With their homes destroyed by worst flooding in living memory, people in Jaffarabad appeal for help
n the midst of swamps of flood water, hundreds of people who fled one of the worst-hit districts ofpitched tents on the only high ground they could find – on the raised banks of the Saifullah Magsi canal.
One of those on the banks of the canal was Jamali, 32, a student from Islamabad who a few weeks ago had returned to his home town of Gandakha in Jaffarabad district as a volunteer to help flood victims, but on Saturday was forced to leave himself. “People had built their houses after the flood of 2010. Now all have submerged in water, and mud houses have been destroyed,” he said. “We see dead animals and livestock floating in the water. People are getting sick and need clean drinking water and food. We are getting donations but that is not enough.”Destroyed homes in Jaffarabad.On the other side of the canal, over a bridge, is Sindh province, where further flooding is feared in coming days as waters of the swollen Indus River move south.
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