Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Tuesday met with the French Ambassador Nicolas Galey and informed him of the challenges the country was facing in the current relief efforts and the assistance required for the rehabilitation of the flood affectees.
Ambassador Nicolas Galey expressed solidarity with the people of Pakistan on the devastation wreaked by the floods and assured full support from the French government, a news release said.
Federal minister Sherry Rehman said, “We appreciate France’s support in these tough times and would require assistance in the rehabilitation and relief process. The devastation on ground is much more than we have ever encountered even in the 2010 floods. We have not seen a humanitarian disaster of such epic proportions. More than 5,700 km of metaled roads and 246 bridges have been severely damaged in the 81 calamity-hit regions, cutting communication lines making relief and rescue herculean challenge.”
