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‘We have no dry land left’: impact of Pakistan floods to be felt for years

12:28 AM

Floods destroyed at least 4m acres of farmland, and with large areas still under water, new crops cannot be sown

Muhammad Naeem Khoso lost thousands acres of crops when the torrential downpours that devastated Pakistan in July and August turned his land in Jaffarabad into a lake.

“I had invested 40 million rupees (£163,042) into different crops, mostly rice,” he said. “I lost almost everything. The floods have ruined and washed away everything.”

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/13aISvd

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