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Flood victims in KPK

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Few days back i was going to peshawar with my family. We used to go through mardan peshawar motorway because its more convenient in comparision to highway. Secondly it took just 35 minutes to reach Peshawar while highway took atleaste55 minutes to reach, so obviously saving 20 minutes. On both side of the road one can view beautiful natural rural views with mud houses and fields. People living on both side of the road are mostly farmers, their only livelihood is based on agriculture. River Kabul and river Jhandi flows in the area. Motorway has been constructed on a beautiful location. But what we see over there now adays is extremely sad. The current flood in Pakistan and Khyber Pukhtunkwa has destroyed lot of homes and snatches their only livlihood that was agriculture and cattle rearing. Now adays motorway presenting a total changed scenario. All the villages around the area have been drowned in the flood water. People have been shifted to the road to take shelters in the tents th