Many displaced by Pakistan’s flood-hit Punjab return to find homes and crops destroyed

KHANEWAL Pakistan AP Largest part of the million people displaced by record floods in Pakistan s Punjab province have returned home to find their houses damaged and their crops destroyed as executives promised Thursday to compensate all casualties Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains and water from overflowing dams in India since August has damaged million acres of farmland and killed people according to Punjab relief commissioner Nabil Javed In a comment the Punjab Accident Management Authority declared August brought the province s worst flooding on record Displaced families are returning now that the water is receding he declared adding stated executives will begin a survey next week to assess damage to crops homes and infrastructure in Punjab Multiple survivors explained they learned about their losses only upon returning to the flood-hit villages In Qatalpur village in Punjab -year-old Mohammad Mohsin broke down after returning from a relief camp with his family His house is still standing but is riddled with cracks The flood destroyed us our crops are gone he described The Associated Press We survived the waters but I fear one day the roof will fall on us My house requirements urgent repair but so far we have received no governing body aid In the same village Parveen Bibi indicated the remains of her broken home where she now sleeps with her children During the flood we stayed on the riverbank and got food from the executive she mentioned Bibi stated so far no official has visited to assess their losses Along a roadside in Khanewal district in Punjab Sajjad Hussain noted he spent a week under the open sky with his family after his village was submerged earlier this month Now that the water has gone I am going back the farmer reported Even if the cabinet only gives me a tent I will thank God The swelling of the Ravi Chenab and Sutlej rivers in contemporary weeks was unprecedented commented Irfan Ali Kathia the authority s director general Water has receded in majority of areas he announced Kathia stated the waters are now moving south toward Sindh province Pakistan witnessed its the majority devastating monsoon season in when floods killed people and caused an estimated billion in damage Dogar shared from Lahore Pakistan Source