The 2022 floods in Gilgit [PoGB], Pakistan, which displaced more than 30 million people, are linked to climate change, with some areas receiving three times the normal amount of rainfall following a period of extremely high temperatures.
Even on June 5, World Environment Day, the problem of climate change and the destruction that comes with it is still troubling the families of the Guru-Jaglote area who have settled near the Gilgit River flowing through Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (POGB). Had built their houses. ,
These families lost their homes during the 2022 glacial eruption, which resulted in severe flooding that destroyed their lands and their homes, Pamir Times reports.
Those flood victims have not yet received any compensation or houses from the POGB administration. One of the victims who lost his home in the 2022 floods said, “I was here when the floods came. And I saw it with my own eyes when the water destroyed our houses.,
He said, "That was a difficult time for us, we were trying to save our lives and our homes. Now we have nothing left, they have not given us anything, and we have no money or permanent house. have been found."
Another victim of the incident said, "My house is in front of you and ever since our lands and our houses were destroyed in that flood, I have not been able to rebuild it. And the danger is still looming in our houses. nobody is here.“Nothing was given and we are living with our relatives in other districts despite having our own land with our families.”
Chairman of the Department of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management (POGB) Muhammad Zafar Khan said that "The one who is most affected by these types of disasters is the middle income group. We, the people who live in these hilly areas, are engaged in agro-animal husbandry. Dependence on alternatives and environmental degradation directly affects such communities, creating an environment for water-borne diseases, which again affects the common man who can afford it. They can recover from this but such families struggle for a long time after the disaster is averted.,
He added, "Across Pakistan, we lost about 1.4 million hectares of forest land from 1990 to 2000 – about 16 percent of the total forest area in the country. And the biggest driver of this destruction is land and habitat degradation. POGB None of the habitations spread around the hilly areas of India are in their original condition and the major causes of such problems are forest degradation, and encroachment of agricultural lands into forests, not only in the form of floods but also in the form of droughts, which are affecting our lands. Is destroying."
Even on June 5, World Environment Day, the problem of climate change and the destruction that comes with it is still troubling the families of the Guru-Jaglote area who have settled near the Gilgit River flowing through Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (POGB). Had built their houses. ,
These families lost their homes during the 2022 glacial eruption, which resulted in severe flooding that destroyed their lands and their homes, Pamir Times reports.
Those flood victims have not yet received any compensation or houses from the POGB administration. One of the victims who lost his home in the 2022 floods said, “I was here when the floods came. And I saw it with my own eyes when the water destroyed our houses.,
He said, "That was a difficult time for us, we were trying to save our lives and our homes. Now we have nothing left, they have not given us anything, and we have no money or permanent house. have been found."
Another victim of the incident said, "My house is in front of you and ever since our lands and our houses were destroyed in that flood, I have not been able to rebuild it. And the danger is still looming in our houses. nobody is here.“Nothing was given and we are living with our relatives in other districts despite having our own land with our families.”
Chairman of the Department of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management (POGB) Muhammad Zafar Khan said that "The one who is most affected by these types of disasters is the middle income group. We, the people who live in these hilly areas, are engaged in agro-animal husbandry. Dependence on alternatives and environmental degradation directly affects such communities, creating an environment for water-borne diseases, which again affects the common man who can afford it. They can recover from this but such families struggle for a long time after the disaster is averted.,
He added, "Across Pakistan, we lost about 1.4 million hectares of forest land from 1990 to 2000 – about 16 percent of the total forest area in the country. And the biggest driver of this destruction is land and habitat degradation. POGB None of the habitations spread around the hilly areas of India are in their original condition and the major causes of such problems are forest degradation, and encroachment of agricultural lands into forests, not only in the form of floods but also in the form of droughts, which are affecting our lands. Is destroying."