2022 FLOOD DAMAGED PAKISTAN VILLAGES

2022

Flood Damaged Pakistan Villages

LEO WARD

Muhammad Moavia

Contents

Flood damaged Pakistan 4

Flood Preparedness 8

Temporary Bridge Under Your Help 10

Honeymoon Hotel 14

Tunsa Bhada Village 15

Tunsa Jalo Wali Village 16

Five Friends 18

Trained midwives 19

Floods in Sindh: 23

How safe are women in relief camps? 23

'The accumulated money 29

was taken away by the flood, those who survived were taken away by thelooters' 29

Larkana' 32

Hyderabad 35

infrastructure 36

Planning is also being done for those who have been displaced in the long term. 37

Chief of Army Staff General 37

The international community 40

Jacobabad: 43

Traders take advantage of the compulsion of flood victims and start buying animals at cheap prices 43

Floods in Balochistan: 45

Flood-hit areas of Balochistan 47

where only helicopters can access 47

The children were slipping 50

out of their hands, 50

Floods in Pakistan: 'I pulled out 15 bodies from water' 51

The water of the lake 53

washed away many houses. 53

Mohammad Bilal and Chhina village 54

Rich at heart, 55

How the workers helped in the floods 57

Fate of Hathala Village 59

'After 36 hours of continuous rain, 61

destruction was disaster' 61

Provision of milk for children 63

Judges coming from Sibi were reported stranded 64

The hungry shepherd offered .......................66

Who is Ayesha Zehri? 67

Flood-hit Ghulam Farid 68

Problems of flooded women 71

Women's problems at home 77

Flood damaged Pakistan

According to Pakistani officials , at least $10 billion has been lost as a result of this flood. Floods often cause considerable damage to the embankments, demanding huge sums of money for repair works. Temporary closure of businesses and the exodus of families from homes. The recent devastating floods in other parts of Pakistan have highlighted the need for urgent action to address future flood risks and develop appropriate engineering solutions. An estimated 1,290 people were killed in Pakistan from June 14 to September 30. 2,87,000 houses were completely destroyed. 6,00,000 houses were partially damaged. 149 bridges were washed away. 7,19,558 animals were also washed away. Flood damage can be divided into two general groups. That is, direct loss and indirect loss. Direct damage is physical damage to buildings and their materials while indirect damage denotes the loss of industrial or business processes. In addition to these groups, damage caused by floods can also be classified as tangible and unforeseen losses. Concrete losses represent them. Those who can be allocated monetary value, such as the costs of repair works, and unexplained losses are those for which it is impossible to allocate monetary value. For example, it is impossible to compensate for psychological harm such as the suffering of property owners. Important features of flooding that affect the extent of damage. The cause of a property is the depth duration and pollution of the flood. Flood water depth is clearly an important issue in determining the scale of damage. Once the surface rises above the ground floor, the damage increases dramatically. When internal fittings and components are affected. A flood depth greater than 1 meter above the surface level is likely to result in structural damage to buildings. Usually the longer the floodwater stays in contact with the buildings. The greater the damage. Most of the construction materials are unsafe. For example, bricks, blocks and plaster and flood water will be soaked until they are saturated. This can render the materials out of repair or at least extend the time required to dry them.The physical and geographical position of the houses has to be considered while considering the damage caused to the households by the floods. The reason for this is that different physical disasters suffer from different possibilities of flooding and different types of flood water. The following are the categories affecting the chances of flooding of a place. Distance from the source of a flood or possible flood, river or dam, etc. The height of the earth above or below the source of the flood on which the dwelling is. Construction any physical mitigation measures that have been installed dam flood walls etc. Environmental Agency and other authorities Flooding is an unavoidable event, and while it cannot be stopped, there are many measures that property owners can implement to prepare for a flood event and minimize the damage and disruption caused by it. This chapter provides a description of key issues for property owners and potential owners to consider in flood risk. It is the responsibility of the Environment Agency to construct and maintain dams to maintain and improve the main rivers and prevent flooding. In matters of land drainage, it is the responsibility of the Highways Authority to keep the roads flood-free and manage the runway from the highway. Planning mitigation measures when flood warnings are received, potential buyers of several properties built on the floodplains will have to make a conscious decision. The decision revolves around comparing the risk of flooding and the damage caused by floods against the benefits that the buyer provides. Property buyers in flood plains should seek protection against possible flood damage as part of their home insurance policy. In fact, buyers will have to compromise between owning property with these features and paying higher insurance premiums. Which will be demanded to meet the threat of more liquidity. The probability of floods affecting a property can be gauged from the past history of floods in the area. There is a need to consider the number of flood events and their severity in terms of depth, duration, source, etc. In addition, it should also be considered what flood prevention measures have been, or are going to be, taken since the last flood, as they can reduce the risk. Information about the history of past floods can be obtained from various sources. Perhaps the most accessible is the one provided by local residents and neighbours. A note of caution is necessary here. The tendency to exaggerate, tell an overall story and or scare is unheard of. Other more reliable sources, including local authorities, local libraries, and the like should be able to offer more information. The first responsibility of the environmental agency during floods is to ensure that it takes action to prevent floods and secure operating slices. However, they will try to help with the emerging response, for example by providing any spare sandbags that are not needed for their own purposes. Following recent floods in Pakistan, the Environmental Agency organized a flood awareness campaign to make people aware of the dangers of floods and what they should do if they receive a flood warning. Property owners can receive flood warnings directly at their home or work by telephone, fax, or pages. However, people have to apply or 'opt-in' to receive warnings, and despite continuous flood awareness campaigns since 2010, only one in four property at risk has registered to receive a flood warning. The agency actively encourages those at risk to develop flood plans. Their property flood plan should indicate the following: Communication with family, friends and contacts, evacuation plans should be needed.

Flood Preparedness

Responding to flood emergencies The emergency response to floods comes mainly on local orders. who work with emergency services. Local commands will coordinate evacuations. Will provide emergency accommodation and social services. They have a supply of sand bags for emergency use and may be able to make it available to some householders depending on the availability capacity. Causes and effects of floods Flooding usually occurs from a combination of events. including heavy rains, coastal storms, clogged or overloaded drainage systems and overflowing of gutters, and or rising ground water levels. Rivers and streams River flooding can be caused by a combination of excessive rainfall, snow or hail or high river levels and high waves. Flooding occurs when the flow of surface water from the surrounding area exceeds the capacity of the river or river. Property development and other activities have increased the risk of flooding from rivers and rivulets in many areas. And while the vast majority are protected from flood defenses, they cannot completely eliminate the threat. Temporary independent barriers These removable flood protection devices are usually installed at some distance from a property or property group. When a flood is near, for example, through the local authority, they provide a significant barrier. Because they prevent flood water from reaching the property. Another benefit by preventing or removing it is that they reduce groundwater discharge in the underground floor under the foundation of the property.

