Massive floods across Pakistan | Thousands Killed

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[SekrutYakhni]

Although many precious lives have been lost over few days, we had a great opportunity to store some water.

Seasonal Dams
Seasonal dams are temporary structures that can be erected to store water for immediate or later diversion, or removed to allow flows and (in most cases) fish to pass. Inflatable dams and flashboard dams (also known as stop log dams) are the most common types of seasonal dams. When in operation, both types of dams raise the river level allowing water to be diverted through a channel or pipe.

What if we had several small to medium size seasonal dams, lakes etc and all the flood water coming out of the dams etc could be stored in some place. Isn't it a good idea?

 

[Hyde]

 

[Bang Galore]

Without downplaying the loss of lives due to these floods, its kind of sad that for about 3-4 months the complaint is of too much water & for the remainder of the year of there being not enough water. A country complaining of water scarcity cannot really afford to be so complacent in its water management as to allow such a lot of water to simply wash into the sea. I'm with saad445566 here in thinking that the authorities must come up with some way of managing atleast some of this water to tide over the lean months. 3 months of blaming God & 9 months of blaming India is not a substitute for a thoughtful water policy.

 

[nahiaali33]

Due to heavey monsoon rains in Pakistna, about half of the Pakistan is under flood. Millions

of people need help. They have no food and shelter. Please create awareness and try to help

these needy people. You can give your suggestions to us at info@forumpakistan.com , your

little help can save a life.


A message from Pakistani Forum Desi Forums Pakistan Gupshup Lollywood movies Online TV Dramas Films Songs , we request all the charity organization in the

world to come in Pakistan and help in this hour of need.

Thanks.

 

[Xeric]

PTV News Website-National

Rescue and relief operation is in full swing in the flood-hit areas, as the death toll from torrential rains and flash floods has risen to 800 in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa only.

Addressing a news conference in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa information minister said 800 people have so far been killed in torrential rains and floods in different parts of the province. He said 90 roads in the province have been damaged while 58 roads are closed for traffic. Torrential rains and flash floods have badly hit Nowshera, Charsadda, Malakand, Kohistan, Shangla and suburbs of Peshawar. Nowshera faced the worst-ever floods of its history, where large swathe of areas were flooded in Pir Sibaq, Nowshera Kalan, Nowshera Cantt, Muhib Banda and other areas. Although, water has started receding, the situation is some areas is still critical. One million people were affected in Nowshera alone while three hundred thousand people are reported to have become homeless. Scores of bodies have been recovered while 360 injured person have been brought to Charsada district headquarter hospital. Official sources have confirmed that 50 persons have been killed in swat while independent sources claim the mark could be up to 100. Thirty-two small and eight major bridges in the district have collapse.

In Shangla, 60 people have died while 40 bodies have been recovered. Four hundred villages in DI Khan have been hit by flood where 15 people were killed and 50 injured. Nine persons are missing. Large scale rescue operation is underway in the flood-hit areas. To shift the stranded people to safer places. More than 20 helicopters of Pakistan army and hundred boats have been engaged in the rescue work in Nowshera, Charsadda, Peshawar and other areas. More than fourteen thousand people have so far been rescued while thousands are still trapped. Three platoons of Pakistan marines and two platoons of naval commandos are also taking part in the operation. In-charge rescue operation S.S.Command Jawad of Pakistan navy told PTV News that up to 500 people has so far been rescued. According to provincial disaster management authority, the KP government has set up relief camps in different schools, where the displaced persons are being provided food and other facilities. Nowshera-Peshawar, Nowshera-Mardan, Nowshera-Charsadda and Charsadda-Peshawar rods have been inundated and the traffic suspended. Traffic has also been blocked on Peshawar- Islamabad motorway as a bridge over river Jindi has been severely damaged. Work on seven kilometers area of the Karakuram Highway between Pattan and Bisham has been started to open it for the traffic. According to an official of frontier works organization temporary bridges on the highways are also being constructed. He said efforts are being made to open KKH for light traffic within the next five days. According to flood warning centre Peshawar, river Swat at Munda Headworks is in extreme flood and Kabul river at Warsak is in high flood. Flow of water in both river swat and river Kabul is gradually decreasing.

