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By Sabeena Jalal The impact of 2005 earth quake in Pakistan was visible and hence registered to the nation and the world. However, the full impact of the devastation caused by the 2010 floods of Pakistan is yet to manifest itself. According to estimation 1/5th of the country is under water. Crops are no more. We do not know the correct death toll. We have no valid data. There is a looming threat of epidemics and malnutrition. This threat is just not restricted to the directly afflicted flood victims. It would probably seep through the civil society , lets say by october - december 2010, When it is estimated that the flood water would recede.
So the question is to prepare ourselves.
Besides damage to people's homes , crops and animals ( mostly agricultural people have been affected), floods have caused extensive damage to roads, bridges and irrigation works. Hence, what would be the long term rehabiliatation cost of this flooding?
Sugar and cotton have been destroyed. Would it affect our textile sector? How much revenue is generated by that sector alone? According to estimates abt 60% exports are through this. Also what would happen to transport costs , food scarcity and inflation?
How to plan a safety net for this calamity?
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"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beautyto its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget."- Arundhati Roy
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