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08-02-2010, 01:54 PM
Govt Pledges £5m To Pakistan Flood Relief
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4:11pm UK, Monday August 02, 2010
Tom Bonnett and Rob Cole, Sky News Online
The British Government has pledged £5m to help those affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan.
The cash will go towards providing safe drinking water, hygiene kits and toilets for at least 800,000 of the two million people affected by flood water.
Up to 1,200 people have died in the north-west of the country following heavy monsoon rains with rescuers battling to reach 27,000 stranded villagers.
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said: "I know many British people are deeply concerned by the terrible suffering caused by the ongoing monsoon floods in Pakistan.
"The government of Pakistan is leading the relief efforts, and the UK is ready to help in any way we can."
Oxfam has warned of an impending public health catastrophe in the poverty-stricken area.
The organisation's humanitarian director Jane Cocking said the full extent of the disaster was only just becoming clear.
"This is a flood on a scale we have not seen in decades in Pakistan and requires an aid effort of equal measure," she said.
"People in the flood's wake were already desperately poor and what little possessions they had have been washed away.
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"The more villages that are reached, the grimmer the picture becomes.
"There is a desperate need for temporary shelter, clean drinking water and toilets to avert a public health catastrophe.
"People also need medical care and basic food items."
Latifur Rehman, spokesman for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, said the water is draining away to reveal devastated communities.
"Aerial monitoring is being conducted, and it has shown that whole villages have washed away, animals have drowned and grain stores have washed away," he said.
"The destruction is massive."
Almost 700 people have drowned in the Peshawar valley, which includes the districts of Nowshera and Charsada, and 115 others are still missing, Khan said.
The districts of Swat and Shangla have also been hit hard and have suffered more than 400 deaths, said Mujahid Khan, the head of rescue services for the Edhi Foundation, a private charity.
In the Nowshera area, men, women and children had to scramble on to roofs to wait to be rescued.
"There are very bad conditions," said Amjad Ali, a rescue worker in the area.
"They have no water, no food."
Rescuers were using army helicopters, heavy trucks and boats to try reaching flood-hit areas, the UN said.
It reported that thousands of homes and roads were destroyed, and at least 45 bridges across the north-west were damaged.
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4:11pm UK, Monday August 02, 2010
Tom Bonnett and Rob Cole, Sky News Online
The British Government has pledged £5m to help those affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan.
The cash will go towards providing safe drinking water, hygiene kits and toilets for at least 800,000 of the two million people affected by flood water.
Up to 1,200 people have died in the north-west of the country following heavy monsoon rains with rescuers battling to reach 27,000 stranded villagers.
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said: "I know many British people are deeply concerned by the terrible suffering caused by the ongoing monsoon floods in Pakistan.
"The government of Pakistan is leading the relief efforts, and the UK is ready to help in any way we can."
Oxfam has warned of an impending public health catastrophe in the poverty-stricken area.
The organisation's humanitarian director Jane Cocking said the full extent of the disaster was only just becoming clear.
"This is a flood on a scale we have not seen in decades in Pakistan and requires an aid effort of equal measure," she said.
"People in the flood's wake were already desperately poor and what little possessions they had have been washed away.
http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2010/Aug/Week1/15674794.jpg Four-year-old Inamullah sits amidst flood-soaked furniture
"The more villages that are reached, the grimmer the picture becomes.
"There is a desperate need for temporary shelter, clean drinking water and toilets to avert a public health catastrophe.
"People also need medical care and basic food items."
Latifur Rehman, spokesman for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, said the water is draining away to reveal devastated communities.
"Aerial monitoring is being conducted, and it has shown that whole villages have washed away, animals have drowned and grain stores have washed away," he said.
"The destruction is massive."
Almost 700 people have drowned in the Peshawar valley, which includes the districts of Nowshera and Charsada, and 115 others are still missing, Khan said.
The districts of Swat and Shangla have also been hit hard and have suffered more than 400 deaths, said Mujahid Khan, the head of rescue services for the Edhi Foundation, a private charity.
In the Nowshera area, men, women and children had to scramble on to roofs to wait to be rescued.
"There are very bad conditions," said Amjad Ali, a rescue worker in the area.
"They have no water, no food."
Rescuers were using army helicopters, heavy trucks and boats to try reaching flood-hit areas, the UN said.
It reported that thousands of homes and roads were destroyed, and at least 45 bridges across the north-west were damaged.
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Wht they MURDER our soliers, WTF. Get real guys, get real! !