Though the Floods are over and we have all forgotten the people who suffered. This post is a reminder that they still need us.
The 2010 Pakistan floods began in late July 2010, resulting from heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions of Pakistan and affected the Indus River basin. Approximately one-fifth of Pakistan’s total land area was underwater, approximately 796,095 square kilometers (307,374 sq mi). According to Pakistani government data the floods directly affected about 20 million people, mostly by destruction of property, livelihood and infrastructure, with a death toll of close to 2,000.
The Pakistani economy was harmed by extensive damage to infrastructure and crops. Damage to structures was estimated to exceed 4 billion USD, and wheat crop damages were estimated to be over 500 million USD.Total economic impact may have been as much as 43 billion USD.
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Roads in Swat
Photo: Qasim Berech/Oxfam
Remains of buildings destroyed by the recent flooding in Sindh province
Photo by DFID – UK Department for International Development
A camp on overhead bridge in District Shikarpur (Sindh Province)
Photo: Asim Saqlain/Oxfa
Displaced people fleeing Sindh streamed into Balochistan
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A submerged street near Nowshera, Kyhber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
Photo: Abdul Majeed Goraya / IRIN | www.irinnews.org
Families take boats to flooded villages, Mehran Town, Dadu District, Sindh
Photo: Caroline Gluck/Oxfam
Pakistani girls wait for distribution of food at an army relief camp for displaced people at Sultan Colony in Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province.
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Pakistani boys unload food from an U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter for their families who have been affected by flood waters north of Myra.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Stephen J. Schmitz/Released
Long Khan and his family, Sindh province
Image: Department for International Development/Russell Watkins
A female doctor with the International Medical Corps examines a young boy at a mobile health clinic in Pakistan
Photo by Department for International Development/Vicki Francis
U.S. Army soldiers from the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade relocate Internally Displaced People from Matlatan to Rubicon in support of the Pakistan flood relief efforts in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
Photo by DVIDSHUB
People displaced by the 2010 flooding in Pakistan collect clean drinking water from a tapstand in the town of Ghari Kharo, in western Sindh Province
Photo by Department for International Development/Russell Watkins
Photo by Save the Children
Razia, a 30-year-olld mother of three, including 3-month-old Parveen, rest on a charpai at a makeshift camp for persons displaced by the extensive flooding in the district of Muzzafargarh.
Photo Credit: Jason Tanner
A tent city at sunset, Hahirpur district , Sindh province
Photo by Save the Children
A U.S. Army CH-47 chinook helicopter from 16th Combat Aviation Brigade is delivering food and supplies for flood relief in the Khoistan Region
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason Bushong
Pakistani villagers cross a bridge made of trees to be relocated in a U.S. Army CH-47 chinook helicopter from 16th Combat Aviation Brigade for flood relief in the Khoistan Region
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Kamal, eight months and suffering from dehydration and diarrhea, is carried through a section of water as his family struggles to make their way home through the flooded areas between the cities of Shikarpur and Jacobabad in the Sindh Province of Pakistan.
Photo by Colin Crowley
Pakistani civilians wait to board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during humanitarian relief efforts in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province
Photo by United States Marine Corps Official Page
Flood waters in areas close to the border between Sindh and Balochistan
Photo by Salman Siddiqui
Extreme Floods in Punjab, Pakistan
Photo by United Nations Photo
Two Pakistani men cross a bridge to get to the supplies delivered by U.S. Army 16th Combat Aviation Brigade for flood relief in the Khoistan Region
Photo by U.S. Army Alaska
Floods in Karachi
Photo by jonnystiles
Communities in flood ravaged areas of the Sindh province
Photo by Official U.S. Air Force
Photo by Cy3ber-T3rrorist
Photo by Cy3ber-T3rrorist
The flood-stricken areas of South Punjab
Photo by Salmaan Taseer
A boy walks through flood destroyed homes in Pabbi, near Nowshera
Photo by Baba.Ali
A girl floats her brother across flood waters while salvaging valuables from their flood ravaged home in the village of Bux Seelro near Sukkur.
Photo by Baba.Ali
we pray for our political leadership for seek come & look the condiction of these people.
may be thier stone hearts go lose.
A good amount of time has been passed and the victims are still looking. Shame on us, shame on this government who was enjoying in Paris and London. Well done PPP
Very nice joke Hawa………
Only reason tis flood woz so big coz of indians thy let the dams open of their side so culd pak suffer heavily….
Govt. is very happy for that because they collect aid, donations from all over the world and only 5% for poor people… and 95% they put cash in their bank account. now they are waiting 4 next flood…
Zardari wants to become a rish man in the world… ALLAH Zardari ko Hidayyat atta Farmaye AMEEN… Or hum sab ko bhi.
kyn k jo Qaum jesi hoti hai usko wesa hi Sardaar Milta hai… Saari Galtiyaan hum logoon ki hain.. Islam ko chor Diya hai hum logoon nay kitny loog hai jo FAJAR ki namaaz kitny arsy tak nahi parhty… or Masjidoon may bht kam loog hoty hain FAJAR k wakt 90% BUZURG hoty hain… ALLAH maaf kry sab ko or 5 wakt ka namzai banaye AMEEEEN!
Yes it was very bad. I saw the ragging waters all the way from Jalkhud, Naran, Kaghan, balakot, manshera, Abbotabbad, haripur all the way till terbela Dam and through the tributaries of the Indus river. Was on Holidays in the northern area lucky to be alive I must say but the worst desaster for Pak is the incompetent governance.
what about future plane …?
The government is too busy fighting for seats and so they haven’t made any plans. May ALLAH protect us and save us from these calamities!
Muhtarma, There is no Future Plan in Pakistan, Specially For Poor Peoples, Pata to unhe chalta hai jis par beetti hai, Main Khud Involve Hn Falah Ke Kamo Main, In Floods main imdad zyada tar un logo ko nai mili jinhe milni chahiye thi, Hamari media sirf photography karti hai, relief foundations sirf seminars arrange karti hain, ghareeb logo ka allah hi hafez hai yaha, abhi koi poochta bhi nai hai in logo ko…..