Three to six months will be required to drain out rain and floodwater from submerged areas of Sindh province of Pakistan, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday. “Flooding and rainfall have destroyed thousands of houses in Sindh with around 1,500 deaths,” the Chief Minister told reporters as quoted by ARY News.

Shah was accompanied by the acting governor of Sindh Siraj Durrani. “The people have lost livestock of around 50 billion rupees,” Sindh Chief Minister said. Commenting on power load shedding in scorching weather in Karachi, the chief minister said, “We have communicated to the prime minister and the power division that we are not satisfied with the performance of the power supply companies”.