Rains, floods claim 210 lives in Sindh

September 29, 2012 (Daily Business Recorder) YASIR BABBAR KARACHI: As many as 210 people have been killed in recent rains/floods in 19 districts of Sindh, a report compiled by the relief department has said. According to the report, 238,993 people were still living in relief camps. It said recent rains, which started from September 9, broke a 25-year-old record in six districts of the province. Rains/flood had badly hit as many as 19 districts, including Khairpur Mirs, Ghotki, Shikarpur, Sukkur, Jacobabad, Kashmore-Kandhkot, Shahdadkot-Qambar, Dadu, Naushehro Feroze, Benazirabad, Matiari, Tando Allahyar, Hyderabad, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar and Umerkot. According to the report, 19 people had been killed in district Jacobabad, 43 in Shikarpur, four in Larkana, 53 in Kashmore-Kandhkot, 14 in Qambar-Shahdadkot and 14 people had been killed or washed away during rains in Ghotki. As many as 13 people had been killed in Khairpur Mirs, one in Naushehro Feroze, 80 in Khairpur, 10 people in Benazirabad, one in Dadu, three in Matiari, seven in Hyderabad, one in TandoAllahyar, two in Badin, four in Thatta, one in Mirpurkhas, six in Sanghar and six more people had been killed in Umerkot, the report stated. Another portion of the report mentioned that 238,993 rain-hit people were living in relief camps set up in Khairpur Mirs, Ghotki, Shikarpur, Sukkur, Jacobabad, Kashmore-Kandhkot and Shahdadkot-Qambar. Relief department had established 374 relief camps in these districts, the report said. Haleem Adil Shaikh, the Adviser to the Chief Minister for Relief, told Business Recorder that the relief department's report was based on findings submitted by deputy commissioners concerned. According to him, the Sindh government was planning to provide compensation to the heirs of those who had been killed in rains/floods. More than 200,000 houses had been damaged (fully/partially) in almost 16 districts of Sindh during the recent rains/flood.