Sindh flood affectees piling up miseries take three more lives

 KARACHI: The miseries of the flood affectees in Sindh could not be eased out even today, which could be gauged from the fact that a man jostling for obtaining ‘Pakistan Card’ died of cardiac arrest in Badin, while two persons including an infant, 8 months old succumbed to the stomach disease.

A person standing in the queue for two days at the Pakistan Card Centre set up at Golarchi in Badin area died of cardiac arrest, while in Pangrio an infant eight months old and at Malkani Sharif, an old man aged 65 died of stomach disease.

District Badin facing acute shortage of food items as the administration has badly failed to come to the rescue of the flood affectees.

Mir colony, Akhtar Town, Zeeshan Town and other adjoining areas in Mirpur Khas still remain submerged in the accumulated rain water, which could not be drained out even after weeks, while those who had taken refuge in the relief camps are suffering from different diseases without necessary medical aid, as the hospitals are also surrounded by rain water. Most of the residential areas of Sanghar also remain inundated.

The cultivators at Kachoo flood affected area Wahi Pandi in Dadu staging protest against additional bills and torched them in rage, while the work for draining out the rain water moving with snail’s pace.

The standing crops on a vast area including three fish farms were washed away, as a breach occurred in Khora canal near Gambat, Khairpur.