Temporary Bridge Under Your Help

Wajid Ali started his rescue operations from august when there was a flood in The Bahreen area of Swat, Pakistan. Work goes on from the plate. But it's also a big risk when you're a saw hanging through a rope or wire twenty-six-assisted pli over a fast river. But Wajid rescued about 700 people in different neighborhoods of Behren, which were cut off from each other due to flood waters, with the help of palli and ropes alone. Wajid Ali told his story like this, when I saw that people were trapped due to floods, I thought that they had to be helped as soon as possible because they had no other option. I risked my life to build the first chairlift. In this chaos, there was neither complete equipment nor artisans available. We built a chairlift in the first eight hours and it benefited so much that tourists stranded in the valley were also evacuated with the help of the same chairlift. When the initial rescue work was over, Wajid Ali started collecting different types of equipment from his sources and everyone helped him in this work. From the government department 'C&W' to the local people of Bahrain, someone gave them boards, someone gave them wires, someone provided nut bolts and someone needed tools. In this way, this young artisan with his hard work and dedication In just 48 hours, he surprised everyone by erecting a strong bridge. This is the bridge over which people now come to collect essential relief supplies. And they go back to Kalam, Peshmal, Laikot, Mitaltan, etc. In August, the young man continued to do rescue work. On August 27, it started building the bridge and completed the construction of a temporary bridge on August 28. Due to this temporary bridge, the people of Kalam were able to regain contact with Behren. Wajid Ali says that we will build more bridges because one or two people can sit in the chairlift, while goats, buffaloes and other things can be taken from the bridge. Many times more people have to go, if patients have to go, then there is no chairlift for them, ladies and pregnant women also have to be taken, so the bridge is necessary. On another bridge, we have to start work from tomorrow. "Like my father, my job is to build bridges, chairlifts and zip lines. Wajid Ali says that there are at least 10-15 villages where there is still no way to go. But people use the chairlifts I have made and sit in them and descend across the river. Usually, we build suspension bridges in five to six months. It also has cement, among other things. they put the rope. They measure the weight. This time we built the bridge in just 48 hours. People would have died if we had built bridges like this, it was a problem for their lives and their children. We did not rest for three days and now thousands of people are using it.

Rima's house flooded

Reema said, pointing away from her camp. Does he look the dish antenna away? There used to be my house which has now sunk. There was nothing in sight except water around. But for Rima, this dish antenna is the only sign she can recognise her mud house, now submerged. She is one of the women who had to leave Jhadu area of Badin district in Sindh with their families in the middle of the night to escape the flood waters. The area of Badin to Tando Bhago and then Jhadu is only 12 to 15 kilometers away. But dilapidated roads increase the distance. Seeing me standing at a distance, Rima sent her daughter and asked her to sit for her test. It's very sunny outside, you come in. Do you need tea? I was very surprised and ashamed to hear this, but I told them that I sit outside the tent. Suddenly looking at me helplessly, he said that my daughters' dowry was washed away. There is nothing left now. I have eight children and when the water came in the middle of the night, I didn't know what to pick up first. Children's school certificates, their school bags, my husband's identity cards or land documents? I first picked up the land papers and the next day asked my husband to bring the rest. Rima and around 20 families like her are living on the road in front of their villages in these self-styled camps. Very few people from here have gone to the nearby area of Makani or Karachi city. Most of the people cited living here as the main reason for living with their animals and not having money. Rima started crying as she spoke. I'm not ungrateful. We are getting food. But how will the 10 members of the household eat a bag of rice? I give most of my food to the kids and drink tea. We know what a natural disaster is. Rima said and the disaster sent by humans has also been assessed. So I won't throw this tent. Because 10 years from now, it may be needed again. Who regrets our destruction anyway?

Honeymoon Hotel

Kalam's most beautiful hotel New Honeymoon Hotel was located on the banks of the Swat River. A hot shawl output was made along with the hotel's interest. There was a tarst with the main lobby of the hotel, from where the black waves of the Swat River were enjoyed standing. This was the reason that this honeymoon hotel in Swat was considered to be the center for tourists to see the view of nature closely. The honeymoon hotel was located on a 5-storey building. There was a spacious room on the first four floors and a magnificent mosque and restaurant on the fifth floor. Each floor was accompanied by a lobby that was no less than an international standard. The hotel had 101 spacious rooms. Sensing heavy rains and the swelling of the Swat River, the hotel management vacated the hotel in August. So that there is no loss of life. But a few days later on the afternoon of August 26, the river.Swat floods engulfed the honeymoon hotel. And as soon as the honeymoon hotel was flooded. According to the hotel management, 56 rooms of the hotel have been badly affected.

Tunsa Bhada Village

When there was a flood in Bhada village on the outskirts of Tunsa Sharif city of Pakistan, all the houses were washed away. Shafi, a resident of Bhada village, says, "I had more than 100 goats. Which I tried my best to save them by loading it on the trailer at the time of floods. But the strong waves of the flood swept away my goats and the trailer. The intensity of the flood was so high that it was very difficult to save one's life. Sensing the speed of the flood, I immediately climbed the tree and managed to save my life. This small village of Tunsa was completely destroyed due to the flood. The people of bhada village are unemployed and helpless that maybe a messiah will come and rebuild their houses.

Tunsa Jalo Wali Village

As many as 210 houses were submerged overnight when water entered Jalwali village on the outskirts of Tunsa Sharif. On August 16, a warning is issued and it says that the houses should be evacuated. Maybe flood water will enter the houses. All the people evacuated the village. People did not even think that there would be so much damage because on the morning of August 17, when everyone returned to their village, they were stunned because there was nothing but flood water in the village. For a long time, the water of the river flowed near the village. But on the night of August 16, the river changed its course and swept away the entire village. Similarly, abid's new house, a resident of Dagarwala, another village in Tunsa, was flooded. Abid, the victim of Dagarwala, said that he was married a few months later and had built a new house. They had just moved to a new house a day before the floods. That there was a flood at one o'clock in the night. And my new home was flooded. Abid says that I have been working in Gujranwala Thread Factory for eight years. And I invested 12,00,000 rupees in building my new house for eight years, but in the darkness of the night, my new house was flooded. Abid said that he will work hard again and rebuild his houses.

Five Friends

Five friends were washed away in a flood in Kohistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. One of them survived. Obaidullah, a lucky friend of the survivors, says that it happened on August 28, 2028, when he left home early in the morning for work. First he went to his friends and they also decided to go along. When they reached a short distance from home, they had to cross a small river. Which could easily be crossed on foot. But as soon as the river's water speeded up, the friends climbed on a big stone lying in a river. And they waited for the river to slow down. But as time went by, the river turned into a flood. I waited for help for 5 hours. A lot of people had gathered around the river and they were throwing ropes at them. The ropes could not reach them due to the strong flow of floods. Their feet were uprooted due to the heavy flood and the five friends were washed away in the flood. One of the friends fortunately managed to survive. And the remaining four friends lost their lives due to being washed away in the flood. Even today Ubaidullah is happy to be alive, but he is very sad and sad about the death of 4 friends.

Trained midwives

20-year-old Bhuri is going through the process of becoming a mother for the second time. In her first delivery, she gave birth to a stillborn son. Her mother-in-law told us that Bhuri is eight months pregnant and her family has also moved to the roadside to escape the flood. Like brown's yellow dress, his eyes and face were yellow. Bhuri doesn't know if he will be able to get medical attention.Incessant rains and now floods in Pakistan have affected one-third of the country, but Sindh and Balochistan are the worst.While human lives were lost due to this terrible disaster, standing crops, animals and many buildings were also destroyed in the water.While entire families have been affected by the floods, pregnant women and newborns may be more vulnerable to this natural disaster as life is disrupted.

According to the latest report by the United Nations Population Welfare Fund (UNFPA), 650,000 pregnant women in Pakistan are trapped in flooded areas, of which 73,000 women are expected to be delivered next month and will need immediate medical attention.

Laxmi is a mother of three children and three-month-old Poonam is in her arms. Her village, she says, was back-watered. "We have left everything there and come here by the side of the road. I don't know when it will break behind. Tents were not found either. This slum has been built in the rainy rain. The rain and water had come so much that everyone just ran with the children, behind our houses have collapsed. 'Jiwan Khan is badin's last village followed by Tharparkar. Roadside camps have been set up here. Junaid-ur-Rehman Mansoori is a local here and he became the spokesperson between the women and us.

The women said the camps also housed from elderly women to pregnant and new mothers. Their village is 10 kilometres away and they walked here.

We have spoken to a few experts to find out what things and facilities can be needed for pregnant women and new mothers trapped in floods and how to help them in this emergency situation.Dr. Azala Khan is attached to the Civil Hospital in Jacobabad. Most pregnant women need food, clean water and clothes, he said. Dr Ghazala advised pregnant women and new mothers to use it when they come to know that a medical camp is being held nearby or a mobile medical ambulance has arrived.

