SUKKUR
\nSindh received 600% more rains during the current monsoon compared to yesteryears destroying 90% of crops, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said during a press briefing in Sukkur on Wednesday.
\nThe catastrophic damage has now threatened food security in the province. Murad Ali said the unprecedented floods and thundershowers claimed over 300 lives in the province, adding that at least 1,000 people were also injured.
\nSpeaking on the occasion, the minister said that the scale of damage can be estimated by the fact that in 2010 only the right bank of the Indus River was flooded and in 2011 only the left bank, but this year entire province drowned.
\nThe chief minister highlighted that Sindh received 350% more rainfall than the monthly average in July and 600% more than the August average. Shah said as he speaks over 600,000 cusecs floodwater is passing from Sukkur.
\n\u201cI visited 23 districts of the province and saw villages, cities and roads appear like rivers,\u201d the top Sindh government representative told the media. \u201cPeople are trapped everywhere,\u201d the minister exclaimed.
\nMurad Ali Shah said Padidan bore the brunt of 1,550mm rain this monsoon which only witnesses 50-55mm rainfall on average per year. \u201cIn just five days, 800mm downpour lashed Padidan.\u201d
\nApart from the loss of hundreds of lives, around 10 million people were rendered homeless by the recent floods, the chief minister listed. He added that around 1.5 million houses in villages were destroyed, while the government has not been able to compile the number of livestock that were swept away by the flood.
\nWhile sharing the damage statistics, the CM said a whopping 90% of crops standing over a million acres were completely destroyed by the incessant downpour and consequent riverine floods. \u201cAt least 23 districts, 101 talukas and 5,718 dehs were adversely affected in this year\u2019s catastrophic floods.\u201d
\nThe Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) had 86,000 tents in the stockpile which have all been put to use while our current requirement is around 1 million tents, Sindh CM detailed during the presser.
\nPDMA faces a dearth of cooked food in all affected districts due to gas and fuel shortages owing to the extensive scale of the natural disaster. \u201cWe are trying our best to provide relief to the masses even in such a challenging scenario,\u201d the chief minister outlined.
\nMurad Ali Shah urged the people to ensure unity in such troubled times. He said the federal government has assured him that they would provide complete assistance to the Sindh government to provide relief to the flood victims.
\nThe Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) stalwart requested people to reach out to their neighbors and deal with the catastrophic impact of the flood with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SUKKUR Sindh received 600% more rains during the current monsoon compared to yesteryears destroying 90% of crops, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said during a press briefing in Sukkur on Wednesday. The catastrophic damage has now threatened food security in the province. Murad Ali said the unprecedented floods and thundershowers claimed over 300 lives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-279362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n