KARACHI: President of Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) Salman Aslam said that recent rains and floods have caused havoc in Sindh, Balochistan, millions of people are in open. Rehabilitation of affected people will take more than two to three years, while agricultural lands in interior Sindh will take a long time to become cultivated again.

KATI set a target of providing relief to 20 thousand affected families and till now, KATI has sent relief goods to 15 thousand families affected by rains and floods in Sindh and Balochistan. Talking to industrialists of Korangi industrial area he said that every possible effort is being made to continue this series of aid to affectees under leadership of SM Munir. Five more aid trucks will be sent from KATI this week for support of affected peoples of Sindh and as soon as cold weather begins in country, a new crisis begins for flood affected people. He appealed to humanitarian workers to take immediate measures to protect flood victims from cold weather.  KATI provided affected families with rations, tents and water coolers, mosquito nets, medicines, food items, drinking water, roasted grams and other dry items, slippers and other essential items for men, women and children for which KATI relief committee members Junaid Naqi, Noman Aslam and others are continuously serving in relief camp. Donation of Rs 20 million has been sent from KATI, but a large number of affected people are still forced to live in tents, in a few days more than 100 tents will be handed over to Rangers, which more than 600 people can take shelter.

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 13 2022

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