Relief Work Starts As Rain Makes Life Hard For People in Pakistan
With the disastrous monsoon season, Pakistan is facing this year, the Pakistani government has been trying to replace all the damage caused by the rain.
The country has been pummelling by persistent rain, causing damage to infrastructure in both rural and urban regions. Sherry Rehman, the Minister for Climate Change, stated earlier this month that the previous 30-year record for rain in Balochistan and Sindh had been shattered.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated that Climate change is the undeniable truth nowadays on Thursday, with major ramifications for Pakistan and other emerging economies.
He also said that the recent floods and severe rains must be viewed from that perspective and he announced that the Pakistani government was connecting its growth targets with global warming considerations.
As the rainy season continued to inflict damage across the nation, Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel aided state bureaucracy with emergency relief operations in Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan on Thursday.
With the exception of draining operations in Karachi, army forces were also involved in rescue operations in the Jamshoro and Gharo regions, according to the ISPR.
Likewise, Sindh Chief Minister designated rain-stricken parts of the state to be disaster zones.
The CM informed the meeting, which was chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif via live connection, that the region had experienced extraordinary rainfall this year.
He said that Karachi alone had received 556mm of rain. Shah expressed concern that 93 people had perished and 59 had been wounded as a result of the rains thus far.
Aside from that, he said, the rains inflicted tremendous widespread destruction, particularly in the city.
Over 15,000 dwellings were destroyed across the region, and crops on 89,213 acres were seriously harmed.
Murad Shah also stated that the PDMA was cooperating with relief efforts in the area. Yet, he stated that further rains were forecast in Balochistan in the following days, increasing the burden on Hub Dam.
Shah asked the prime minister to assist the provincial administration in repaying the households of those who died as a result of the rains.
He also encouraged the premier to postpone the repayment of agricultural debts in disaster-stricken areas for a year.
According to the ISPR, troops are also aiding the civil government in relief operations in Dera Ghazi Khan owing to “flash flooding/hill torrents.”
According to the army, two healthcare camps have been formed to give medical assistance to communities affected by disasters.
Six people were killed late Tuesday night when powerful currents of a highland torrent breached a protective dike in Dera Ghazi Khan.
As per peasants living near the protective dike, the torrents flowing from the Soori Lund hill took them off guard because the authorities did not offer any warnings. Floodwaters also impacted the food department’s wheat supplies.
Since June 1, 106 people have died and nearly 60 have been wounded in Balochistan, per the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
Furthermore, the administration said that over 6,000 dwellings were harmed, with 3,000 entirely demolished.
A big number of individuals were stranded in the Lasbela district on Wednesday owing to floods that had inundated a large region. Residents of Jhal Magsi, Oraki, and Gandawah were also displaced when their homes were destroyed.
According to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement published today, two army aviation helicopters were flown from Karachi to the Othal and Lasbela districts.
According to the ISPR, the helicopters made similar attempts in the previous 48 hours but were unable to fly owing to “poor meteorological circumstances.”
According to the ISPR, ground rescue and relief personnel were engaged in Othal, Jhal Magsi, relocating people to safer locations and supplying food and water to local communities.
The coastal roadway is now available to all modes of transportation. The ISPR claimed that efforts are underway to repair and rebuild communication infrastructure and reestablish services which were damaged and that the Turbat protective bund has been fixed after it was broken.
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