River Indus at Khairabad Attock is in extreme flood with about nine hundred fifty-eight thousand cusec water discharge. President Asif Ali Zardari today instructed interior Minister Rehman Malik to visit Kaghan and Naran areas of Hazara division of Khyber Pukhunthwa to review flood situation and relief efforts. Interior minister along with Chairman NDMA, Lt. Gen. Nadeem Ahmed reached Naran where a lot of tourists and local people have been trapped due to heavy flood. The president said that all available resources would be utilized to evacuate the stranded people to safer places and help them in this critical hour. He said that all the federal agencies would help the provincial government in tackling the flood situation.

 

[True_Pakistan_Zindabad]

People should donate items and money to relief organizations, we should also have an active section of members who are active and vocal participants in their community, people who take good ideas from here and implement them in Pakistan.

 

[Xeric]

DAWN.COM | Local | Sindh wants army called in as flood threat looms

Sindh wants army called in as flood threat looms

By Habib Khan Ghori
Saturday, 31 Jul, 2010

KARACHI: The Sindh government has sought an immediate deployment of the army to help deal with the situation arising out of the passage of what is being described as a ‘super flood’ in the Indus river through the Guddu and Sukkur barrages and the irrigation network in a couple of days.

An emergency meeting of the Sindh cabinet has also been summoned for Saturday evening to discuss the looming threat and finalise measures to counter it.

The decision to seek assistance from the armed forces was taken at a high-level meeting held on Friday at the CM’s House under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah. Several ministers and the secretaries concerned attended the meeting.

The meeting reviewed the current situation vis-à-vis the Indus and its vast irrigation network and a likely impact of the ‘super flood’. It was officially announced that floodwaters were expected to enter the Sindh territory sometime between Aug 2 and 3.

According to sources, a formal request was sent to the Corps V commander for necessary measures like arrangements for lifeboats and deployment of army personnel to help the local civil administrations in carrying out relief and rescue operations.

Irrigation Secretary Shuja Junejo is said to have informed the meeting that over 1,100,000 cusecs would pass through the barrages after entering the Indus from the Soan river and the Haro river.

He said that a similar situation had come about in 1995 when a ‘super flood’ passed through the Indus. The maximum water flow at that time was recorded at 1,086,000 cusecs.

According to him, there are 148 vulnerable points where 24-hour vigilance has been ordered. He said prompt alert in case of soil erosion or breach would help the government carry out plugging work and avert loss of life and property.

Former irrigation secretary Idrees Rajput reportedly apprehended that floodwaters this time could prove to be more dangerous than before, as the condition and strength of embankments, protective bunds and bridges had not been checked for a long time. Nor had due attention been paid to their proper maintenance, he said.

The Sukkur barrage, built in 1932, has withstood a discharge of over 900,000 cusecs but the coming ‘super flood’ will be a critical test of its strength with over 1,100,000 cusec discharge, according to sources.

Meanwhile, a handout issued on Friday said that the chief minister also got a briefing on the condition of various protective bunds and reviewed arrangements made by different departments towards meeting the challenge. He asked DCOs of vulnerable districts to make arrangements for the evacuation and shifting of people living in the kutcha areas along both sides of the Indus to safe places.

The meeting was informed that relief camps would be set up in school buildings to accommodate the evacuated people. It was told that food, water and medical treatment would be made available at the relief camps.

It was noted that the health department would make arrangements for mobile medical teams and set up camps for the affected families’ livestock, as well as veterinary doctors.

 

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 31, 2010 (AFP) - Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled Saturday to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods in living memory, as the death toll rose to 800.

Hundreds of homes and vast swathes of farmland were destroyed in the northwest and Pakistani Kashmir, with the main highway to China reportedly cut and communities isolated as monsoon rains caused flash floods and landslides.

The United Nations said almost a million people had been affected by the flooding, and at least 45 bridges destroyed around Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Television footage and photos shot from helicopters showed people clinging to the walls and roof tops of damaged houses as gushing waters rampaged through inundated villages.

Carrying their belongings and with children on their shoulders, some even walked barefoot through the water to seek safety.

"This is the worst ever flood in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the country's history," provincial information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said.

"The death toll in floods and rain-related incidents has risen up to 800 across the province," he said.

Another 150 people were missing in the northwestern province, where many impoverished families live in remote mountain villages.

