LARKANA: Deaf and Dumb special people of Larkana and other nearby areas held a protest demonstration here on Saturday against the lack of relief goods, compensation for their collapsed, damaged houses and ignoring them. They said that they are deaf and dumb by birth, but money and wealth has made the ministers and officials dumb as they have also become blind people.

The central leaders of the Larkana Deaf Association, Punhal Sangi, Ashfaq Ahmad Leghari, Imtiaz Ali Shahani, Rafiq Ahmed Mughiri, Faraz Pechuho, Manoor Ali Brohi, Habibullah Kokar and others said that more than 800 deaf and dumb people of Larkana have suffered a lot due to rains and floods and they have been severely affected and their places have become slums.

They said that no government official or elected representative has come to them to enquire about their welfare. The deaf and dumb said that our ministers, elected representatives and others are sitting in such a state that they have locked the doors of their bungalows as if they have escaped and no one is ready to listen. They are not ready to listen to their requests and complaints, which is why Sindh is like the law of the jungle.

They appealed to the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court Justice Ahmed Ali Shaikh and other wealthy philanthropists to help the deaf and dumb because everything has fallen to the ground and those who were tailors have not been able to earn a living due to stagnant rainwater. Their children are now forced to starve, they added.