Unfortunately, authorities have failed to distribute the allocated funds for the rehabilitation of the people of Thar
ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Sindh allocated Rs13 billion for the development of the provincial health department to combat the drought situation in Thar. Unfortunately, the authorities have failed to distribute the allocated funds for the rehabilitation of the people of Thar. Moreover, the government is constantly downplaying the number of casualties in this horrific natural calamity.
While the reasons behind the deaths of young children from the age of one to five have ranged from low weight at birth, pneumonia, delivery of babies through dangerous, domestic means to diarrhoea, official statistics say that the majority among these children are newborn babies. Another unfortunate thing is that most doctors and paramedics stationed by the government are actually ‘ghost officials’ — which means that they are present only on paper. It is my request that the Sindh government take quick and strict steps to combat this worsening situation. Leave all other activities and focus on the Thar drought.
Zuhaib Ali Lashari
Published in The Express Tribune, January 24th, 2015.
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