Flood Response

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[Maula Jatt]

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Patwaris can't think things through...

Can they...

 

[Signalian]

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Time running out for families in Sindh​

Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, Dadu

Zahid Hussain says one of his friends drowned

People in southern Pakistan face yet more devastation after record floods blamed on climate change submerged a third of the country, killing more than 1,100 people.

A surge of water is now flowing down the Indus river, threatening communities in southern Sindh province.

Local officials say 1.2 million people have been displaced in Dadu district in Sindh, where hundreds of villages are submerged - and there is still more water coming.
Mudslides and flood waters are travelling down from the mountains towards villages in this district.

The military is evacuating the stranded by plane and many others by boat. Thousands more are still on the flood path and need to be moved - but there isn't much time.
An official who is part of the operations on the ground tells me they've been working in the region for a month now.

"More water is coming, we are starting to see it. There is too much need, not enough of us, but we are doing our best," he tells me before getting on a large boat.

It can take hours in the water, as the villages are far from each other.

In Khairpur Nathanshah, the military, aid workers and villagers are all racing to get people to dry land when we join them on a boat.

After some time in the water, we come across a village, where scores of people are standing outside their flooded homes.

Dozens climb aboard, but not everyone can be rescued on this trip and the boats will need to return. For one man, the uncertainty that help will return is unbearable.

"I left my family back at the village because I need to go and find food. But I don't know when the next boat will arrive and when I'll be able to return to them," says Perviz Ali, his voice trembling before he breaks down.

On our way back to dry land, we come across more people and stop to help them. The group of four men have been wading in the water for hours - three boats had gone past them in a rush to get to more villages. For one of them, it was too long a wait.

"Our friend Ghulam drowned just moments before you arrived, he slipped and he was swept away. We couldn't save him. He's gone," said one of them, Zahid Hussain.

I ask Mr Hussain what made him decide to leave.

"The water level was as high as my head in my house, I knew that if I didn't leave now, I will drown."

In another part of Dadu, on the roadside, families do not even have tents or any kind of shelter. For many, this has been going for weeks, living in the open with nothing.

"Our children are hungry, we're not getting any help. Why is no one doing anything? We've lost everything, why is no one helping?" says Rafiq, a mother of three children, all under six years old.

These families tell me that of course they are heartbroken about what has happened to them, but sadness is turning into anger that their situation is not changing. They feel helpless and frustrated with the authorities who drive pass them daily.

Not far from Rafiq, Shabana is cradling a one-month-old baby, born just before the floods arrive in her village. She is hungry, but so is her mother and she cannot breastfeed little Rizaaq.

"I have no milk to give. I have been living here for two weeks - nobody has even given anything. We struggle for food every day. No one has come to even bring milk for our babies. I am afraid for him," the woman says.

The roads on either side of this district are treacherous - they've been damaged by the floods, causing hours of queuing traffic.

Delivering aid here is going to be a mammoth task.

Shanty slums in low lying areas which are natural water storage areas. Not enough barricading of high flooding areas. No water drainage for monsoon rains which occurs every year.

Dams is just another story of politics long with reservoirs and water recycling.

City planners, nazims, ministers, all governing bodies are responsible for this fiasco. The political games of political parties are still not ending even in this crisis whose after-effects will damage the economy, employment rate, crime rate etc of the country.

 

[TsAr]

Shanty slums in low lying areas which are natural water storage areas. Not enough barricading of high flooding areas. No water drainage for monsoon rains which occurs every year.

Dams is just another story of politics long with reservoirs and water recycling.

City planners, nazims, ministers, all governing bodies are responsible for this fiasco. The political games of political parties are still not ending even in this crisis whose after-effects will damage the economy, employment rate, crime rate etc of the country.

very well summarized, this will happen again if concrete efforts are not made. People have made homes and started cultivating crops in water ways. Due to efforts of KP government there was less destruction in KP. Even Taunsa was saved due to flood band.

 

[Signalian]

very well summarized, this will happen again if concrete efforts are not made. People have made homes and started cultivating crops in water ways. Due to efforts of KP government there was less destruction in KP. Even Taunsa was saved due to flood band.

Monsoon rains will come again next year and year after that. One political party will blame other but unfortunately nothing will be done for public of Pakistan. Then Army and rescue services will jump in and finally foreign aid will start coming.

Money can get collected just like aid - where will it go ? How will it bring benefit to people in the longer run ?

Who will give livelihoods back to people ? New jobs for those amassing in bigger cities ?

 

[ghazi52]

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PAF CONDUCTS RELIEF OPERATIONS IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS OF KPK, SINDH, BALOCHISTAN AND SOUTH PUNJAB

02 September, 2022:
Keeping the tradition of serving the nation during natural calamities, Pakistan Air Force has come to the succour of flood affected families of KPK, Sindh, Balochistan and South Punjab. PAF Bases are actively participating in relief operations in Rojhan, Fazilpur, Thul, Rajanpur, Risalpur, Hayatabad, Talhar, Mirpur Khas, Saeedabad, Nawabshah, Uch, Umer Khoso, Alipur, Dodapur, Sukkur, Sehwan, Jamshoro, Qillla Abdullah and Nowshera Kallan.

 

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[ghazi52]

"Kacchi Plain",, Area West of Indus.
Around, Sibi, Sui and Jacobabad.
5 Sept 22
Balochistan, Sindh...

 

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[POPEYE-Sailor]

BABA Sain pareshan hai

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[TsAr]

Monsoon rains will come again next year and year after that. One political party will blame other but unfortunately nothing will be done for public of Pakistan. Then Army and rescue services will jump in and finally foreign aid will start coming.

Money can get collected just like aid - where will it go ? How will it bring benefit to people in the longer run ?

Who will give livelihoods back to people ? New jobs for those amassing in bigger cities ?

foreign aid is getting low, donor agencies are getting tired of us. There is only 1 political party that is PPP in sindh. Main work would start when the water will recede, but unfortunately it is still raining is some areas and water flow in Indus is still high. We are so unfortunate to let go of this water in the sea.

 

[Gripen9]

jokers.... have no idea what to do?

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[ghazi52]

Bahrain - Kalam Road..

Current Status of KKH & JSR is as under :- KKH Attabad Tunnels : two way blocked JSR Tungush Pari : one way open (efforts are in hand to open the road two way till evening In Sha Allah )

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