Pakistan Navy rescue teams have evacuated 11,000 affectees and medically treated more than 7,000 people in lower Sindh. Special teams of Naval Commandos were sent to Hyderabad and Benazirabad.
Navy helicopters, Zulu boats and hovercraft are being used to rescue people and the Headquarters Commander in Karachi is coordinating the work. Reserve rescue and medical teams have been put on standby because the weather is expected to get worse. In 24 hours, 2,157 stranded people were evacuated from Tarai, Pangrio, Jhudo, Khoski and Sanghar and 1,162 people were treated.
Mobile medical teams have been treating 360 people in Badin. The navy had also set up a collection centre for relief goods at the Pakistan Maritime Museum. Water purifiers and mobile washrooms and toilets are being prepared at the navy dockyard. Press release
Published in The Express Tribune, September 15th, 2011.
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