"Despite this emergency, pregnant women should not lift weights as much as possible. Try to reach a medical center or hospital in case of more discomfort. '

"Midwives and trained midwives are the biggest hope in this emergency situation because they too must have migrated to these camps and are among the pregnant women," Dr Azala said.He urged the administration and NGOs to first find out the number of pregnant women in their respective areas so that they can be seen separately as these women need more care."It should also be known which women's delivery is near so that they can be provided timely help. If no lady doctor or medical staff can reach the camp, then look for a midwife in the camps on the other side or find out about those who have little work. If these two people are not available, then other women should prepare under the supervision of older women. '

"Also keep information about any medical center nearby. At the same time, pregnant women nearby should stay in touch with each other so that one can get help and the other can also benefit from it. '

"The problem is that these women are in the camps themselves. They can't come anywhere, roads are blocked and water is standing somewhere. The administration should start a mobile ambulance service so that the mother and child can be saved. '

"Postpartum haemorrhage can occur if stitches are not applied during delivery or they are not properly applied, meaning that a woman can be at risk if she bleeds too much and this situation requires regular care. So take him to an emergency immediately so that life can be saved. '

"The first two hours are crucial if there is too much bleeding. Roads and roads are broken and somewhere the link road was washed away in the flood. In this situation, if the mother reaches the hospital late, it becomes difficult to save her life. '

Dr. Azala also said that new mothers may be infected in this flood situation because there can be no cleanliness in the camps.

Floods in Sindh:

How safe are women in relief camps?

At three o'clock in the night, he would come to our tent on excuses and start talking to us here and there. The women in our house are also sleeping there. We have come in the rainy season, we don't even have full clothes. As they are living... what is his job to come here on such nights? When this continued for two or three days, we complained about it. 'One of the flood victims, Allah Dinoo, was talking to us on the phone of social volunteer Mashouk Brahmani sitting on the road near Dadu in Sindh province.Allah Dino was referring to Rahimu (pseudonym), a local from Dadu, who had given a small piece of land adjacent to his shop to the flooded Family so that they could temporarily stay there.

Allah Dino's family did not even have tents and there was no hope of meeting from anywhere, so under your help, a temporary residence was built by tying plastic sheets with wood.The plastic sheet was only for protection from sunlight or rain. There was no window, door or wall in this 'house'.The context of Allah Dino's talk was told to us by Mashouk Brahmani, CEO of Sajag Sansar Organization. Mashouk Brahmani is doing relief and rescue work for the flood victims on behalf of his organization, so the residents of the area know him.

He said That Allah Dinu is a resident of a village near Dadu. After the flood water entered the village, he somehow managed to escape from his village, but three of his animals were drowned in the flood water.

Although the government has arranged camps for the victims, their number is limited, so many people are scattered in dry places.Each family makes its home some distance away from other families for the sake of its curtain. In this way, the curtain is arranged, but in the dark of the night, these families also become insecure.He further explained that Rahimu is a local person who offered to take temporary accommodation on his land after seeing Allah Dino upset, but then Allah Dinu contacted Mashouk Brahmani and told him that he did not like Rahimu's 'intention'. 'Allah Dino's two daughters are also present in the same camp, due to which he was more worried. Mashouk Brahmani met Rahimu and tried to convince him, on which he got angry and left.Later, according to Allah Dino, Rahimu threatened him, "I have done you a favor by giving you space and you are making my complaints." I can get you out of here standing. 'Mashouk Brahmani said that before there was a fight or an accident, they shifted Allah Dinu's family from there to another safe place and also complained about Rahimu. Regarding the registration of the complaint, he explained that in such a situation, there are no roads that they can reach any police station etc.According to Mashouk, the elders of this area have banned Rahimu from being seen near Allah Dino's family in the future. Floods destroy roads in PakistanThe body of Ali Asghar Hanbhi, a resident of Sahabatpur district of Balochistan, had to be taken 12 km away for burial as burial was not possible due to lack of dry land near his house."Ali Asghar, 18, had gone to retrieve some belongings from the Sim branch area where he drowned along with two other boys," Noor Hasan, a close relative, told the BBC by phone.

"The other two boys were rescued by the PDMA but Ali Asghar could not be pulled out alive but his body was recovered. 'Noor Hassan said ali asghar's body was taken 12 kilometers away in search of dry land and buried there in The Heerdin area near Dera Bugti district.Sahabatpur is an area of Balochistan whose 90 percent area according to officials has been submerged in flood water, due to which not only many interior areas have been cut off from each other but it has also been cut off from other districts. Not only Sahabatpur but some other districts of Balochistan have been cut off due to flood water, while in some areas roads have been damaged as if they have never built pucca roads.

According to officials, the condition of the link roads is so bad that people in a border area of Lasbela and Awaran could be transported on camels after more than 30 days.The disconnect of roads has not only led to shortage of flour and other food items, but has also caused massive losses to farmers and people associated with fresh fruits.However, government officials say that in addition to the restoration of balochistan's internal connectivity roads, emergency measures are being taken to restore inter-provincial connectivity roads.

The districts of Balochistan that have been cut off from each other or internally from other areas of one area include Sahabatpur, Naseerabad, Jhal Magsi, Jafarabad and Kachchi, as well as Lasbela district adjacent to Karachi. Among them, the biggest problem with regard to connectivity is in Jhal Magsi and Sahabatpur.

According to Sahabatpur Deputy Commissioner Azeem Jan Damar, 90 per cent of its area has been submerged in flood waters due to flood rails. Ghulam Qadir Khosa, a local journalist from Jhal Magsi, said that due to the waterlogging in the district, it is not possible to travel by small vehicles through the pucca road from Dera Allah Yar to Sahabatpur, but it can be transported by tractor or other big vehicles.He said that another route through which one can travel to Sahabatpur is dera Bugti and Heerdin.Ghulam Qadir Khosa said that due to the impact of connecting roads, there has been a shortage of food items in Sahabatpur. "When I went to buy vegetables in the market, onions were being sold at Rs 200 per kg while tomatoes were sold at Rs 300 per kg. 'Like Sahabatpur, many areas of Jafarabad adjacent to it have been inundated, due to which some of its areas have been cut off from each other.An official of the Department of Communications and Construction said that gandakha area in Jafrabad has been completely submerged and thousands of people are still stranded due to the loss of communication with all its areas."A large number of people have been stranded in Gandakha for a week and not enough steps have been taken to rescue them," he said. '"There is an acute shortage of food in the area due to the closure of link roads," the official said. 'Ali Gul Pandrani, a senior school teacher from Osta Mohammad, said, "Although the city of Osta Mohammad itself has not been submerged yet, the road between Osta Mohammad and district headquarters Dera Allah Yar is closed due to floods." 'Like Sahabatpur, the situation in Jhal Magsi, another district in Naseerabad district, is grim due to the closure of link roads. Abdul Hameed Lashari, a local journalist in Jhal Magsi, said, "The situation in Jhal Magsi has been bad for a month. Tomatoes and onions are not available in its headquarters and flour is also missing. People depend on rice and dal for food. 'Like Naseerabad division, the situation is bad in Lasbela, Khuzdar and Awaran districts of Kalat division.A government official in Lasbela, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that due to the disconnect of the link roads, the dandel area at the confluence of Lasbela, Awaran and Gwadar districts and two or three adjoining villages had reached the "nobat faqahs". 'He said that the area has been cut off due to floods in Purali river and Hangul river and after a news came on social media about the situation there being very serious, the Chief Secretary had taken notice and on his instructions, Deputy Commissioner Lasbela sent ration to the people in the area on camels. ' He said that out of the internal link roads in Lasbela district, 75 link roads connected to the highway between Quetta and Karachi were closed due to floods, but now the civil administration has restored 65 of them with the help of the army.

