ANKARA: The Turkish Red Crescent Society (Türk Kizilayi) will start
distributing food, tents, and hygiene items in the flood affected areas
of Southern parts of Pakistan from today.
According to a press
release, the Ambassador of Pakistan H.E. Mr. Haroon Shaukat held a
meeting with the President of Turkish Red Crescent Society ‘Kizilayi’
Mr. Ahmet Lutfi Akar and briefed him about the magnitude of this year’s
heavy rains that has caused flooding in Southern parts of Sindh and
Balochistan provinces.
Mr. Akar informed that Kizilayi will
procure some materials locally in Pakistan while tents will be
dispatched from Turkey shortly.
Ambassador Haroon said that
rains have killed about 300 people and have affected 6 million people.
The floods have hit an area of 7,987,319 acres along left and right
bank of the River Indus and completely damaged 539,899 houses. Over
80,000 livestock have been washed away by flood waters in Sindh and
crops on 2,800,000 acres have been destroyed, he added.
While
appreciating the exceptional support and solidarity of the Turkish
nation and its leadership that it showed during the 2010 floods,
Ambassador Haroon said the funds and relief assistance provided by our
Turkish brethren and other nations are being utilized in a most
judicious and transparent manner.
He said Prime Minister of
Pakistan has cancelled his visit to the United States for attending UN
General Assembly session and is currently touring the flood affected
areas and monitoring the flood response himself.
The Government
of Pakistan is utilizing all the available resources at its disposal to
cope with the effects of this disaster but the enormous scale of this
disaster requires help from international community. Online
