UN: 10 million lack safe water six months after Pakistan floods

A man carries his son as he wades through floodwaters in Charsadda, Pakistan, in September. Millions of Pakistanis continue to be affected by the disaster six months later, including having no access to safe drinking water, the UN says (Mohammad Sajjad/AP)

About six months after catastrophic floods in Pakistan, more than 10 million people still lack access to safe drinking water in areas affected by the record-breaking rains, according to a United Nations report.

Families living in flood-hit areas have “no alternative but to drink and use potentially disease-ridden water”, the UN children’s agency, or UNICEF, said in the report on Tuesday.