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.
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.