Tharparkar: Death toll climbs to 562 as two more infants die
The deaths are a grim reminder that life in the desert region of Tharparkar is becoming more difficult with each passing day.
The persistent drought over the last three years has made it all the more difficult for the 1.6 million strong population of this district.
Add these adverse conditions to the inadequate health facilities and lack of resources available to the residents, and it is no surprise that death has cast a permanent cloud over the district.
The provincial government claims it is providing free wheat bags of 50 kilogrammes to each of the 259,945 families in the district for a month. The citizens, however, have repeatedly complained of the quantity and delays in the wheat distribution.
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