'The accumulated money

was taken away by the flood, those who survived were taken away by thelooters'

"Here was my wife's jewellery. And here was the cash on the shelf that I had to build a second-floor wall. Everything is gone. Kamran Shahzad told us, sitting near the cupboard buried under the debris of the ground floor.That was four days ago. A report was issued from the control room of the local police in Nawan Kali area late at night that there has been a crack in the Wali Tangi Dam near Quetta. The residents of the houses went out barefoot, helplessly, to save their lives.

When these residents came to the city to save their lives, many of them were robbed of their homes.

Nawan Kali is one of the worst affected areas of Quetta by the recent floods. There is a water passage way near the population which was dry for a long time. Last week's flood waters completely destroyed most of the houses on the same route. Those who survived were no longer habitable.He said that when the news spread in Nawankali that Wali Tangi Dam was breaking, people ran away from their homes."We were all already devastated by the floods. 26 houses were washed away. No one came to help. Many were sitting outside broken houses with tents. When the news of another flood came, no one was conscious. Everyone ran to the other side of the bridge with their wives and children. After some time it was announced that this news was false. '

He said the news was shared with the police control room. According to Kamran, when the people returned to their homes, they found that the thieves had also stolen their leftovers. We don't know how this rumor originated, but it was also a punishment for those affected by the floods here. 'Similar incidents took place on August 26 when people here were hit by flood waters. According to Kamran, many houses were robbed."We were stuck in the flood. These people would say we have come to help. ' "The valuables were flooded, those who survived were taken away by looters on the pretext of help. ' "We were in trouble," he said. When there is sorrow of life, there is no sorrow of wealth. They say we have come to help. They would keep the goods in their cars and then leave. We could see that they were with us. But they took the goods and sold them. 'However, there is no report with the police in this regard. However, the police ordered an inquiry into the rumor of the dam breaking.One person said that his family is in Zhob and he himself is in Quetta for a job. "When the floods hit, I couldn't contact my family for five days. The phone was not running and roads and bridges were broken. For five days, I didn't know if my family was alive or washed away. And they didn't know where I was . Yesterday, my brother got a call and came to know that the house had been submerged but life was saved.

Larkana'

Larkana's Station Road has the status of Tariq Road, where brands and fast food franchises are present. In the morning, when I asked the guard police guard of the temple on this road if there were flood victims inside, he pointed to the railway station.There was an ancient military tank outside the station that was used to dry the clothes of the victims. Many people were sitting on the bed of charpoys.As soon as I entered, the victims were seen everywhere from the platform to the shed. Among them were the residents of Larkana city, as well as people from the border areas of Balochistan, besides Shahadakot, Warh and Badh. They have only one demand from everyone who comes here, God give tents.

Larkana is a district of the Bhutto family. Bilawal Bhutto himself has presided over the administrative meeting here, but no tent city has been built so far. Despite the presence of a large number of people at the railway station, no government department existed. Drinking water was also being brought from the station or from outside.One person said that when some people came to distribute food, they had a current rod. As more people approached, they would electrocute them, not even caring for the woman or the child.

When the victims here repeatedly mentioned Murad Vahan, they thought they would take a round. By the time they reached the area, the houses were still submerged and water was being drained through machines. A person named Khobuchand Ode said that this machine is being run under your help with donations, the local administration did not help them.

Water marks were visible up to two to three feet below the roofs of the houses in front of this machine. Locals say it was because of the bhanbhar canal that had cracked.A kilometre further, there was mud on the road and water on both sides. In a street, I saw that there was still so much water in the house that only the bank of the cot was visible.Our next stop was SP Chowk around which there are offices and residences of senior officers. The chowk was completely submerged and people from the police lines had shifted to safer places. Many motorcycles passing through here stopped in front of us. Residents complained that even after three weeks, the drainage could not be done. While filming here, anyone who saw it would say that the video should be shown to the higher authorities.

When we left Larkana for Miro Khan, there was water on both sides of the way.

In many places, fish was being caught by installing nets, which are being sold for 200 to 250 rupees. A young man said that due to flood water, fish ponds were broken, due to which the fish have now been washed away in the crops. There were also victims on this road. I asked a person named Mir Mohammad why he did not go to the camp and he replied that there were reports of humiliation. His family is big, so whatever difficulties he faces, he will face them here.

Hyderabad

Wedding held at flood relief camp in Hyderabad

The flood victims, who lost everything in the worst floods in the country's history, did not give up hope despite being homeless. Wedding at flood relief camp in Hyderabad Due to floods, two couples from Khairpurnathan Shah tehsil of Dadu district got married at the relief camp of Government Girls College in Qasimabad area of Hyderabad. A regular stage was also decorated and rituals were performed for the wedding.

The flood victims belong to the Pehnoor community and the marriage of the young couples was pre-planned. Couples who tied the knot in the relief camp expressed hope that they would soon be able to return to their homes and start their new lives.

infrastructure

Yin NI. SUKKUR, September 10, 2022 (PPI-OT): Provincial Minister for Industry and Commerce and Department of Mutual Assistance and Monitoring Rain Emergency Sukkur Jam Ikramullah Dharejo while talking to the media in Ghotki said that relief activities are facing difficulties due to the destruction of infrastructure. Roads and railway systems have been destroyed due to heavy rains and floods. He further said that due to the destruction of infrastructure, it is difficult to bring relief materials. No government is prepared to face such a big disaster. Jam Ikramullah Dharejo said that such heavy rains are unprecedented in the history of Sindh. The Sindh government has set up tent cities for the flood victims and medicines, food and other facilities are being provided in these tent cities. Jam Ikramullah Dharejo said that the Sindh government is providing all possible help to the flood victims with the cooperation of the federal government. Spraying is also being done to prevent diseases. He said that the Sindh government is also fully cooperating with the welfare organizations, the losses have been surveyed, the Sindh government will compensate the losses. Planning is also being done for those who have been displaced in the long term. I have the idea to build a pre-fab village, its quality is that the villages are built in a few days, in these houses a house consisting of 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, 1 kitchen is built for 5 lakh rupees, the life of these houses is also from 50 years to 100 years: Chief of Army Staff General

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that he is planning for those displaced by floods.

Talking to the media in Dadu, he said that I have visited almost all the flood-affected areas of Pakistan, from Uthal to Naseerabad, Rajanpur, Swat, Larkana, Shadadkot, Khairpur and today I have come here in Dadu . It is almost complete, where someone was sick, injured, someone was bitten by a snake, there we sent our boat and rescued them. But the rescue and relief work is going on here, the population of Dadu city here is about five and a half lakh, but at present its population has reached close to one million, there is a lot of water pressure here, DC Dadu has done a good job with the army and bonds have been made, the work of the first phase of rescue and relief is going on here. At present, people are giving aid from Pakistan, a lot of aid is coming from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but I would request the citizens of Sindh and the people living in the villages that our brothers trapped in the flood are in a lot of trouble. The Secretary-General has also come. Americans, Europe, China, and the middle east have started flying relief supplies from there, but there is a limit to them. Restoration work in flood-affected areas is a big challenge, we have always been ready for river flooding, we were fully prepared for it, the area where 50 mm rainfall occurs in a year, if there is 1700 mm rain in a week, we were not ready for it, especially the western bank of the river, the flood on this side caused a lot of destruction, we related to river flooding in 2017 Holland. We had done a study from the company, now we have to revisit it again, but this new phenomenon that has come will remain now, we have to see what treatment we have to do to avoid the destruction of floods from the west bank of the Indus River . "We have done our homework," he said. I have an idea that we should build a pre-fab village in a few days, we will build a village of 50 to 100 houses, the place for this will be in Sindh or Balochistan, two bedrooms, a kitchen and bathroom house is built in five lakh, its age also lasts for 50 to 100 years, if it is a high place. If you make it, people will be safe. At the same time, the diseases in these areas are dengue, malaria, and water-borne diseases, additional medical camps are being set up for this, there is a challenge but there are opportunities in the challenge, we have learned a lot from this challenge. Five lakh water is passing through Kotri, when the water in the River Sindh decreases, the water of Manchar Lake will also start going to the River Sindh, then the water will start decreasing, there is water up to 10 feet in many places , but in many places it has also started decreasing. But in Sukkur and Khairpur areas, we will have to take some more measures i.e. pumps or drainage system, we told the international community that we have less than one percent share in global warming, there was a huge flood in Pakistan in 2010, now there is a flood in 2022 , due to the work of others, we are suffering, our glaciers are also melting. In this regard, the whole world will have to work, Pakistan alone can not do anything, people have started raising their voice, if they do not do anything, then there can be trouble for the whole world, this year we must have seen that cold did not come, but instead of spring, we went to summer, some months were in England, so there was also severe heat. And England was also dry, the effects of global warming are coming everywhere, the solution is that we go to alternative sources of energy, make electricity from hydrocarbons, oil and use alternative sources of energy instead of coal, more big dams will have to be built in Pakistan, dams will also have to be built in Swat.

