View from the top: Sanghar submerged
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The United Nations and the Pakistani government appealed for $357 million in foreign donations to urgently help more than seven million people swamped by a second year of catastrophic floods. One year on from the country's worst-ever floods that left more than 21 million people in need, Pakistan's southern plains have been inundated again, with some parts of Sindh province swamped with more water than last summer. - Photos by AFP
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Sep 20, 2011 06:50pm
Floods are not uncommon in Pakistan, a country that oscillates from extreme flooding to extreme drought. Why is there no lan for diversion channels and increased storage capacity to capitalize on these floods and use the water for future use??? Millions of tons of farm soil is washed into the sea by poor flood management. There are alternatives to begging between floods and drought.
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Sep 21, 2011 12:10am
Incompetent and corrupt leadership, elected by the people
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Sep 21, 2011 01:16am
Government doesn't accept responsibility. They're simply rent seekers, living off the top. The people have no say. They've been living like this for centuries. You would expect, looking at the beautiful homes in slide 3, the people would insist on their say, but the mafia that runs Pakistan is just too strong. The US wants to give billions to help the common people. I'd say this was a great project to put money into.
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