Janayugom Webdesk
Islamabad
August 28, 2022 10:13 pm
It is reported that more than a thousand people have died in the floods that have been going on for days in Pakistan. The National Disaster Management Agency reported 1,033 deaths. More than 3.3 crore people were affected by the flood. Army has been deployed in the flood affected area for rescue and relief operations. It is reported that more than 3,000 km of roads, 150 bridges and around seven lakh houses have been washed away or destroyed. Over two million acres of crops were destroyed.
More than half of the country is under water. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh provinces continue to receive heavy rains for the second day in a row. News agency PTI reports that Sindh and Balochistan were the worst hit. Railway services were suspended at many places in these areas. Pakistan International Airlines suspended flights to Balochistan’s provincial capital Quetta on Friday due to bad weather.
Heavy rain is expected to continue till August 30. The current political crisis in Pakistan has also affected flood rehabilitation activities. The UN Central Emergency Response Fund has already allocated $3 million to Pakistan.
English Summary: Pakistan floods: Death toll crosses 1000
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