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1.47 million people affected by floods in Pakistan

Published: 06 Sep 2013 - 12:10 pm | Last Updated: 30 Jan 2022 - 04:39 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani National Disaster Management Authority said 7,693 villages have been hit by floods while 21,133 houses destroyed.
 
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said the death toll due to floods and rains across the country has risen to 234 besides injuries to 1129 people.
 
In its latest data the authority said 1.47 million people and 7,693 villages have been hit by floods while 21,133 houses destroyed, according to Radio Pakistan.
 
Relief and rehabilitation efforts are continuing to mitigate the sufferings of the marooned people. 
 
The agencies concerned have so far distributed over fifty-seven thousand eight hundred and thirty-four tents; one hundred twenty-six thousand and four hundred food packs  seventeen thousand and two hundred blankets; over thirty-one thousand mosquito nets and 63 de-watering pumps in the affected areas. (QNA)