Pakistan Floods: The floods caused by monsoon rains in Pakistan have caused severe destruction, one-third of Pakistan has been submerged. Aid efforts have been intensified across Pakistan on Tuesday to help lakhs of people affected by the floods. According to the information, more than 1,100 people have lost their lives in the country so far. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has described the floods as “the worst in the history of Pakistan”, adding that it will cost at least $10 billion to repair the damaged infrastructure spread across the country.
Broken roads, bridges washed away
Rains that began in June have caused severe flooding across the country that has swept away vital crops and damaged or destroyed more than a million homes. Authorities and charitable organizations are constantly engaged in helping people. So far more than 33 million people have been assisted. Due to floods and water, there is a struggle to speed up the aid work. Many people are stranded everywhere, making it a daunting task to rescue them as many roads and bridges have been severely damaged.
Hungry and thirsty people are wandering everywhere
Displaced people are wandering in search of shelter, food and drinking water in the dry land left after the floods. 35-year-old Qadir, who was camping with his extended family on a road near the southern city of Sukkur, said, “For God’s sake help us, we’ve been walking on the road for three days to get here. Nothing at home Left, we have only managed to save our lives.”
In the south and west of the country, many Pakistanis have climbed high highways and railway tracks to escape the flood plains. “We don’t even have a place to cook food. We need help,” Rimsha Bibi, a schoolgirl from Dera Ghazi Khan in central Pakistan, told AFP.
For the first time in three decades, such severe rain
Pakistan receives heavy and often destructive rains every year during the monsoon season, which is important for agriculture and water supply. But such heavy rain has not been seen for three decades. Pakistani officials have blamed climate change for this, which is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather around the world.
Pakistan’s climate change minister Sherry Rehman told AFP: “It’s a really strange sight to see the devastation on the ground. When we send water pumps, people say, ‘Where do we pump water?’ There is water all around, there is no dry land to pump the water out.” He said that one-third of the country has become water. Comparison of scenes of such a disaster looks like a dystopian movie.
rivers are in spate
The Indus River, which runs the length of the South Asian nation, continues to rise along its coast as water currents flow down from its tributaries in the north. The Meteorological Department said that the whole of Pakistan has received twice the normal rainfall, but Balochistan and Sindh provinces have received four times the average of the last three decades.
Emergency declared in the country, foreign hands raised to help
No worse time could have come for Pakistan, where the economy has collapsed. The government has declared a state of emergency appealing for international help. Aid flights have arrived in recent days from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, while other countries including Canada, Australia and Japan have also pledged aid. The United Nations on Tuesday formally launched an appeal for $160 million in emergency aid.
United Nations Secretary-General told – a huge crisis
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described it as a “huge crisis” in a video statement, saying, “Pakistan is in agony. He said the people of Pakistan are facing the monsoon on steroids.” PM Sharif promised donors That any kind of funding will be spent responsibly. He said, “I want to give my sincere pledge and sincere commitment… Every penny will be spent in a very transparent manner. Every penny will reach the needy.” “
Pakistan already facing economic slowdown, now floods
Pakistan was already desperate for international support and the floods have added to the challenge. Prices of basic goods – especially vegetables including onions, tomatoes – are rising wildly as vendors make up for supply shortfalls from the flooded breadbasket provinces of Sindh and Punjab. There was some relief on Monday when the International Monetary Fund approved the revival of a loan program for Pakistan, releasing a tranche of $1.1 billion.
Temporary relief camps have spread across Pakistan – in schools, on motorways and in military bases. In the northwestern city of Nowshera, a technical college was converted into a shelter for 2,500 flood victims. 60-year-old Malang Jaan said, “I never thought that one day we will have to live like this, we have lost our heaven and are now forced to live a miserable life.”
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