by rains and floods in the provinces of Hadramout and al-Mahrah in eastern region He highlighted that, during the recent period, nearly 250 million Riyals have been distributed for the affected families in the areas of Hadramout at the directives of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in this regard.