Hi there...
I am Dr. Kashif ahmed... its bit interesting to see how this thread developed into quake information .. i am at Pindi right now and its RAINING here.. Rain at pindi means unbearable weather at Kashmir the Quake area.. The snow must be setting in soon in few weeks and Land slides will increase as well.
i went to the worst striken areas of BAGH and Muzaffarabd myself through road. It was horrible to be there. Deadbodies on the grounds ..no tools to dig and bury them and smell was very bad. We took the first truck to BAGH as food n clothes relief with medicines thanks to Slang..but the people were desparate for such supplies and their patience broke up and they jumped all over the truck and looted it. Useless to stop them as a hungry man thinks with stomach not with brain.
Lights were out.. water system was broken but there are streams there alot i nhills..cold weather it rained while we were there...and we were shivering with cold blazes...so think of kids on the gournd and hills without food n home.. we were looted to nothing and we had to return later nite to pindi to get the new relief truck... next truck we sent it to BAGH was looted on the road.. it happend as One man jumped infront of the truck on road and we had to stop truck ..many ppl came down from sides of roads and put big stones infront and back of truck wheels so it couldnt move and them jumped onto truck to loot it..IT has TENTS in it,the most precious thing for people at this moment in kashmir..
as we returned for another trip we got 6 truck with food supplies and blanket n clothes ..thats 27 hours back..we reached Kohala the area from where roads start for BAGH but land slides had blocked the roads again..so we had to move on to ARMY camp Muzaffarabad there. As we were on the way we saw many people PICKING their choice off the clothes given to them ...these are the people who are not the one who deserve relief now..BADLY striken people still need to be accessed..after reachign Muzaffarabad we talked to the army in chief there ...
HE told us that FOOD Is ENUFF now.. what is needed is Camps,,tents..blanket n clothes.. as we heard the shocking news of a village 3 storey school nearby was approached and deadbodies of 600 girls was found in the rubble... its one example of the many schools which has been damaged.. its clearly evident that One WHOLE single GENERATION of the KASHMIRI people has Died in this natural disaster..
AS to how other aid is coming and helping when asked, army personnnel told that helos are the only air help at this moment .. and over 30 helos are there to help ..mostly Pak and US helos.. I saw myself many US helos flying in n out of base camp there..
one thing I would like to clearify is that Please DO NOT SEND GOODS rather kindly send cash as GOODS have to be stored and security has to put onto them for that matter as well. That eats up resources ..It is now SEARCH and RELIEF time.. rescue time is over almost. it is time to rehabilitation.. we need money to organize things..by sending good one cannot hav felxibility to organize things. buying instrucment or wheelchairs for broken n ijred homes or education expense or clothes..decisions can be made with money not with Good in the back yard. So any1 who is willing to help out It is requested to kindly donate money instead of Goods...i have delivered what ever donation i recieved as needed by people according to time..So either i or slang can be contacted for further donations which i can convey to people inlife n death situation there..
The worst is the psychological terror for the alive ppl there.. those who are dead are dead but those who are alive got painful memories..Your help n donation can heal part of these memories though not all. we need medical supplies urgently at hospitals which cost alot here..So help doctors out on this.
LET ME HELP YOU,..LET ME HELP THEM and LET THEM HELP THEMSELVES
PLEASE DONATE.
Dr. Kashif ahmed
Mobile: 0333 5212206
Rawalpindi
www.pindiplus.com