Most of the flood victims being embarrassed & worried about not having facility of ‘bathroom’

News Desk
Hundreds of local people affected by devastating floods after monsoon rains are forced to live in makeshift camps in Punjab, where the stench of rotting has flooded almost a third of the country.
According to the foreign news agency “AFP”, there are dozens of tents around a small rural railway station in Punjab, there is water everywhere, only this is the only dry land.
The stench is caused by the excrement of hundreds of flood victims and livestock, along with rotting vegetables, leftover food scraps and garbage.
Zeb Al-Nasa Bibi, who was forced to leave the village with her family two weeks ago due to floods, said that there is no place to bathe or go to the bathroom.
The worst floods in the country’s history have affected an area almost the size of the UK, affecting 33 million people – one in seven Pakistanis.
The report stated that the biggest problem in these tents is the bathroom, which poses health risks, especially for women and girls.
In the villages of Pakistan, where conservative Muslims live, many displaced women have to live with men who are not their relatives for the first time in their lives.
Zeb al-Nisa said that we used to live behind the veil but God removed it for us.

Very embarrassing
They said that they feel extremely embarrassed defecating under the open sky, especially when a man sees them from behind a tree when they pull down their shirt and shalwar.
Shamin Bibi just expressed the same sentiments.
Large numbers of flies and mosquitoes add to the misery, risking the spread of disease and infection.
Many women have stopped going into the flood waters to defecate because they have developed rashes.
Dr Ehsan Ayaz, a volunteer at the Fazilpur camp at the time when AFP visited, said the lack of a bathroom was a ‘main reason’ for skin infections and other diseases.
Shameen and her daughter drink very little water throughout the day, preferring to be thirsty and hungry rather than being seen defecating somewhere.
When the sun sets and the camp becomes dark, the women seek a secluded spot away from the camp, the report said.
They take turns to watch and warn if a man is coming.
Shameen said that if someone decides to come to take advantage, we don’t know what we can do.

There is another danger.
Shameen Bibi said that snakes and scorpions come out of the water at night.