Another two children die in famine-hit Thar
The death toll has reached 130.
THARPARKAR (Web Desk) – Another two children have died in the famine-hit Tharparkar district on Tuesday, Dunya News reported.
Fifty six people including 21 children are still under treatment at the civil hospital.
On the other hand, Pak Army is engaged in providing food and medical facilities to the drought affected people.
According to ISPR‚ 110 ton of food items were distributed among the people of area during the last three days.
The Army has set up six medical camps at Mithi‚ Islamkot‚ Diplo Nangar Parker‚ Chahchard amd Kanser for this purpose. Army doctors have so far extended medical facilities to four thousand people.
Officials were alarmed by media reports from Mithi, one of the least developed and most remote districts in southern Sindh province, suggesting that more than 100 people had died because of famine and malnutrition.
Earlier on Monday, Sindh CM Qaim Ali Shah said the cause of the deaths would be confirmed by the investigation but apparently pneumonia and malnutrition were among the reasons.
The Thar desert begins around 300 kilometres (200 miles) from Karachi and runs up to the border with India, where it joins the Rajasthan desert.
Poor health and communication infrastructure keeps the district disconnected from mainstream population.
In 2000, the desert suffered a famine that killed 90 percent of the livestock, the economic mainstay of the area.
