Sunday, September 4th, 2022
US delegation visit flood-hit areas in Dadu
ISLAMABAD, Sep 04 (DNA): A five-member delegation from the United Statesheaded by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has visited flood-hit areasin Dadu the district of the Sindh province. The US delegation which also included ambassador Donald Blome reviewedthe flood situation on the ground and during an aerial view of the area. The members of the delegation were briefed by Major General DilawarKhan, Brigadier Hasnat Ahmed and DC Dadu Syed Murtaza Ali Shah about theongoing relief activities and losses caused by the torrential rains andfloods in the affected areas. The delegation praisedRead More
Over 1,200 medical relief camps being organised in flood hit areas
ISLAMABAD – Over 1,200 medical relief camps have been established in flood hit areas to provide medical assistance, including first aid for water-borne and cold-fever related diseases to marooned victims, Minister of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel told here Sunday. He said that 300 health camps were being set up in six districts of Balochistan and Sindh and 400 in eight districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said that camps would be established in Dera Ismael Khan, Tank, Peshawar, Nowshera, Swat, Charsadda, Shangla, Lower Dir, Lasbela, Jaffarabad,Read More
NASA unsure next Moon rocket launch attempt possible this month
Kennedy Space Center: After scrapping a second attempt to get its new 30-story lunar rocket off the ground due to a fuel leak, NASA officials said Saturday it may not be possible to try again this month. The current launch window for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon ends Tuesday and is “definitely off the table,” said Jim Free, associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development, at a press conference Saturday. The next possible launch window is September 19 to October 4, and failing that, October 17 to 31, NASARead More
Relief and Rehabilitation work in flood hit areas by INGOs
Sayed Sajid Shah Bokhari After couple of weeks the government of Pakistan has finally decided to allow international non-governmental organizations for the activities to be carried out in flood-hit areas. The situation of flood is turning to be the worst one because of inaccessibility and numerous other problems. The people in troubles during flood lies in pain even after flood because of non-availability of basic human needs required for their survival. Especially the diseases spread in the area like Dihhoera and vomiting has further increased the level of vulnerability ofRead More
Aid workers call for imports from India
ISLAMABAD, SEP 4 /DNA/ – Renowned aid workers and experts have called upon the authorities to immediately allow imports from India keeping in view the havoc caused by floods. Faisal EDHI said it was very important and essential to import from India. We should remove the political hesitation. Hugely beneficial to import from India as freight cost will be less. ‘It’s important because people who somehow withstand the floods will perish from food scarcity and die. So we have to look for issues beyond floods and prepare for food scarcity’,Read More
26 more die, 11 injured due to monsoon catastrophe: NDMA
DNA ISLAMABAD, The unprecedented torrential monsoon rains across the country on Sunday inflicted further lives and property losses as the total death count in various incidents reached 1,290 and 12,588 individuals got injured since the onset of the rainy season. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a 24-hour situation report released on routine basis that accounted overall life, property and infrastructure losses incurred by the heavy rains lashing out various parts of the country. The heavy rains and flash floods caused deaths of a child in Zhob and aRead More