Emeutes au Rajanpur راجن پور – juillet 2010

Police, flood affectees clash over wheat flour

dailymailnews.com

27 07 2010

RAJANPUR—Clashes erupted between the police and flood affected persons when only 50 bags of wheat flour were brought for more than 30,000 affectees here in Rajanpur flood-hit area on Tuesday.

It is pertinent to mention here that heavy rains and floods had inundated Rajanpur and destroyed fields over 3lac acres of land.

According to the administration, over 72 villages located between Head Khanki and Head Qadirabad are presently at risk of being flooded as passing floods are steadily becoming stronger with the addition of more water.

The flood-hit people, under open skies are waiting for aid, where they are facing shortage of medicines, potable water and eatables.

On Tuesday the clashes between the police and affected persons occurred when the Punjab government sent only 50 bags of Atta for more than 30,000 people.

The police pushed, slapped and baton charged affectees who were trying to receive the Atta bag.

At least eighteen districts of Ferozpur and Rajanpur have been destroyed in the flood.

The flood affected and food starved residents of the area said that the government of Punjab had sent only 50 bags of Atta to deceive the media that affectees are being provided aid.

However talking to media DCO Rajanpur Mian Iftikhar Rasol denied the reports of police baton-charge and said that brawl between the police and affectees occurred because the affectees were pushing and thrashing each other.

He said that there was no shortage of wheat flour and all the affectees would be given atta bags. He further said that compensations would be given to those who have lost their fields in the flood.—Agencies

Informations

Rajanpur (Urdu: راجن پور) is a city and the headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far south-west part of Punjab, Pakistan (29:06N, 70:19E). The district lies entirely West of the Indus River (Sind River); it is a narrow, 20 to 40 miles wide strip of land sandwiched between the Indus River on the East and the Sulaiman Mountains on the West. The town is approximately nine miles from the West bank of the river.