Syed Ali Shah, News Desk:
QUETTA: The video of the Balochistan government’s helicopter dropping relief items went viral on various social media networks. People on social media lashed out at the government for dropping relief items in flood-affected areas.
“Look, look, they are dropping relief items and bags are bursting”, a man who made the video of the helicopter said.
The debate on social media prompted the Balochistan government to issue a clarification in this regard. “Bad weather conditions, it is not possible for a helicopter to come down”, the Chief Pilot of the Balochistan government said in a statement.
بلوچستان حکومت کا امدادی کاروائیوں کا طریقہ واردات
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Balochistan has been hit hard by floods and heavy rainfall. This has claimed precious human lives and thousands of people are homeless in the province.
“Only 8 to 10 percent of food were dropped”, Mir Ziaullah Langove told reporters at a news conference. He said because the entire Naseerabad division has been flooded and it was very difficult for the heli to land in floods.
The provincial government is not serious about the floods operations, people tweeted on the video. They said, “the government is wasting food items”. However, the Home Minister stated that next time extreme care would be taken while providing relief items to the affected people.
