Height of apathy as Khairpur NS flood victims compelled to drink toxic water.

KHAIRPUR -- The apathy of the Khairpur Nathan Shah administration has reached its pinnacle as it has failed to provide clean potable water to people who are compelled to drink toxic stagnant floodwater thus putting their lives at risk on Sunday.

Reportedly, people in Nathan Shah are risking their lives when they are consuming dirty stagnant floodwater in view of non-availability of clean drinking water. Instead of providing potable water, the administration has installed a filter plant in a vehicle to purify the contaminated stagnant floodwater. After drinking this water, several people including hundreds of children have fallen prey to a host of diseases.

Nathan Shah has become hub of diseases As six-foot stagnant floodwater is still submerging Khairpur Nathan Shah and people are compelled to drink dirty water and are living in soiled and sub-human conditions, the area has literally turned into a den of infectious diseases.

As many as 90% flood affectees are suffering from malaria and more than two dozen have succumbed to various diseases.

The stagnant floodwater which has swamped Nathan Shah for the last several days has become a breeding ground for mosquitos and other insects. The lives of flood victims living here have become miserable as the administration is not providing them...

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