Karachi: US military aircraft loaded with tons of aid for Pakistanis flooded by deadly monsoon rains on Sunday landed in southern Sindh province, one of the worst-hit regions of the poor country.
Saif UllahA spokesman for the country’s civil aviation authority said each plane was loaded with about 35 tonnes of relief aid that would be distributed to the province by the World Food Program. The plane landed at Sukkur airport in Sindh Allah Said that the US operation, which began on Thursday, will last until September 16.
Pakistan Earlier this year it has faced extremely heavy monsoon rains that started in mid-June. Many officials and experts have blamed the rains and the resulting flood waters on climate change. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres Last week called on the world to stop “sleep walking” through the dreaded environmental crisis. He has repeatedly called on the international community to send massive amounts of aid to Pakistan.
Ullah said on Sunday that two more flights carrying relief materials from the United Arab Emirates landed at Karachi airport. So far, UN agencies and several countries have sent several schemes for aid, and officials say the UAE has been one of the most generous contributors.
The massive floods since mid-June have killed some 1,400 people, injured 13,000 and left millions homeless. The water also destroyed road and communication infrastructure.
Cotton and sugarcane crops, banana orchards and vegetable fields can be seen submerged in flood waters. Thousands of mud and brick houses were flooded, leaving people homeless and taking shelter in tents along the damaged roads.
Pakistan’s military chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa On Saturday visited Sindh and its adjoining badly affected district Dadu. Dadu may have to face more floods due to rising waters of Indus river.
“If we don’t have drainage system and dams, people will continue to suffer,” Bajwa told reporters.
He said the construction of dams would help in generating electricity, curb pollution and reduce global warming and asked Army engineers to conduct a preliminary study.
Bajwa said that it is necessary to work on alternative energy sources and called for gradually reducing oil and coal as energy sources to the minimum level.
Since June, heavy rains and floods have added a new level of misery to cash-strapped Pakistan and exposed the adverse impact of climate change on the poor population.
Experts say that Pakistan is responsible for only 0.4% of the world’s historical emissions which are blamed on climate change. The US accounts for 21.5%, China 16.5% and the European Union 15%.
Saif UllahA spokesman for the country’s civil aviation authority said each plane was loaded with about 35 tonnes of relief aid that would be distributed to the province by the World Food Program. The plane landed at Sukkur airport in Sindh Allah Said that the US operation, which began on Thursday, will last until September 16.
Pakistan Earlier this year it has faced extremely heavy monsoon rains that started in mid-June. Many officials and experts have blamed the rains and the resulting flood waters on climate change. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres Last week called on the world to stop “sleep walking” through the dreaded environmental crisis. He has repeatedly called on the international community to send massive amounts of aid to Pakistan.
Ullah said on Sunday that two more flights carrying relief materials from the United Arab Emirates landed at Karachi airport. So far, UN agencies and several countries have sent several schemes for aid, and officials say the UAE has been one of the most generous contributors.
The massive floods since mid-June have killed some 1,400 people, injured 13,000 and left millions homeless. The water also destroyed road and communication infrastructure.
Cotton and sugarcane crops, banana orchards and vegetable fields can be seen submerged in flood waters. Thousands of mud and brick houses were flooded, leaving people homeless and taking shelter in tents along the damaged roads.
Pakistan’s military chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa On Saturday visited Sindh and its adjoining badly affected district Dadu. Dadu may have to face more floods due to rising waters of Indus river.
“If we don’t have drainage system and dams, people will continue to suffer,” Bajwa told reporters.
He said the construction of dams would help in generating electricity, curb pollution and reduce global warming and asked Army engineers to conduct a preliminary study.
Bajwa said that it is necessary to work on alternative energy sources and called for gradually reducing oil and coal as energy sources to the minimum level.
Since June, heavy rains and floods have added a new level of misery to cash-strapped Pakistan and exposed the adverse impact of climate change on the poor population.
Experts say that Pakistan is responsible for only 0.4% of the world’s historical emissions which are blamed on climate change. The US accounts for 21.5%, China 16.5% and the European Union 15%.