Episodes of miseries:

Plight of flood affectees still unattended

The flood came itself silently but took away millions of lives, tears and screams with it. Millions of people lost their families, homes and loved ones. Naz Begam is also one of the victims among the flood affectees. She was a mother of seven children and had an adorable husband.

Last year in 2010 on the day of disaster when the flood came by, in the afternoon the eldest son of Naz Begam was returning to his home from his friend. On his way home a wall of a shop fell over him and he died on the spot.

On the same day, unfortunately, the flood took away the life of her husband as well. The flood wiped away everything that she had. Today she is left away all alone with her six kids in Swat. She has no food, shelter and roof to live under. She has rented a house which has a tinned-roof and has to pay Rs1500 per month which is something she cannot afford either.

They are adjusting with couple of dishes, vessels and bed items in their home. She wishes for no money, shelter, food cloth, not even basic needs. All she wants is her children to get educated so that they may be brought up in a respectable manner and turn into civilized and human beings with good character. Her eldest daughter is the only one among them who is educated to some extent.

This is really very disappointing and hurting for her that only one child is educated and the rest are not. She wants them all to get educated.

A similar story surfaced in swat at a local psychiatrist’s shelter home especially for flood affected women. She narrated a story that her driver was traveling by a market in Swat.

He noticed a lady standing right on the middle of the road waving hands at every car and trying to stop them. The driver got goose bumps as he was familiar to the situation these days. Suicide blast was the only thing that was revolving around his mind regarding that woman. But at last he made up his mind to move his car and ask her the reason behind the act. On asking, she responded in a real miserable condition that “I lost all what I had, in the flood. All I was left with was my young daughter. I was so helpless but I made up my mind to work at homes for their survival. The day when I got my first salary there was a slight smile on my daughter’s face so it made me happy. We went to the market for food. I crossed the road to purchase them and my daughter was standing on the opposite road waiting for me. I bought all what I needed, when I turned around, I saw that some unidentified people pulled my daughter into the car and went away. I lost my last hope at that moment itself.”

There are millions of hurdles these people are facing. These people are hoping for the nation and government to have a look into their miseries and come up with some solution.