Torrential rains continued to lash parts of Sindh province, perishing 16 people in various rain incidents; meanwhile Army and Navy personnel arrived in Naukot and kicked off relief operation.
Outfall drains (NBOD) played havoc in Badin along with heavy rains inundating more than 100 more villages.
The Army and Navy personnel are busy shifting stranded people
especially from coastal belt to safer places. The district
administration has set up 142 relief camps at different points to
accommodate more than 40,000 displaced people.
The heavy rains were continued in different parts of Sindh on
Thursday; meanwhile the army was called in Sanghar district to evacuate
the flood-affectees.
In Mir Pur Khas, Sanghar, tharparkar, Umerkot, Badin, Thattah the main road have inundated in flood water.
Meanwhile various diseases like gastro, malaria, eye infection and
skin diseases are fastly spreading in the flood-affected areas.
President Asif Ali Zardari along with Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali
Shah took an aerial view of the flooded areas of Benazirabad district.
Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said Zardari
directed the chief minister, who accompanied him during the visit to
the flooded areas, to personally monitor the situation and ensure that
the victims were given relief and properly rehabilitated. SANA
