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| India-Pakistan |
| Quake victims still waiting for aid |
| 2008-11-02 |
| Relief workers are still discovering mountain villages destroyed by the earthquake in Balochistan that have yet to receive aid, the Red Cross said on Saturday. The 6.5-magnitude quake hit Ziarat district on Wednesday, destroying 3,000 mud-walled houses. Officials say the official death toll of 215 is likely to rise past 300. The United Nations said the jolt damaged 128 schools in the district. In all, 108,000 people were affected, half of them children, UNICEF said in a statement late on Friday. Authorities and the army are trucking tents, sleeping bags and food packages to villagers in the affected valleys of the province. However, survivors have complained about the pace of the relief effort. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said there was still a 'huge need' for tents and blankets. With winter closing in, tents need to be insulated or fitted with stoves, ICRC spokesman Marco Succi said. He said relief teams were still finding tiny, remote villages that had seen no assistance. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Where's the Arab League? They are always hanging around, shooting off their mouths, but when its time to write a check they're nowhere to be found. I guess we could do it, but history shows they'll hate us for helping them. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-11-02 07:51 |