Emergency workers are trying to reach hundreds of thousands of people in northern India and Pakistan cut off by the worst floods for decades.
Hundreds have died in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. In the Indian-administered zone the army has been transporting boats by air to evacuate people from the worst affected areas. Stories are emerging of people being stranded for hours before being rescued by neighbours.
Some people have been airlifted to safety by emergency teams – yet even so there is anger at the authorities. “The government should at least have sent boats to rescue us over the last three days. No one from the government has come to ask about us till now. There are no supplies of water, food or medicine,” said one man on board a plane sent to winch people from flooded areas.
INC News, 10/09/2014
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