The international community is helping the flood victims, but it is our responsibility to help our people, rescue work has been completed in the rest of the areas, but in Dadu it is still going on in the first phase.

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff ( COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that if 1700 mm of rain is received in a week in an area of 50 mm annually , then we were not prepared for it. Talking to the media in Dadu, he said that I have visited almost all the flood-affected areas of Pakistan, from Uthal to Naseerabad, Rajanpur, Swat, Larkana, Shadadkot, Khairpur and today I have come here in Dadu . It is almost complete, where someone was sick, injured, someone was bitten by a snake, there we sent our boat and rescued them.

But the rescue and relief work is going on here, the population of Dadu city here is about five and a half lakh, but at present its population has reached close to one million, there is a lot of water pressure here, DC Dadu has done a good job with the army and bonds have been made, the work of the first phase of rescue and relief is going on here. At present, people are giving aid from Pakistan, a lot of aid is coming from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but I would request the citizens of Sindh and the people living in the villages that our brothers trapped in the flood are in a lot of trouble. The Secretary-General has also come.

Americans, Europe, China, and the middle east have started flying relief supplies from there, but there is a limit to them. The restoration work in the flood-affected areas is a big challenge, we have always been prepared for river flooding, the area where 50 mm of rain occurs in a year, if there is 1700 mm rain in a week , we were not ready for it, especially the western bank of the river, the flood on this side caused a lot of destruction, we related to river flooding in 2017. A study was done by a Dutch company, now we will have to revisit it again, but this new phenomenon that has come will remain now, we have to see what treatment we have to do to avoid the destruction of floods from the west bank of the Indus River . "We have done our homework," he said. I have an idea that we should build a pre-fab village in a few days, we will build a village of 50 to 100 houses, the place for this will be in Sindh or Balochistan, two bedrooms, a kitchen and bathroom house is built in five lakh, its age also lasts for 50 to 100 years, if it is a high place. If you make it, people will be safe. At the same time, the diseases in these areas are dengue, malaria, and water-borne diseases, additional medical camps are being set up for this, there is a challenge but there are opportunities in the challenge, we have learned a lot from this challenge. Five lakh water is passing through Kotri, when the water in the River Sindh decreases, the water of Manchar Lake will also start going to the River Sindh, then the water will start decreasing, there is water up to 10 feet in many places , but in many places it has also started decreasing. But in Sukkur and Khairpur areas, we will have to take some more measures i.e. pumps or drainage system, we told the international community that we have less than one percent share in global warming, there was a huge flood in Pakistan in 2010, now there is a flood in 2022 , due to the work of others, we are suffering, our glaciers are also melting.

In this regard, the whole world will have to work, Pakistan alone can not do anything, people have started raising their voice, if they do not do anything , then there can be trouble for the whole world, this year we must have seen that cold did not come, but instead of spring, we went to summer, some months were in England, so there was also severe heat. And England was also dry, the effects of global warming are coming everywhere, the solution is that we go to alternative sources of energy, make electricity from hydrocarbons, oil and use alternative sources of energy instead of coal, more big dams will have to be built in Pakistan, dams will also have to be built in Swat.

Jacobabad:

Traders take advantage of the compulsion of flood victims and start buying animals at cheap prices

Traders took advantage of the compulsion of the flood victims and started buying animals at cheaper prices. According to the details, the victims displaced after the recent rains and floods in Jacobabad district are living a life of suffering due to the destruction of houses, crops, on the other hand, profitable traders are buying animals from them at cheap prices. According to the flood victims, crops have been destroyed due to recent disasters, animal feed is not available and if it is available from anywhere, it is getting many times more expensive prices, so it has become difficult for us to buy fodder for animals, taking advantage of which traders are buying animals at cheap prices and we are forced so. We are selling animals at cheap prices because our animals are dying due to lack of fodder, it is better to sell them at cheaper prices than to die, according to the victims, the goods brought the cattle out of the flood water on their lives , but the profiteering traders are giving us a low price in the greed of earning money.

The flood victims said that the livestock department should start purchasing animals from the victims at reasonable prices so that on the one hand the cattle can be saved and on the other hand it will help in the ehabilitation of the flood victims.

Floods in Balochistan:

Abbas Ahmed was not fully conscious when he entered the helicopter. I had been following him ever since the helicopter stopped near this small piece of land surrounded by water. Here people were running towards the helicopter. The air around the helicopter is so intense that it is difficult to stand on foot. The same situation arose when the helicopter stopped at an altitude of about 20 feet near the ground. The strong wing wind was so strong that people clung to the trees.

Among them was an old man who was trying to bring some other people near the helicopter with support, but could not reach here due to strong winds, while Abbas Ahmed landed in the water with the help of his companion. Half of his body was submerged in water.

These people were constantly raising their hands and asking for help. It was a heartbreaking sight.On the other hand, the old man could not reach the lifting seat thrown down from the helicopter, but Abbas and his cousin succeeded this time. When they entered the helicopter, they probably could not believe for a few moments that they had survived. They were given water bottles and rolls to eat here.

When his breathing was restored, I asked him where he came from and what was the situation around him.

"Baji, I run after helicopters from morning to evening to get some rations," he said. Two helicopters arrived in the morning but I could not get the ration. Just got it. My children are sitting hungry under the open sky. If I get anything from here, I will deliver it to them. 'He said "35 or 40 houses have been destroyed and more than 200 people need help" in the village from where he was picked up. 'What happened to Abbas after that, we will tell you later, but let us tell you here that the place from where Abbas and his colleague were rescued is a small village in Tambo area of Dera Murad Jamali district of Balochistan, which has been submerged in water from all sides and this situation is not only in this one village.

Flood-hit areas of Balochistan

where only helicopters can access

Balochistan is pakistan's largest province by area, but the devastation of recent floods has completely paralyzed it.

There have been floods three times in two months and those who had what they had were washed away. Here, 30 districts and 9.2 million people have been directly affected by the floods, i.e. their crops have been destroyed, houses have collapsed and their savings have been washed away. The flood-ravaged parts of Balochistan have been cut off from the ground. There have been continuous reports from here that some districts here have been completely destroyed. Since land routes are closed to reach here, we requested the Pakistan Army's Public Relations Department (ISPR) to let us go with one of their rescue and relief missions.

