Pakistan efforts relief collections for flooded areas as PM visits aid camp

Record ID: 1686900

  • Title: Pakistan efforts relief collections for flooded areas as PM visits aid camp
  • Date: 29th August 2022
  • Summary: DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN (AUGUST 29, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE STANDING ON FLOODED ROAD KARACHI, PAKISTAN (AUGUST 29, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS MAN STANDING AT RELIEF STALL HAND PUTTING MONEY INTO DONATION BOX VARIOUS OF STALLS OF RELIEF GOODS MAN CARRYING RELIEF GOODS VOLUNTEERS SETTING UP RELIEF STALLS (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED VOLUNTEER SAYING: "Areas of interior Sind, areas of Balochistan or KPK, areas of Punjab even, they have completely destroyed their management and we are trying to support them, and we are trying to reach them as soon as possible. And we are trying to help them in terms of support of food and shelter and health. And also, we are campaigning about health as well." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING THROUGH DONATED GOODS VARIOUS OF MAN CARRYING DONATED GOODS VARIOUS OF BAGS BEING LOADED ONTO VAN (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) SOCIAL WORKER, SAMREEN NAZ, SAYING: "We are hearing that the situation is getting worse. We are taking all these relief goods now to get to the affected people before the roads get more blocked, before communications get even worse. We want to get there as soon as possible, before other rescue teams can reach them."
  • Embargoed: 12th September 2022 16:33
  • Keywords: DONATIONS FLOODS RELIEF SHARIF
  • Location: DERA ISMAIL KHAN, KARACHI AND CHARSADDA, PAKISTAN
  • City: DERA ISMAIL KHAN, KARACHI AND CHARSADDA, PAKISTAN
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA001128129082022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Pakistanis donated relief goods on Monday (August 29) after unprecedented flash floods caused by abnormal monsoon rains in southern Pakistan washed away roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges, killing at least 1,000 people in recent weeks and affecting more than 33 million.
    "We are trying to support them, and we are trying to reach them as soon as possible. And we are trying to help them in terms of support of food and shelter and health," said a volunteer in Karachi.
    Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited some of the relief camps set up for the people affected on Monday, as officials and medical personnel briefed him on the severity of the situation.
    The southern Pakistani province of Balochistan has suffered hundreds of millions of dollars in economic damage due to devastation from flooding as damage to highways hampers relief efforts, according to the province's chief minister, with an estimate of initial economic losses that could reach at least 10 billion USD, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said.
    Pakistan has appealed for international support and some countries including Turkey have sent supplies and a rescue team.
    In the north, residents and officials said villages were almost entirely cut off from the rest of the country due to destruction wrought by heavy rains.
    (Production: Ehtesham Rana, Mohamad Imran, Sheree Sardar)
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