44 bodies recovered as 250 missing in flood water

By IRNA

Islamabad : A total of 44 bodies were recovered from different areas in flood-hit areas in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Saturday, TV channels reported.


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Reports said that around 250 people are still missing.

An aid group said that relief activities could not be started in all affected areas but the army says that helicopters are busy in rescue and relief operations.

More than 150 people were reported to be missing in the worst hit Khuzdar region.

Local mayor Mir Khalid Bizenjo said that search for more bodies is continuing.

District mayor of Qalat Neymatullah said standing crops and gardens were destroyed in the region.

Provincial home minister Mir Shoaib Nowsherwani said that 70 per cent of Kharan city was inundated in flood water.

Several villages were washed away in the floods, he said.

Reports of losses were also received from major cities including Noshki, Jaffarabad, Naseerabad and Dera Allah Yar.

Many people have complained that they are not receiving aid. But provincial spokesman Raziq Bugti said the government is trying to provide relief goods to the affected people.

 

 

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