The BBC team left Quetta on Saturday by helicopter to the affected areas. During this time, the scenery seen on the ground was unbelievable. People are still sitting outside their broken houses. In most settlements, people are living by setting up tents along the debris because it is not acceptable for them to leave their land and houses. Dry mounds have formed in most places amid the flood waters, where people are sitting with tents or plastic sheets. At one such point, a few people were waving for help. This piece of land was cut off from all the surrounding areas. When the helicopter approached the ground, we saw two people crawling towards it. These people were asking for rations and tents with their hands outstretched, the wind was so strong that it was impossible to come close to the helicopter, but these two men were crawling, falling closer so that they could get the goods. The helicopter crew threw ration bags and tents towards them and flew back. Both of them joined the ground there, raised their hands and started praying. They certainly don't know when the next help will come, whether it will come or not. Relief materials were dumped at several places along the way. Attention was paid to the houses that were surrounded by water from all sides and there were women and children. We then went to a makeshift camp in Dera Murad Jamali where dozens of families are on campus. Most of them are from Sahabatpur and other highly affected areas and it has been 15 to 20 days since they came here. The ground connectivity of these areas is still cut off.

The children were slipping

out of their hands, lives were saved but the house was destroyed.

Sitting with her husband and children in a tent, Amiran Bibi said she did not expect to survive the floods when she left with the children. "When the first flood came, we thought it would come down. For the second time too, he did not come out thinking that this water would go away, but after that it felt as if the river had come. There was so much water. ' Amiran Bibi pointed to her shoulders and told about the water level. "My children were scared and our total assets are these two children. The only noise was that the water has come, the water has come, run, run. One child was carried by me and the other by my husband on our shoulders and we left. There was a lot of rain and a lot of water, we survived, but my house was destroyed. '

Amiran Bibi said that when she left with the children, she did not expect them to survive the flood. Amiran Bibi has two children, one aged four and her daughter seven. She said she walked in deep water with her husband and children all day and finally saw a boat of soldiers. "The water was very strong, he was not leaving us. My children were slipping out of their hands. We barely held them. My husband would repeatedly tell me to take care of the kids and walk slowly. ' "My husband held my arm and repeatedly said don't panic, keep walking, have courage, take care of the children, we are older but take care of the children. That's how we walked in the water all day. ' Like Amiran Bibi, these stories of hundreds of people here can only give us a glimpse of what happened to these poor families in the last few weeks. Floods in Pakistan: 'I pulled out 15 bodies from water' International aid has started arriving in Pakistan, but millions of displaced people affected by the floods are still in trouble. Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar has termed the situation arising out of the recent floods as a devastating crisis. "The victims of this climate crisis have been extremely poor people who have played no role in creating it. ' One-third of Pakistan is currently under water. More than 1,200 people have died, and officials say the damage from the floods could be estimated at about $10 billion. The BBC has spoken to people who have lost everything in the floods. We also spoke to people who are trying to reach out to the most affected people. ۔ Mohammad Owais Tariq said, "Many people have been killed in my area. With the help of other volunteers, I pulled out 15 bodies from the floodwaters. ' Owais, 20, is a medical student and a resident of Tunsa Sharif, 490 km from the federal capital Islamabad. Much of their area has been inundated, including cemeteries. "There is no dry space left in the cemetery," he says. There was water everywhere. We decided to bury the dead in their homes. ' Most of those who drowned in the flood water are those whose bodies could not be found. During a rescue mission, Tariq came to know how sad the consequences could be if there was no advance information about the arrival of flood water.

"I saw a five-year-old boy lying in mud in a village near my town. I came to know from the locals a few hours ago that the flood has wreaked havoc here and a child is stuck in the water with his father. ' "The man somehow took his child to safety, but he drowned himself. '

People managed to retrieve the man's body. He told Tariq that the child had now reached a safe place with his mother. Tariq says his area was flooded between August 10 and 22. "But now the rain has stopped and the water is receding. ' He says people from nearby villages are moving to cities and towns for shelter, adding to the pressure on areas that have not been affected by the floods. Tariq's house is still submerged in knee-deep water. Many, he says, are living in similar homes. After seven days of load shedding, electricity has now been restored in their area.

The water of the lake

washed away many houses.

Pirzada, 34, is a resident of Boni district of Chitral. "At least six villages have been affected by the floods. Many people's homes were destroyed. More than 100 houses were completely washed away. ' "Boni has not received flood water, but nearby villages have been destroyed. '

He said excessive rain and bursting of glacial lakes led to flooding. According to their information, there were no casualties in their area. But hundreds of people have been displaced who now live in tents. According to Pirzada, many houses are full of mud and people are facing shortage of clean drinking water and other essential sustenance. "People need blankets and sweaters to keep themselves warm in freezing weather. By the end of The Satmar, the temperature will go below zero. People will not be able to live in tents. '

Mubeen Ansar, a resident of Gujarat district in Punjab, has not been affected by the floods but is trying his best to help those in need. He said there was not much rain and flooding in his area. "Now we are asking our people to help those who are in trouble. ' Mubeen has collected donations from 300 people in his village Gumti. Mohammad Bilal and Chhina village

Rich at heart, village whose resident returns gold, cash recovered from flooded house "I am a labourer, when the floods destroyed a nearby village, when we reached there to help the people,

I found the money and gold lying in a juicer. '

Mohammad Bilal had found the money and gold from a damaged house which he had kept with him. The landlord was not present when Bilal was removing goods from the debris of the flooded house. The flood came so suddenly that no one had a chance to recover, everyone saved their lives and went to safer places. Not just Bilal, around 150 labourers from Chhina village rushed to the nearby village for help. Hamd Bilal works as a local labourer, mostly in rainfed lands. He is about 26 years old. He said he had reached Hathala the next day to help people when the floods wreaked havoc. Bilal belongs to the nearby village of Chhina. "When we reached Hathala, most of the houses were destroyed and the belongings of each house were lying under the debris, there was a fear that no human or animal might have come under the debris," he said. "Some of us had come there to help people in the villages and were removing debris and goods from the houses. ' On the first day after the floods, he was there all day to help people and returned home in the evening. The next day, when they reached there, they were collecting the goods of the damaged house when there was a juicer lying under the debris of a house. Bilal says, "I picked up the juicer and saw that there was some luggage in his jug. When the envelope was taken out of the juicer, cash and gold ornaments were lying in it. The amount was Rs 7 lakh and the gold ornaments were about three tolas. I picked up the luggage. "The owners of the house were not there and everyone was busy taking out their belongings at that time. ' Bilal said, "When they reached there on the third day, they started searching for the owner of the house. In the meantime, he found the owner of the house from whom he inquired and asked for a sign, after which his trust was handed over to him.

Locals said that the landlord was not even sure that his belongings would be safe in such a big flood, while his entire house has become a pile of mud and a lot of goods have been washed away with water. When Bilal was asked about returning such a large amount of money and gold, he simply replied, "What is such a big thing in it, it is nothing that we have returned them. ' In response to a question, Bilal said, "I did not even think that I should keep this item with me or return it to the owner, even in my house, I did not tell that I had received this money and gold." ' Bilal is married and has two children. They work as labourers and live in a backward village. They are four brothers and all work as labourers.

How the workers helped in the floods

Bilal is not the only one in this area who has set such a big example, but most of the people of this village are 'rich in heart', share in the pain of the people and eat everything. Muhammad Ayaz and Muhammad Bilal are residents of the same village, Chhina. Muhammad Ayaz said that Hathala is about 15 kilometers away from Chhina. Chhina is close to Tank while Hathala tehsil is part of Kalachi.

Ayaz says, "The night the flood came, there was a danger that there would be more destruction, we were all afraid that their village Chhina was not affected much by the floods, only water entered the village but there was not much damage." ' When he came to know that the damage was more in Hathala, around 150 people from his village i.e. Chhina gathered and decided that he would go to Hathala and help the people.

