Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah,while apprising diplomats of different countries about the destruction caused by heavy rainfall in the province said that 136 people died, over 2.3 million people turned homeless and 45,961 cattle died and a large number of katcha and pacca houses have collapse.
The meeting was held here at CM House on Saturday, attended by Robber Silberstein of USA, BairamD Avari of Canada, Li Bijian of China along with Zhang Hao and Zhang Lin, Ashida Katsunari of Japan, Dr Salem Al Khaddein Al Dhanahi of UAE, Didier Talpainof Fran, Mike Nithavrianakis of UK and others.
The others who attended the meeting from the provincial government, include Education Minister SaeedGhani, Advisor on Law MurtazaWahab, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, SMBR QaziShahidParvez, PSCM Sajid Jamal Abro and Adl Secretary to CM FayazJatoi.
The chief minister through a presentation on the multimedia said that overall rainfall of August 2020 flooded nine districts badly. “Mirpurkhas is flooded by 27.28 percent, Badin 13.2 percent, Umerkot 12.25 percent, TandoAllahyar 5.93 percent, Sanghar 5.79 percent, Tando Mohammad Khan 1.65 percent, Hyderabad 0.14 percent, Matiari 0.64 percent and Tharparkar .31 percent,” he said.
Murad Ali Shah said that keeping in view the gravity of the situation his government has declared 20 districts of four division calamity hit areas. They include Karachi Division, South, West, East, Central, Korangi and Malir. Hyderabad division: Hyderabad, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Jamshoro, T.M Khan, TandoAllahyar, Matiari and Dadu. Mirpurkhas Division: Mirpurkhas, Umerkot and Tharparkar. ShaheedBenazirabad Division: ShaheedBenazirabad and Sanghar. Sharing losses, damages and relief measures taken by his government, the CM said that 136 people dies, including 64 in Karachi, 86 persons sustained injuries, 2,488,616 people have been affected, 1,094,150 acres standing crops completely damaged, 77,343 houses damaged completely, 137,178 houses damaged partially, 45,961 cattle died.
