Sunday, July 31, 2011

One year later, anger still rife in flood-ravaged Pakistan...

A year after deadly floods swept through the Pakistani town of Nowshera resident Imtiaz Ali is seething with anger as he struggles to rebuild his life with almost no help from the government.

Nowshera was one of the hardest hit towns in Pakistan's mountainous northwest, where flash floods wiped out entire villages leaving behind tangled branches, mud and many thousands of people needing help.

Ali and his family, who has been living in tents since the flood seriously damaged their home, say they have only just got a little assistance.

"We have just received 20,000 rupees (140.05 pounds) and are building a room to live in," Ali said as his 14-year-old son slopped cement on a wall of the room.

"No politician visited us throughout the year to see how we were living ... They may have gone to influential and rich people and given money to them, but we just got the 20,000 rupees, nothing else." More...

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