Relief Camps
637,000 people are living in relief camps in Pakistan
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The rate of displacement is increasing in Pakistan while there is a lack of privacy and safe places reported across locations. There are protection risks for those who are living in temporary relief camps.
In affected areas, 30% of water systems are estimated to have been damaged. 63% of the flood-affected population reported access to sufficient and quality drinking water as a serious issue. Some 73% of affected households are estimated to have inadequate resources to buy food.
Among those who are displaced, at least 660,120 people have reported various illnesses, mostly diarrhea, skin infections, and acute respiratory diseases, at government-run medical camps in flood-affected areas since July 2022.
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Access to flood-affected areas is a major issue in Pakistan for delivering aid and supplies. Over 5,700 km of roads and 246 bridges were damaged or destroyed in the last 2.5 months
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⚫ Pakistan Railways is suffering a loss of PKR 100 million per day due to floods
⚫ The floodwater has caused a loss of PKR 11 billion to the basic infrastructure of the railways
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🇵🇰 🌊 Flooded part of Pakistan has formed a giant inland lake which can be seen on the satellite view.
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