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Raging rains, climate change put Karachi in a bind this year
Monsoon downpour affected around 2.2 million people in Sindh
KARACHI:
Feisty torrential rains across Pakistan in the pandemic-hit 2020 not only highlighted the climate change issues but also laid bare the country’s administrative weaknesses.
This year’s torrential rains also severely affected Sindh and the economic hub of the country, Karachi. According to official figures of the Sindh government, the heavy downpour had affected around 2.2 million people in the province. Thousands of them were displaced from their areas. At least 149 persons died and 103 were injured in rain-related incidents throughout Sindh.