Abstract
Pakistan is facing a number of flood disasters and its number is rising frequently with the passage of time. The main objective of this study is to identify the social impacts of floods on farm households. Data was collected through questionnaire survey among 150 households by using simple random sampling. Results show that there are a number of impacts of flood on human life and the people are unable to cope with them without Government support but lack all those basic facilities from the state. The results further identified that lack of education, health and clean drinking water is in worse condition in the study area. The role of NGOs and welfare is much better than Government institutes in providing basic requirements to the people. It is necessary for the farmers to get education and health facilities including trainings to cope with floods when in future disaster strikes the area, it is impossible to stop disasters but training the farmers and giving them basic facilities can minimize the diseases, economic and human loss.
Hashim Khan1 , Dr. Ghulam Murtaza2. (2018) Assessing Social Impacts of Flood on Communities: A Case of District Jaffarabad, Balochistan, Balochistan Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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