The next morning after the flood, they all reached Hathala with their tools, food and other supplies and there the locals said that if anyone needed help, they were present. After that, four or five people would take the house that needed it. During this time, he used to remove material from the debris, remove soil and water from the house and do whatever help he needed.

Mohammad Ayaz said that he used to tell his wives to wake us up early in the morning, "then we would have breakfast at home and if we needed any other items other than lunch, milk and tea leaves, they would take them along so that they could also help the people present there." "We used to eat this food together, make tea here ourselves, they also drank with the victims. '

Humanitarian incidents are rampant in these backward areas, but it is not a big deal for locals. When Bilal was discussed on social media, most users said that humanity is not dead yet, but there are people who are also trustworthy and help people.

Fate of Hathala Village

From the backward tank in the south of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Dera Ismail Khan, these backward villages come on the way. Some are close to the road and some are far from the road.

According to Muhammad Ayaz, when he used to go to help the People of Hathala, he used to go through the water for a distance of five kilometers. "They used to take the shoes out of the house and reach the big road and wear them again. ' Floods have caused widespread destruction in these areas. About Hathala village, people said that only four houses in this village have been destroyed and all the other houses have been destroyed by the floods. The flood waters have passed destroying the village but have left traces of destruction. There are villages in and around Hathala that have been wiped out as if they did not even exist here, some areas look like archeology. There is a severe shortage of water in these areas, all year round, these people drink the water present in johads and in these days they also collect water for themselves from rains and floods and it also leads to irrigation. There are mostly rainfed lands here, if there is rain and flood, the lands are irrigated, if there is no drought and flood, then there is destruction.

'After 36 hours of continuous rain,

destruction was disaster'

Ayesha Zehri said that when the torrential rains stopped after an estimated 30 hours on August 25 and 26 , "there was destruction everywhere." ' Since machh and bolan have large natural drainage routes, there is no flooding in the rivers there, but there is a lot of rain. Due to this, kutcha houses in these areas had collapsed . She says, "When we went out to the nearby areas, seeing the mud houses on the ground there, it felt as if there had been heavy bombardment in this area. ' "Some people were injured due to roof collapse, while the bodies of those killed were buried under the debris in front of the houses of some people," he said. ' "Machh is a mountainous area. Bridges on both sides were affected by floodwaters, so it was difficult for people to figure out their bodies and take them for burial. ' Ayesha Zehri said that everything was destroyed due to heavy rains. At the same time, there was no mobile phone network, no gas or electricity. Similarly, the road network or rough roads were also broken.

"There was a complete crisis. In the absence of a mobile network, it was not known how much destruction had taken place on the outskirts of Machh Town and other areas of the tehsil. ' "In Machh town and its suburbs, people whose houses had collapsed were rescued and the schools and other government buildings were declared relief camps and people were shifted to them," he said. "People from the Hindu community cook food in Machh, I asked them to prepare food for the people. '

"When the food was ready, he fed them. Because they hadn't really got food for a day and a half. When they ate, their lives came to life. ' He said, "This food and tea was not just to the extent of the khana pari, but my staff and I tried to feed them the best food. ' "Since I had already been transferred from there, I was told to stay till the prime minister's visit... After the prime minister's visit, when I went to take leave from the women there, they hugged me and started crying. ' " Some of the women's close relatives were killed, some were deeply worried about being displaced , while others were worried about the men in their families. She was upset and was repeatedly asking about them. '

Provision of milk for children

When food was arranged for the rescued women, the mothers of the young children said that their children were hungry because there was no milk for them. "I couldn't see the children crying, so I picked up all the shops in the small market of Machh and all the dry milk that was lying in those shops," she said. ' "On that occasion, a person told me that madam these are poor people. You are carrying lactogen for them, which is very expensive dry milk. How will their money be paid? I said it doesn't matter, I'll pay them. If anyone objected, I would pay for the milk from my salary. ' "When we brought milk for the children from the shops, the mothers of the children were happy. "A child was crying a lot. Maybe he was too hungry. When I held out the milk packet to him, he grabbed the packet with both hands and held it to his chest. "That moment was a moment of great joy and satisfaction for me. I took his picture off my mobile. Tears are visible in her eyes in the picture. '

Judges coming from Sibi were reported stranded

Ayesha Zehri said that she was engaged in rescue and relief operations when she received a call on the wireless that some judges from Sibi were coming towards Quetta but they were trapped near Bibi Nani's bridge. "The victims could not leave them on their own, but they sent four levies force personnel to evacuate them," he said. "These officials reached there with great difficulty and evacuated the judges from there and sent them to Quetta. ' He said that when these judges reached the limits of Machh, they were informed about the alarming situation in Bibi Nani. Search for volunteers to take people to Levies police station building Ayesha Zehri said that it was not possible to take such a large creation out of the water with four personnel and reach the nearest police station of the Levies Force. She said she went to a nearby security forces camp and spoke to their captain and asked him to leave for help. "Along with him, I met 10-15 Pashtuns who had come from Quetta to help their people. ' "I requested them to help them evacuate people, to which they said they had come to evacuate their people, but they agreed to my request. ' "The levies force and these people helped me evacuate people from morning till 11 pm. At night, the volunteers said they wanted to go now.

"I don't know the names of these people, but their pictures are with me. They deserve to be rewarded for the way they helped us. ' He said he had some ration bags in the car which he gave to the hoteliers and asked them to prepare food. The hoteliers said it was not possible for them because the wood they had was gone and where would they get the wood from in this situation. After which he asked the Levies Force personnel there to bring wood from nearby areas. ' Ayesha Zehri said that then the vehicles that were present there, which are called Tango in the local language, started sending them towards Quetta in these vehicles. "Some of them stayed in relief camps in Machh to spend the night while others went to Quetta. '

He said that the passengers who were trapped in Bibi Nani were facing an incredibly difficult situation, which Allah almighty gave them the opportunity to serve.

The hungry shepherd offered us milk in exchange for food The woman officer said her car got stuck several times on the way to Bibi Nani. At one point while she was waiting to pull out the car, a shepherd was passing by with a herd of sheep and goats. "The shepherd came to us and said they should be given something to eat and they would give them milk in return. I told him that we will not deal with you but will give you food items in the same way. ' "We gave the shepherd food items for which he gave milk," he said.

Who is Ayesha Zehri?

. Ayesha Zehri hails from Khuzdar district of Balochistan. She belongs to the well-known Tribe of The Baloch. He studied up to FSC from Khuzdar and then obtained a degree from Engineering University Khuzdar. According to him, he passed all the examinations with honorary marks and won the gold medal twice from the Engineering University. She said that after obtaining an engineering degree, she joined WAPDA as an SDO. "When I joined the SDO, my family told me that now you will climb the electric poles?" Then he thought of doing PCS because according to him, "The job in the administrative sector is such that a person can do a lot for his people." ' He passed the PCS examination with honorary marks and his first appointment as assistant commissioner was as a staff officer in the office of commissioner Kalat in Khuzdar. He was then posted as Assistant Commissioner Dalbandin, he said. After this, she was posted in the Secretariat, after which she was appointed to various posts. After serving in various positions in the Civil Secretariat, he was appointed as Assistant Commissioner Mastung. After serving in Mastung, she was appointed assistant commissioner Machh.

Flood-hit Ghulam Farid

Business and land were flooded, some part of the house was also broken due to floods, but despite this Ghulam Farid is not worried because he says that Allah has given difficulty and He will also end this difficulty.

