Hundreds of thousands of displaced people are in urgent need of shelter, food and clean water, with more flooding threatening on Wednesday.
The Indus, which runs down the spine of Pakistan from the Himalayas to the southern plains, and the Kabul, which enters the country to the northwest from Afghanistan, have reached “high to very high flood” levels that are likely to rise further in the next 24 hours, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari accompanied the diplomats on a flight over the flooded regions that, according to Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman, cover a third of the country.
Bhutto-Zardari said the international response was encouraging. Between the deliveries, four Chinese planes had delivered a total of 3,000 tents and other relief items, according to the Foreign Ministry.
International aid agencies have called for the easing of restrictions on food imports from Pakistan’s rival and neighbor India, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said.
“It will take a long time to bring the situation under control,” Rehman told a news conference, adding that the devastation has continued for nine weeks. “There is a serious drinking water problem in the flooded areas. Diseases are spreading.”
By Syed Raza Hassan and Asif Shahzad.-
Source: Ambito
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