ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom today announced £10 million more for life-saving humanitarian aid for flood relief efforts in Pakistan. So far, UK has contributed £26.5 million for flood relief measures in Pakistan.
Out of the total aid from the UK, £21.5m has been allotted to the relief efforts in the areas worst hit by the flooding. The remaining £5m will go directly to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Pakistan Floods Appeal.
The devastating floods in Pakistan have left more than 30 million people homeless and killed 1,700.
The stagnant water in several parts of Sindh has given a rise to diseases such as malaria and dengue. The United Nations has sounded alarm over an impending “second disaster” of disease and death in the province.
On Friday, British Minister of State for South Asia, Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, arrived in Pakistan for a visit to flood-affected areas.
In a press statement, British Embassy said that Lord Tariq Ahmad will meet key government counterparts, community leaders, and aid agencies to discuss the response to the humanitarian crisis and long-term recovery for the country.
The additional extra £10m will be spent on “urgent life-saving needs such as providing shelter, water, and sanitation to prevent waterborne diseases,” it said, elaborating that the funds will focus on supporting people who were still displaced and those returning to their land by helping re-establish communal water supplies.
