SOS: 250,000 Displace, 70% Are Women & Children, worst Human Crisis in Thatta District, Act now
On Saturday I was in Makli city (one of the oldest necropolises of world) 6 Km from Thatta city, extreme south of the country near Arabian Sea, nearly 250,000 have been poured in and around Makli city(its own population is 20,000) for last five days from all areas of the Thatta district,90 km from Karachi. Almost 50% of the 1.6 million population of the district has been displaced at the moment. The district is mostly coastal area where Indus river fall into Arabian Sea. There all 9 sub divisions of the district is inundated by the flood. I was accompanied with Comrade Sherbaz of Progressive youth Front, Jabbar Khaskhaili(Labour Party Pakistan), Naseem Haider(Pakistan Steel Democratic Workers Union)
Majority of displaced are with out shelter ,food, water and medicine. Situation is very worst and depressing, government and other relief bodies are no where, hundred of thousand women and children have been crying for immediate help. They are in open space every where in scorching heat, thousands have taken refuge in historic grave yard of Makli including in tombs of nobles .
We have started some immediate relief to the needy but challenge is larger than our capacity, human catastrophe is looming large and every passing hour has been making life unbearable for the displaced hundred of thousands especially for women and children.
We are going to establish relief camp in Makli for 30 families from this week.
The situation is very volatile, thousands have protested against army and administration on main road on Friday and bitterness has been growing day by day.
We have send three consignment of food, clothes and medicine to Moro in last week period, five comrades Zehra Akber (Home Based Women Workers Federation), Shehla Rizwan(Labour Party Pakistan , Irfana Jabbar(Home Based Women Bangle Workers Union), Munawer and Mukhtiar Raho (LPP) have been in Moro for three days in Moro for relief work.
We have given shelter to 120 families from Jaffarabad in Hub Balochistan through National Trade Union Federation(NTUF) in seven quarters of Workers Welfare Board and committed to supply food and medicine to flood victims.
Some amount is in our hand for food purchase for Moro camps which we have already pledged so in this situation we immediately require your intervention to cope the situation in Thatta district, my request you to send us 200,000 as soon as possible.
Thanking you
In solidarity
Nasir Mansoor
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