Seeking to avert any disaster in the future, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday said they must prepare for a war situation to deal with climate change and expected floods.
Addressing the convocation of Sindh University, the PPP chairman called climate change the world’s “biggest problem”.
Highlighting the issue, Bilawal said it was a significant threat to our future generations. Referring to the “catastrophic” floods in Sindh in 2022, the PPP chairman said people have to suffer huge losses as the snow melts.
According to a report issued by the Sindh government, more than 678 people lost their lives due to flash floods in Sindh in 2022. In addition, the calamity damaged more than 1.6 million homes, destroyed 3.5 million acres of standing crops, displaced 6.8 million people, and killed 216,683 people. animals.
The PPP chairman told the students today that the new generation will have to decide their future. He raised questions about long-term load shedding, taking over old and inefficient energy production methods and importing electricity.
“God has blessed us with the greatest coal mine in the world.”
It is pertinent to mention here that Sindh’s Thar coalfield is one of the largest coalfields in the world. It is blessed with 185 billion tons of brown coal, which can power over 100,000 megawatts of power generation for more than two centuries.
The PPP chairman was of the view that they could generate cheaper electricity and also deal with climate change.
He went on to say that attempts had been made in the past to “control and censor you”.
“Together we will have our digital bill of rights written.” He said they have to raise their voice for their rights.
The PPP leader urged students to fight for a digital bill of rights, saying it was their democratic right.
