On Saturday, the country’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, pleaded with citizens to kindly provide baby food and blankets for flood victims immediately.
The prime minister made a plea to the nation during a meeting to review rescue and relief efforts in flood-affected areas, asking people to donate blankets and warm clothing for those “sleeping under the open skies” as winter approached.
“There are many reputable non-governmental organizations; please support them. Or, you can donate these necessities to the centers the army and the regional government established, the man advised.
“The impacted individuals are looking at you. I implore all the wealthy individuals to step up and lend a hand in these trying times, stressed PM Shehbaz.
The National Disaster Management Authority stated on Saturday that the number of flood-related fatalities has increased by 37 over the past 24 hours in its daily situation report.
he report also stated that 1,545 people have died altogether since June 14 at this point.
It revealed that 92 people had suffered flood-related injuries in the previous day, bringing the total number of people hurt since mid-June to 12,850.
The floods that has affected up to 33 million people, destroyed homes, crops, bridges, roads, and livestock, and cost an estimated $30 billion in damage was brought on by record monsoon rainfall in south and southwest Pakistan and glacial melt in northern regions.
Water in Sindh is still “receding.”
In Sindh, where the water levels have slowly started to recede in recent days, the floods have forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. Before floodwaters entirely recede, according to officials’ estimates, it might take two to six months.
The water level at the ring bund had decreased by almost three feet, according to Mehar Assistant Commissioner (AC) Mohsin Sheikh, who told Dawn.com on Saturday. He expressed optimism that the floodwaters will completely drain from that area in three days.
He added that he anticipated the water to leave the city’s access highway in seven days. The AC continued, “Once it recedes, one track of the highway will be opened for traffic.”
He claimed that in Mehar’s villages, water was rising up to eight feet high.
Assistant Commissioner Sonu Khan Chandio said that the water level had decreased by about three feet in Khairpur Nathan Shah city. He continued that the standing water was as high as “eight to nine feet” in the region’s outlying areas.
In the region’s periphery, according to Johi Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Ali Baloch, the water level had decreased by about three feet.
In a same vein, Dadu Assistant Commissioner Shahnawaz Merani informed Dawn.com that water was now returning to Manchhar Lake from the outlying districts of the city.
He said that tent cities were being built in Dadu City to host flood victims and their families.
According to MNA Sikandar Ali Rahoupoto, there was no pressure on the ring bund of Bhan Syedabad and the water was continuously receding throughout the city and its surroundings.
“The water in Bhan Syedabad is rising to a height of eight to nine feet and is steadily eroding. Bhan Syedabad is once more alive, he declared.
Mahesh Kumar, an engineer with the provincial irrigation department, reported that at midday on Saturday, the water level in Manchhar Lake was recorded at a lower level of 121.2 feet. He stated, “The water from the lake is currently pouring through the River Indus.
According to the website of the Flood Forecasting Division, Indus was experiencing a medium-level flood in Kotri on Saturday afternoon.
Wards specifically for dengue patients
Murad Ali Shah, the chief minister of Sindh, voiced concern about the growing number of dengue infections and other illnesses in the province’s flood-affected areas while on a visit to Matiari today.
He said that in addition to dengue, there were also more occurrences of malaria and diarrhea, and that the government had decided to set up special rooms for dengue patients.
Shah continued, “Medical camps have been formed, and we are ensuring that the necessary medications are provided there.
The chief minister brought up the fact that flooding were invading the Saeedabad tehsil while discussing relief efforts in Matiari. “We have begun pumping the water out. The irrigation department and deputy commissioner have been told to use pumps to drain the water.
Separately, he said that the government had plans to de-water agricultural regions to assure that crops would be sown and farmers would be compensated for their losses.
People going back home”
While visiting a tent city set up for flood victims in Hyderabad, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon told the media that flood victims had begun returning to their homes as the province’s floodwaters receded.
He remarked, “We still cannot declare that the situation is back to normal,” adding that “the water is being drained as relief work continues.”
The administration is now entirely focused on relief efforts when the rescue phase has been completed, and we will then start on rehabilitation.