There are fears of more flood waters in Sindh as the river Indus continues to flow rapidly, inundating some areas of Dadu district. On the o...
There are fears of more flood waters in Sindh as the river Indus continues to flow rapidly, inundating some areas of Dadu district.
On the other hand, Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman says that the flood caused by the monster monsoon has flooded the country and especially Sindh has destroyed 45% of the crops, costing about 10 billion dollars, according to Dawn newspaper report. Has been damaged.
According to the Federal Minister's estimate, about 70 percent of the country's districts are under water, one-third of Pakistan as a whole or an area equal to the total area of Great Britain.
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According to official data, the number of districts affected by catastrophic floods is 110, including 34 in Balochistan, 33 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 16 in Sindh, while districts in Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir are included.
The town of Khairpur Nathan Shah in Dadu district has been submerged in water, while the residents of Juhi and Mehar are struggling to protect their towns.
50,000 citizens of Juhi and 10,000 flood victims who came here from various flooded villages are in danger while the water level near the protective embankments in Juhi city is continuously rising.
Tariq Rand, a resident of Johi, told Dawn that 600 villages in Dadu district have been submerged, many people are still stranded due to lack of boats while they are also facing shortage of food and water.
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To reduce the pressure on the embankments of Juhi and Dadu cities, the Irrigation Department has created a 1000 feet wide crack in the MNV drain near Manchhar Lake.
Men, women and children are engaged day and night in making new barriers and strengthening the existing embankments with the help of sacks filled with sand, stones and other materials.
The death toll has reached 1,191
One-third of the country has been submerged in water due to floods caused by abnormal, worst monsoon rains and melting glaciers, while at least 1,191 people, including 399 children, have died since June 14. 21 deaths have been reported in 24 hours.
The Meteorological Department has predicted more rains and floods this month, with the country likely to experience above normal rainfall during September as a whole.
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According to the Pakistan Army, it has rescued around 50,000 people, out of which 1,000 people were transported to safer places using airplanes and helicopters.
Sindh government spokesman Murtaza Wahab told the foreign news agency Reuters that we are ready and on high alert as water relays from northern areas are expected to enter the province in the next few days.
He said that water is expected to flow into the Indus River at a speed of about 6 lakh cubic feet per second, which will test our flood control system.
Water 10 feet deep
In Khairpur Nathan Shah, the water level rose up to 10 feet, rendering thousands of families homeless, according to Hafiz Amin Jamali, president of the local Citizens Action Committee, who are scrambling for food.
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Mehar has also been cut off from other areas due to the inundation of the Indus Highway while the citizens are busy raising embankments to protect the city.
45% crops were destroyed.
The federal government says that the monsoon floods have destroyed 45 percent of the country's crops, including Sindh, and caused a loss of 10 billion dollars.
Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman presented these figures at the joint summit meeting of his ministry and UNICEF in Islamabad and informed about the dangers faced by the country due to climate change.
He said that Sindh is an important province contributing to the country's food requirements and 45 percent of its area has been submerged due to severe floods, which will face economic problems in the future.
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He said that no such environmental and human crisis has occurred before, we should consider this flood as the biggest meteorological event of the decade when 70 percent of Pakistan's districts are under water due to environmental disaster.
He said that these climatic and environmental disasters are due to the actions and achievements of human beings and this disaster will not end by itself.
Sherry Rehman said that our folk tales and songs are related to the monsoon season, in the past the monsoon season consisted of two to three spells, while the recent season has turned out to be a monster monsoon in which we have experienced devastating and deadly floods. saw
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