The drought continues: Five more children die in Thar
The drought continues: Five more children die in Thar
MITHI:
Five more children died in Tharparkar on Wednesday, taking the total death toll in the drought-hit region in December to 138. Eleven-day-old Daulat Meghawar and five-month-old Abid Ali passed away in Civil Hospital, Mithi. Meanwhile, a two-day-old child died in Chahro, 15-day-old Latif Rind in Khansar, while four-month-old Anita died in a village of Nangarparkar. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah failed to fulfill the promise of installing 325 reverse-osmosis plants by the end of the year. The private company that was given the contract to install the plants could not even install half of them.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 1st, 2014.
the situation in Thar is very poor. No one expects any thing from sindh governmenteven though its all happening right under their nose because they are tun people,but the federal government and military establishment are considered public friendly and concerned.Cold response from their side is astonishing.I request the powerful authorities to play their role and control the situation. I want to advise that apart from short term food and medicine these people must be taught skills and connected to respected markets so that they could stand on their feet. May ALLAH give stature to our leadership to rescue these people,ameen