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Iran to send 2nd aid convoy to Pakistan
"The second humanitarian consignment of Iran's Red Islamic Thingy [Society] for aid to the flood-ravaged Paks weighs approximately 55 tons," IRNA quoted the IRCS director of international affairs, Shabeddin Muhammadi Araghi, as saying on Friday. The aid cargo, comprising of foodstuff, tents and blankets will be sent to Bloody Karachi by air on Monday, he noted. Iran dispatched its first aid-consignment, which was approximately 47 tons, to Pakistain by road on Thursday. According to the latest figures released by Pakistain's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Thursday, more than 350 people have been killed and over eight million others have been affected by floods in Pakistain's southern regions. Two million Paks have also fallen ill from waterborne diseases in the deluged areas. NDMA front man Irshad Bhatti said malaria, diarrhea, skin disease and snake bites were among the health problems two million people across all the 23 districts of Sindh Province are struggling with. "In some areas, diseases also spread out because of dead animals, but there is no major breakout of any epidemic," Bhatti added, calling for donations of mosquito nets and medicine. The World Health Organization says there is a desperate shortage of clean drinking water in the south, which has also triggered outbreaks of acute diarrhea and other waterborne diseases. The UN's children agency has pledged to distribute 200,000 liters (50,000 gallons) of water to 40,000 people daily and deploy 40 more water tankers soon. Posted by: trailing wife 2011-09-25 |
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