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Recent Monsoon Rains, Floods Devastated Crops On Over 4.426 Million Acres Of Land In Sindh: Sharjeel
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published September 05, 2022 | 07:32 PM
Sindh Information and Transport Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said the recent monsoon rains and ensuing floods have devastated crops on over 4.426 million acres of land in Sindh
HYDERABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Sep, 2022 ) :Sindh Information and Transport Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said the recent monsoon rains and ensuing floods have devastated crops on over 4.426 million acres of land in Sindh.
Talking to the business community at Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) here on Monday, Memon informed that the government was working over the three targets of rescue, relief and rehabilitation.
He appreciated the business community of Hyderabad for helping the affected people by donating the relief items.
The minister informed that the rains and floods had claimed 577 lives in the province including 190 men, 109 women and 217 children.
Additionally, 41,414 livestock animals had also perished, he added. He said the government felt compelled to give a cut to a part of an embankment of the Manchar lake near Sehwan in order to save Sehwan and Bhan Saeedabad from flooding.
He told that five Union Councils with an estimated population of at least 125,000 people had been affected due to the cut.
Memon also apprised that the district administration had set up a tent city near Labour Colony in the SITE area where the government was also providing free meals to the displaced people from other districts of Sindh.
The minister said a joint account was being created of HCCI and Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD) to collect donations for the affected people.
He assured that the politicians would be the first to donate to that account, adding that both the HCCI and ABAD would operate that account.
"The time requires the sort of unity in the nation which was created during the 2005 earthquake," he underlined.
Memon said the people could even donate their used clothes and other items to help the displaced people.
The minister said the people could seek help from Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) if they come across any difficulty in distribution of the relief goods.
The office bearers and members of HCCI were present on the occasion.
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