• The Prime Minister appealed to the nation to commit the "hundreds of billions" needed to help flood-affected areas.
• EU announces R76m in 'critical humanitarian aid' as death toll rises to 830
• Sherry says 30 districts of Sindh have been flooded, warns that thousands more will be displaced by floods in Sindh.
ISLAMABAD: As widespread flooding in Pakistan has claimed at least 830 lives since July, the government on Tuesday announced a budget for relief and rehabilitation of flood-affected people and funds to restore damaged infrastructure. She decided to start an international challenge.
The decision was taken during an emergency briefing by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on the flood emergency in Pakistan to review the flood damage and assess the crisis to development partners and donors. severity
Besides calling for help in mitigating the devastation caused by the monsoon rains, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also called on the country to provide aid to the flood-affected people as the government spent hundreds of billions to rehabilitate the flood victims. Required Rs.
"80 billion rupees are required for the current rescue operation and hundreds of billions are also required for damage control and rehabilitation of the victims," the prime minister said in a video message.
Giving details of the relief announced by the government, the prime minister said the government is disbursing Rs 37.2 billion as cash assistance, while funds of Rs 5 billion will be "immediately" released to the NDMA to expedite relief operations. to bring.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that financial assistance of 25,000 rupees is being provided to flood victims. Similarly, the government will provide a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased along with additional assistance for the injured and damage to houses.
Request For Funds
At the NDMA meeting chaired by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, participants were told that 830 people had died, 1,348 were injured and thousands were displaced worldwide.
During the meeting, the planning minister asked the governments of Balochistan and Sindh, the two worst-hit provinces, to formally request military assistance to deal with the devastating floods.
At the meeting, Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman called for immediate aid and humanitarian efforts in the wake of the devastating floods, acknowledging that Pakistan cannot handle the situation alone.
"We are now in the seventh round of a torrential monsoon that has displaced thousands of people, killed 830 and injured 1,348. The monsoon system has moved from Balochistan to Sindh where 30 districts are under water. It is estimated that Sindh has received 395% of the rainfall and Balochistan 379%, which is above average.
The senator likened the current disaster to the 2010 superfloods that devastated Pakistan, saying at least 30 districts of Sindh, almost all of Balochistan and southern Punjab were facing an unprecedented humanitarian disaster. "People are fleeing, livestock and crops are damaged. These monsoon rains are very destructive for people.
Ms Rehman added that the provincial and federal governments had failed to cope with the scale of the disaster and called on international partners to mobilize aid. "The Indus is under great flood where a flow of more than 600,000 cusecs will cross the Guddu and then the Sukkur bombardment on August 23-24 which will submerge the entire Kutch region along the Indus River and render thousands of families homeless." ."
In 1989, at least 216 lives were lost in Sindh, an estimated 150,000 mud houses were damaged and 868 acres of crops were completely destroyed, the senator added.
76 Million Rupees of EU Aid
Meanwhile, the European Union has agreed to provide 76 million rupees in critical humanitarian aid that will focus on meeting the immediate needs of those most affected in the worst-hit districts of Jhal Magsi and Lasbela.
"Tahini Thamanguda, who oversees the EU's humanitarian programs in Pakistan, said the devastating floods have devastated Pakistan, leaving many people without their homes, livelihoods and possessions. A press release from the European Union mission in Islamabad added that "EU funding will help the most vulnerable people get critical support to help them get through this difficult time."
The death toll in Balochistan has risen to 232
Meanwhile, thousands of families are trapped in Balochistan amid torrential rains and floods that have inundated homes and entire villages. As a result of the authorities' failure to restore road and rail links connecting Balochistan to other provinces, the province remained cut off from the rest of the country.
As authorities warned of more rain, the death toll from the floods rose to 232, amid reports that dozens of people swept away by hills are still missing.
Due to this flood in Dera Bugti, 207 houses were completely damaged and 147 were partially damaged. A vehicle with 6 passengers was swept away near Sui, one person died. Three people were rescued and the remaining two were not found.
Heavy rains that damaged roads connecting the country to its neighbors also affected traffic between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Chaman and Pakistan and Iran in Taftan. According to official sources, Naseerabad, Jafarabad, Sahabpur, Jhal Magsi, Kalat, Bolan and Lasbela districts are under heavy flood.
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