Our friendly country Thailand stands out for its donation of rice, around ten thousand tonnes, for the last year’s super flood victims in the Sindh province.
So far only three thousand tonnes have been distributed among the affected people. It is estimated that seven thousand tonnes of rice are rotting in various godowns in Maripur, Karachi. Similarly, other edible and nutritional items, especially for newborns, children and pregnant women, which were donated by a number of friendly countries from around the globe, are reported to have gone rotten.
The victims do not have anything to eat; they do not have even potable water to quench their thirst. They are dying of hunger and malnutrition but they are not being given the donated edible and perishable items.
The apathy, indifference, inability of our venal bureaucracy, laxity and lethargy of our technocrats of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and the insensitivity of our political administrators and that of our rulers towards the victims is, indeed, despicable.
In this dismal scenario, I appeal to the President and Prime Minister to take notice of the situation so that the donated edible and clothing items which are rotting in the godowns may be distributed among the victims of floods.
HASHIM ABRO
Islamabad
