![]() In a statement, Farah Naureen, the agency’s country director for Pakistan, said there was an urgent need for winterized tents and other items for survivors. On Thursday, international aid agency Mercy Corps warned that the approaching cold weather of the winter would pose further threats to disaster-ravaged areas of the country, even as the floodwaters recede. The waters wiped out the personal grain stores that many farming families rely on for food year-round. Nearly 15% of Pakistan’s rice crop and 40% of its cotton crop were lost in this year’s flooding, according to officials. ![]() It was the first time that any official confirmed that the water had dropped 50% in Sindh, where 400, 000 people are living in relief camps or in tents.īhutto-Zardari’s remarks were a sign of hope for hundreds of thousands of farmers who had been uncertain about the sowing of the upcoming wheat crop, which usually starts in October. ![]() “We are utilizing all of our resources for draining the remaining water in flood-affected areas in Sindh,“ Bilawal Bhutto Zardari told a news conference. ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan’s foreign minister on Thursday said that about 50% of the water has receded in the country’s worst-hit southern Sindh province, raising hopes that farmers will be able to sow wheat in a first step toward returning to a normal life. ![]()
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