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Over 600 km (370 mi) of road and 9,271 hectares (22,910 acres) of agricultural land were flooded. [ 12 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The United Nations said further flooding on 10-11 May killed 540 people, [ 3 ] with the Afghan World Food Program office reporting 1,651 injuries. [ 17 ]
After severe floods in 1973 and 1976, the Federal Flood Commission was established to assume a unified national responsibility for flood protection works (previously a devolved responsibility of the provincial governments within Pakistan). A government report in 2009 acknowledged the limited success of flood protection measures in the major ...
On 25 August 2022, Pakistan declared a state of emergency because of the flooding. [6] The flooding was the world's deadliest flood since the 2020 South Asian floods [7] and described as the worst in the country's history. [8] It was also recorded as one of the costliest natural disasters in world history.
The agricultural damage reached more than 2.9 billion dollars, and included over 700,000 acres (2,800 km 2) of lost cotton crops, 200,000 acres (810 km 2) of sugar cane and 200,000 acres (810 km 2) of rice, in addition to the loss of over 500,000 tonnes of stocked wheat, 300,000 acres (1,200 km 2) of animal fodder and the stored grain losses.
The municipality was established on 2 December 2014 as a merger of the VDCs of Pakhribas, Sanne, Phalate, Ghorlikharka and Muga. [ 1 ] When the Government of Nepal decided to reduce the local level body in 753 units, all previous VDCs nullified and merged with existing municipalities (some instead created new municipalities), so Chungmang VDC ...
Flooding in India has been primarily confined to the northern portion of the country, including Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. [18] [19] [20] By mid-August, flooding had affected over 31 million people, and damaged or destroyed over 800,000 houses. [2] Over 85% of Kaziranga National Park was flooded. [21]
The following is a partial list of research institutes in Pakistan. Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, GC University Lahore [1] Azra Naheed Center for Research and Development, Superior University Lahore; Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology (Pakistan), Islamabad
DETROIT (Reuters) -U.S. automakers Ford Motor and General Motors will donate $1 million each, along with vehicles, to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's January inauguration, company ...