Pakistan’s worst flooding in decades has displaced millions of people. It's not been easy for people to make do amidst the natural disaster. In Karachi, hungry and homeless families find shelter at a railway station, waiting for much needed aid.
Hundreds of flood-stricken families from Pakistan’s Sindh Province are making their way to Karachi. On Thursday, many displaced families took refuge in Karachi’s Cantonment Railway Station.
Nearly 400 people have stayed in the building for the past week.
"We have fled from the floods. We have nothing left. We have been here for three or four days, and we are hungry. Nobody is even looking at us. We have had no food and we are dying of hunger. I have six children."
Many have relied on donations from commuters.
"Some (displaced) come and some go. This has been going on for eight days. Some have started begging for food. They lie around here day and night. Sometimes there are some generous people who help. But no government official has come so far."
Social workers have come to convince the displaced people to move to relief camps.
"These people are hungry and now they have reached a stage where they have started begging. They should be taken to government relief camps. Our appeal is that they should be convinced to move to relief camps. I tried to convince them to get ready to move, but when they assemble to leave there is no transport available and they disperse again.”
Pakistan’s worst floods in decades have receded in some areas in the northwest and Punjab. But sources say southern Sindh Province is most vulnerable to rising waters.
The downpours have killed around 1,600 people, made over four million homeless and disrupted the lives of 20 million people.
