Heavy rains caused flash floods and affect the life of the masses. Torrential monsoon rains have triggered the most severe flooding in Pakistan’s history. Owing to these catastrophic rains villages are washing away and leaving around 3.4 million children to prey to increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning, and malnutrition. Hundreds of thousands of homes, public health facilities, educational institutes, and water systems have been demolished.
Pakistan faces terrible consequences of heavy
rains in the form of urban and flash floods,
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods, and landslides throughout Pakistan, most
notably in the areas of Baluchistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Punjab.
Owing to this, Khuzdar, Jhal Magsi, NAuskhi, Killa Abdullah, and Naseerabad were
affected the worst. By 9 September, more than 664,000 people were sheltering in
displacement camps, with many inadequate shelters and access to inadequate and
insufficient food, insufficient lifesaving medical supplies, clean water, and
sanitation.
To deal with the possible flood
in Sialkot as the water level in river Chenab and drain Derk has risen, the
district administration has put all the sectors on red alert. India has
released 200000 cusecs of flood water into the river Ravi which turned into an extreme
flash flood river. The flood submerges hundreds of acres of land in
Shekhupura, Nankana Sahib, Sahiwal, Jhang, and Multan.
Sindh has also resulted in
flash floods and affected most districts. According to reports, people have
suffered huge losses to human lives, livestock, and agriculture. The govt of
Sindh declared an emergency in Kamber Shahdakot, Badin, Dadu, Matiari, Sanghar,
Jamshoro, Khairpur, and Naushaharo.
Major Contributors of Flood in
Pakistan:
Monsoon
Rains:
Summer monsoon rains last from
June to September are the annual raining season. This time, Above-normal precipitation started in the last week and since it started, Pakistan received
the more than 60% of its total average monsoon rainfall in just three weeks.
Monsoon rains have become erratic due to the climate change pattern. Water
carried by monsoon rains irrigates croplands and feeds rivers. The volume of
water coupled with heavy monsoon due to the northwesterly shift of monsoon
devastated many areas of Pakistan and resulted in the worst floods in
Pakistan.
Lake of
Water Reservoirs/dams:
Pakistan has only 18 dams to
meet the energy crises which is insufficient to fulfill the needs of the masses.
Though Pakistan is an agrarian country still, it has only 18 dams and 7
barrages to cater to agriculture as well as hydel power requirements.
According to the survey, Pakistan has only one-fifth of the water which was
available in 1947 and it has converted around about 2 million acres of land into
barren. Owing to the insufficient dams more than 20 acre-feet of water goes
wasted annually. The flow of water is 145 million acre-feet but unfortunately,
only 13% of it is stored and that is why citizens are facing a severe shortage of natural resources. According to reports, 5260 cubic meter was available for
each Pakistani in 1950 but now, an average of 1040 cubic meters of water is available
for an individual one which will reduce to 659 cubic meters by 2025.
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