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“We Have Gone Back 50 Years”: Pakistan Farmers On Flood Damage

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“We Have Gone Back 50 Years”: Pakistan Farmers On Flood Damage

[ad_1] Islamabad can scarcely afford imports -- even if it purchases discounted grain from Russia.Pakistan's farmers are still counting their losses from the devastating floods that have put a third of the country under water, but the long-term impact is already clear."We have gone back 50 years," said Ashraf Ali Bhanbro, a farmer in Sindh province whose 2,500 acres of cotton and sugarcane -- on the verge of being harvested -- have now been wiped out.More than 33 million people have been affected by the floods caused by record monsoon rains, and one of the worst-hit areas is Sindh in Pakistan's south.The province is bisected by the mighty Indus River, along whose banks farming has flourished for millennia with records of irrigation systems dating back to 4,000 BC.Sindh's problems are two...

“Burning With Pain”: Devastating Pak Floods Trigger Major Health Crisis

[ad_1] Scabies outbreaks are common in crowded places with tropical conditions.Sukkur, Pakistan: At a charity clinic in a southern Pakistani village, dozens of people affected by relentless rains and floods crowd around the door waiting to talk to a volunteer doctor.The village of Bhambro is in a poor district of Sindh province, hard-hit by record floods that have destroyed more than a million homes and damaged critical infrastructure including health facilities across the country.Bhambro is surrounded by vast stretches of flooded farmland, its streets full of mud and strewn with debris and manure -- conditions ripe for outbreaks of malaria, cholera and skin diseases such as scabies."Skin diseases are the main problem here because of dirty, stagnant water and unhygienic conditions," said...

Satellite Pictures: Pakistan Before And After Floods

[ad_1] The images show some of the flooding near the city of Rojhan from today and before the floods.New Delhi: Tens of millions of people in Pakistan are affected by relentless rains that have submerged a third of the country and claimed more than a thousand lives. The rains that began in June have washed away swathes of crops and damaged hundreds of homes and businesses.Satellite images accessed by NDTV reveal the extent of damage caused by the worst flooding in more than a decade.An overview of flooding along Indus river (high res: here).The images show some of the flooding near the city of Rojhan from today and a comparison of the same area with an image taken earlier this year (March 24).Authorities and charities are struggling to accelerate aid delivery to more than 33 million peop...