Flooding in Pakistan will get worse, aid agencies say

By CTV.ca News Staff
Sat. Aug. 21 2010 6:15 PM ET Aid workers say the flooding in Pakistan that has forced millions from their homes will get worse before it gets better. Rahul Singh, of the aid group Global Medic, told CTV News Channel that he and his fellow aid workers are trying as quickly as they can to get help to the people displaced by floodwaters. … About 150,000 Pakistanis had to flee to higher ground Saturday as fresh flooding from the swollen Indus River swelled over dozens more towns and villages in the south. Already, 600,000 people are in relief camps set up in Sindh province during the flooding over the past month, but government spokesmen said the latest surge covered new areas in the province. “We evacuated more than 150,000 people from interior parts of Sindh in the past 24 hours,” said Jamil Soomro, a spokesman for the provincial government. … “We’re pretty much at max capacity here … but the need is immense. You cannot drive down a single road in this country without seeing thousands, upon thousands upon thousands of people scattered along that road.” “There’s no stretch of land without them.” … Singh said his group brought three million water purification tablets with them into the disaster zone, but they are being used up quickly. “I’m going to lose that in about two more days: It’s a drop in the bucket,” he said. “And this will get worse before it gets better.” …