More than one million people have been affected, the minister said, adding that more than 3,700 houses had been swept away by floods and that the number of homeless people was rising.

Peshawar, the main city in the northwest, and the districts of Swat and Shangla were cut off from the rest of country as roads and highways were submerged, he said.

Police said five people were drowned when their boat capsized near the northwestern town of Nowshehra on Saturday.

An AFP reporter saw hundreds of people arriving in Peshawar city, many of them without any belongings.

Muqaddir Khan, 25, who arrived with nine other family members, told AFP in a suburb of Peshawar that he had lost everything in flood.

"I laboured hard in Saudi Arabia for three years and set up a small shop which was swept away by flood in minutes. I have lost everything," Khan said.
Razia Bibi, 48, said she and her family spent the night awake as water kept rising.

"My house is now gone under water and I could escape with a few belongings," Bibi told AFP.

Authorities are using school buildings in Peshawar to shelter those affected by the floods.

The army said it had sent boats and helicopters to rescue stranded people and its engineers were trying to open roads and divert water from key routes.

The flooding capped a week of tragedy for Pakistan, after an airliner crashed into hills near Islamabad Wednesday, killing 152 people on board.

Pakistan's weather bureau said an "unprecedented" 312 millimetres (12 inches) of rain had fallen in 36 hours in the northwest but predicted only scattered showers during coming days.

Provincial relief commissioner Shakil Qadir said the worst-hit area was Malakand, where 102 people died and 16,000 were marooned because bridges had collapsed and road links been cut.

Qadir said that around 2,800 Pakistani holidaymakers were stranded in the Swat valley, where the military maintains a heavy presence after a massive operation against Taliban insurgents last year.

Efforts were being made to airlift the holidaymakers to safety in helicopters, he said.

The Karakoram Highway, which links Pakistan to China, was closed as rains washed away a bridge in Shangla district, also cutting off Gilgit-Baltistan from other parts of the country, media reports said.

Northwest Pakistan has been hardest hit but monsoon rains have also killed 25 people in the southwestern province of Baluchistan over the past few days, a senior officer of the disaster management authority, Ataullah Khan, told AFP in the provincial capital, Quetta.

Flash floods had affected eight districts, he said, adding that around 275,000 people had been affected and more than 15,000 houses destroyed.

 

[Huda]

Death Toll Rises to 800 as Floods Hit Pakistan.
(Allah rehm)

 

[Huda]

‎800 gone in flood 150 gone in plane crash 200+ gone in bombs r target killings, 2000+ gone in KP since januray etc etc. how many more to follow .. pak in real trouble..

 

[Dance]

Thats horrible, may the dead RIP.

I dont think there has been this much damage due to flooding in recent years in Pakistan

 

[Huda]

i know this is horrible
in same month the biggest plane crash and much horrible flooding is occurred

 

[Spring Onion]

Without downplaying the loss of lives due to these floods, its kind of sad that for about 3-4 months the complaint is of too much water & for the remainder of the year of there being not enough water. A country complaining of water scarcity cannot really afford to be so complacent in its water management as to allow such a lot of water to simply wash into the sea. I'm with saad445566 here in thinking that the authorities must come up with some way of managing atleast some of this water to tide over the lean months. 3 months of blaming God & 9 months of blaming India is not a substitute for a thoughtful water policy.

STF Off and shut up its NON OF Bharti business wherever we waste flood water or even our own water. According to Rules Bhaaarat aka India should NOT Stop flow of water from the rivers assigned to Pakistan according to International Rules and International Treaty.

We manage this water or NOT that is Pakistan's internal Matter and it has NOTHING to do with the Water which is being Stolen by India.


NOW Lay off and do not do your Indian orange politics over dead bodies here in this Thread.


MODS: kindly keep the bhartis away from this thread if they cant post anything here they should not do their politics here.

We do not do politics over dead bodies of Indians die in floods or other disasters

 

[Spring Onion]

Thats horrible, may the dead RIP.

I dont think there has been this much damage due to flooding in recent years in Pakistan

Its the worst flooding we here in KP are cut off from the world virtually.


NO light, NO communication nothing.

I am afraid its Sindh turns now if further rain/flooding occurred. Sindh River already at heavy flooding