All the water was eaten
As far as the eye can see, houses and villages submerged in water, families without belongings, hungry people wrapped in big blankets, mothers carrying their thirsty children, cots on their heads and shoulders, old people carrying rusty sewing machines, wooden boats, wipers made into flats. A girl, carrying her mother on her shoulder, a young man kneeling in water, a man grieving the loss of his life's savings, livestock and dilapidated houses, longing for one meal, seeking help, in water for several days. Drowned lives, sometimes parents looking for children, mourning their disappearance or death, sometimes mothers looking for fathers, stony eyes... these heart-rending, soul-stirring scenes are not from a tragic movie, but from the beloved homeland of Pakistan. .
The same Pakistan, which has turned 75 years old this year, the same homeland, whose fertile land, lush fields, lush green gardens, snow-clad mountains are its hallmark. But unfortunately, after the recent stormy rains and catastrophic floods, neither the farm children nor the crops, the gold growing lands were drowned, even the houses of the workers who settled the fields were flooded. In other words, we are a very intelligent, hardy nation. We have experts in every field, but what a pity and even more unfortunate that despite the passage of five centuries, the country could not be made capable of normal natural disasters or unusual rains, storms. Can be dealt with, or at least the loss of life can be prevented.
There are also those countries, where after a tragedy, a natural disaster, such an organized and comprehensive plan is made that no such incident occurs in the future, but in our country, it seems that the ruling class and related institutions are prepared for a disaster. Even before and after the calamity, it is as if they sleep drunk until the next calamity, but the electronic/print media or social media wakes them up. Yes, it is certain that after every natural, sudden calamity, if something comes to the fore, it is the state, the incompetence of the relevant institutions, the fearlessness of the end.
This year's destruction caused by rains and floods has broken the record of destruction in 2010. Of course, natural disasters do not go unnoticed. Plays a role, he is not seen here. The heartbreaking incident that took place in is proof that our state is not capable of immediate help to the people. Five friends were stuck in a flood for three hours, the locals tried to pull them out, but the youths got swept away in the flood.
Although the videos of the friends trapped in the relay started going viral on social media, the authorities were also requested to rescue them, but no one came to their aid. Is it just one from Peshawar or Gil git? No helicopter could reach there in an hour. If there was a government official, politician or any of their relatives in the place of these youths, then every possible effort would not be made to save them. And this is just one incident, at that time the whole of Pakistan is engulfed in such countless stories of pain and suffering. To be clear, this series of rains has been going on since June 14, which has affected 116 districts nationwide and till now. Hundreds of human lives have been lost.
About 500,000 houses have been destroyed or partially damaged, leaving more than 30 million people homeless. Around 800,000 cattle have been killed, crops standing on millions of acres of agricultural land have been destroyed and thousands of tons of wheat stored in warehouses have been destroyed. It should be noted that the Meteorological Department had warned about these rains and floods in advance, but still no adequate measures taken to avoid severe damage. While according to the latest report, India has a total of But 9 lakh cu secs of water has been release, which poses a serious threat to the lands of southern Punjab and Sindh
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