"Thank God... I don't have any problems," he says, a phrase I heard over and over again from Ghulam Farid and the rest of his family. For Ghulam Farid, a resident of Rajanpur district in Pakistan's Punjab province, things are slightly different from other victims after the floods as his family consists of 28 people and he has four wives and 23 children. Speaking to the BBC, Ghulam Farid said that he was living very well before the floods. "I had a motorcycle showroom and I used to earn Rs 1.5 lakh a month comfortably. Besides, I had land which is currently flooded. Grain etc. came from there. I also kept animals."Everything was going well before the floods and I had no problems," he says. Allah has always blessed me so much that despite having such a large family, I used to make lassi every day and feed people thinking that Allah has given me, so I should distribute it among the people. ' Ghulam Farid said he had four marriages. "My two wives were widows and have five children. I married him thinking that Allah will give me his fortune. ' "They were the wives of my friends. When my friends passed away, I married them and kept their children with me. Apart from this, 18 of my other two wives have children. I recently had a child, who is one-and-a-half months old. '

"I have never bothered for sustenance," he says. Apart from my wife and children, I also have parents whose expenses I am also bearing. Our total monthly wheat used to be eight mins. Ever since the floods came, there have been problems, but even today I have full faith in Allah that the situation will change. Ghulam Farid said the flood caused cracks on the roofs of his house while the room and bathroom collapsed. "This is causing disaffection to my family. The district administration gave me two tents on my request but my family is very large, so it was very difficult to live in these tents, so I kept two wives and some children in a broken house.

"I had to run after aid workers to get other food bags. Sometimes i had to get food and sometimes i had to go hungry. When they asked for more food, they thought we were lying that we had so many children. We are Baloch people, we have earned and eaten by working hard ourselves. I was very embarrassed to run back for a couple of bags of food. ' At present, Ghulam Farid and some of his family members live in a tent settlement set up by an NGO, from where they travel daily to their broken houses to deliver rations and food to other members of their family.

Ghulam Farid said that nowadays he is surviving on the money, which was his savings, and also gets three meals without asking for food in the tent settlement. "The children are sick because they are suffering due to floods, mosquitoes and heat, but they will also recover," he said. I explain to my wives and children that when a person is homeless, there is a little problem. Just pray to Allah and keep asking Him, He will fix everything. '

Ghulam Farid's wives also expressed similar views during their conversation. One of his wives said, "Difficulty comes and if Allah gives difficulty, He will also get out of this difficulty and our house will also be built."

Problems of flooded women

You tell me where to go?' Obviously we had no answer to Aisha's question. "Two families live in this small tent given by the government. Just understand that there is a place to hide your head. There is a bit of protection from rain. But where to go to the washroom? ' It was Aisha's conversation from Mahmudani Bhat, a small village in Lasbela Balochistan. He said, "There is an open area far away in which water is standing several feet deep, there is not even a dense tree under which to sit." Why doesn't the government make any arrangements?"

This is not just a question of Ayesha, but of the millions of women who have been displaced by the floods and are sitting in camps or in an open place. 'Flood washed away entire village' This year, most parts of Pakistan are in the grip of floods due to short-term heavy rains due to the long monsoon in Pakistan, including Balochistan and Sindh, and some districts of southern Punjab. 90% of the people of Sindh and Balochistan are fully or partially affected by the floods. Roads, bridges and houses have been washed away in flood waters, about 1,000 human lives have been lost. People are homeless and helpless in high places and in tents provided by the administration in some places.

Ayesha Lasbela is a resident of Mahmoodani Bhat, a small village in Balochistan, which has been wiped out by rain and floods. There were around 30 houses in the village, she says, which were washed away by the floods. With great difficulty, the villagers saved their lives and we came under the open sky at a high place nearby. Two days passed in such a torment that it was raining continuously, there were droplets that pierced the body like a bullet. Lightning and thundering clouds in the sky were heart-wrenching. It was very cold. People were covering themselves and children with plastic sheets and large shoppers. Two days later, the administration provided the tents. Toilets are a big problem for women. Now these ruined people are taking shelter in a government-provided tent in a relatively high place, there are two families in one tent.

To the extent of food and water, with the help of the government and volunteers, these people are maintaining the relationship of body and soul. Even once a day, but food and drinking water are available, but apart from food and water, there are some other necessities of life without which it is impossible to live and which no one talks about are the problems of women's defecation and sanitation. There is an open area far away and water is standing all around, so where do these women go? In this regard, the problems of women in both Sindh and Balochistan provinces are the same. About 15,000 flood victims of three union councils in Juhi, one in Mehar and two in Khairpur Nathan Shah are present at zero point (FC Bund) near Manchar Lake in Sindh, said Rashid Jamali, a volunteer explaining the situation in Sindh. It is a relatively high area, but it is surrounded by flooded villages with poor people on the dam. The greatman of Goth Khan Mohammad Mallah, who was present here, spoke to us with great difficulty on Rashid Jamali's phone because it was definitely difficult for a woman to talk about this subject while being close to a man. "They are in great trouble," he said. Where to go, there is open area and water all around. There is a separate problem of insecurity and it is not easy to sit in the water. Together, some of us women go away and set up a cot, sit under its cover. When some women stand around, there is a veil all around. ' He further said, "But there is no water, there is a fear that a snake can bite a scorpion, someone will bite a insect." Regarding purification, Aziman said that they clean themselves with the same dirty water. Where did clean water for bathing and purification come from? '

Saras Bano, a matriculation student of a union council in Khairpur Nathan Shah, asks, "People are the responsibility of the government, so where is the government?" "You come to get votes, stand with us even in this hour of crisis." Regarding toilets, Bano says, "We do not have the same food and water, what people give, we only eat a few drops when we do not tolerate hunger and drink two sips of water throughout the day so that we do not have to go through the test of defecation in this flood water." Dirty water is standing all around, in every house, especially women and children are sick. The government has forgotten by throwing us in camps. ' Mehtab Sandhu, who is associated with the Jeevan Development Organisation, a local NGO, says, "The government can make temporary latrines of the hard board, deep pits are dug in them and all the dirt goes into the pit. Now defecating in the water or in open places is spreading dirt, people are getting sick, there are stomach patients in every house or camp. I'm afraid there won't be an outbreak. ' He added that mosquitoes, flies and other germs are spreading due to the floodwaters standing in the area for several weeks. Due to which diseases are spreading rapidly. Dr Amjad Hussain Mastoi, deputy district health officer of Dadu district, said, "There is no doubt that women are more affected by this disaster. Those who are staying in schools etc. have access to washrooms, but those who are sitting in camps or FC bunds and shayal bunds are in bad condition. There is no such facility far away that these women can fulfill their needs while wearing veils. The government tried to provide small temporary washrooms, but it was not possible. '

Concerns of dirt and diseases,

'women stopped eating and drinking'

Hameedan, a women's volunteer, said that if people are accommodated in schools, etc., then the washrooms there are also so dirty that women sit with patience instead of going. Regarding the diseases caused by stopping defecation, Dr. Amjad says, "Women are sick but their focus is not on their disease, they do not discuss their disease with us, but say that give us no medicine, give us food." There is a huge shortage of rations, food and water. ' Samaya (not her real name), a lady doctor associated with the public health sector, says she got a chance to go to some camps with an NGO. Due to lack of washrooms, women have stopped eating and drinking. "All these poor women are already undernourished, thus becoming less stressed. Apart from this, it is feared that they may suffer from various kidney diseases and constipation. ' "The symptoms of many women suggest that they may be suffering from urinary tract infections, they need regular tests and treatment," she said. They cannot tell these diseases to any male doctor, the government should involve lady doctors as much as possible in relief work. '

Women's problems at home

The lack of washrooms for women is not just a problem for women taking shelter in camps, it is also the problem of women who are less affected by the floods or whose homes have been partially affected.

Khalil Ronjho, a volunteer in Lasbela, says that even when people whose houses were relatively pucca and did not fall in this rainy season, the toilet or washroom of these houses collapsed because people usually build houses with pucca bricks, but do not give so much importance to the washroom and prefer to build the washroom with raw bricks. Women are directly affected by the collapse of washrooms because men go out of the house to remote areas, but women going away in this flood is a big problem.