Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'saddened' by Pakistan flood devastation

More than 1,100 killed in devastating floods caused by highest rainfall in three decades

A flooded residential area in Pakistan's Balochistan province. The country's death toll from monsoon flooding since June has reached 1,136. AFP

Vehicles move along a flooded road in Mehar, Pakistan. Reuters

Soldiers load relief goods on to an army helicopter during a relief operation in Sawat, Pakistan. Reuters

Displaced people wait to receive food aid in the flood-hit Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab province. AFP

A cook prepares food for displaced people at a centre run by charity Saylani Welfare in Sukkur, Sindh province. AFP

Displaced people eat food provided by Saylani Welfare in Sukkur. AFP

A baby sleeps in a hammock as its parents wait for assistance along a road in Mehar, Pakistan. Reuters

Displaced women show their national identity cards at a government office in Sukkur as they wait to receive 25,000 Pakistani rupees ($112) in compensation for their damaged houses. AFP

Rescue workers use a boat to drop children back home after school in Dera Ghazi Khan district. AFP

Smiling through the hardship, people who fled their homes with their belongings wade through a flooded street in the Sohbatpur area of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan. AFP

Flood waters at Panjal Shaikh village on the outskirts of Sukkur in Sindh province, Pakistan. AFP

Newborn Yasmeem asleep on a cot at her flood-damaged house on the outskirts of Sukkur, Sindh province. AFP

Ghulam Rasool wades through his flood-damaged mud house in Sukkur, Sindh province. AFP

Residents of Karachi receive food aid distributed by the Nikhil Foundation. EPA

Workers from the Nikhil Foundation sort water bottles to be distributed among the people recovering from floods in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA

A chicken is slaughtered to feed a family who fled heavy monsoon rains in the Sohbatpur area of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan province. AFP

Pakistan Army soldiers in Shikarpur, Sindh province, distribute relief food bags to people who escaped the floods. AFP

Flood damage to a road on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. AP

People who escaped the floods dry their belongings at a camp in the Sanghar district of Sindh province in Pakistan. EPA

A householder sweeps muddy water out of his home in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA

A displaced man wades through a flooded area after fleeing his home on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. AP

People wade through a flooded area following heavy rains in Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. EPA

Heavy rains brought waist-deep flood water to parts of Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his sadness over the “devastation” caused by flooding in neighbouring Pakistan which has claimed more than 1,100 lives since June.

The floods were sparked by Pakistan's highest rainfall in three decades, with villages in the mountainous north cut off and the southern province of Sindh deluged.

More than 1,300 people have been injured and 33 million affected — one seventh of the country's population.

“Saddened to see the devastation caused by the floods in Pakistan,” Mr Modi wrote on Twitter.

“We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims, the injured and all those affected by this natural calamity and hope for an early restoration of normalcy.”

The relationship between New Delhi and Islamabad is usually frosty and has been particularly strained in recent years. The two countries have fought three wars since gaining independence from Britain in 1947.

The nations were on the brink of another war in February 2019 after India launched air strikes inside Pakistan over claims that a militant group backed by Islamabad was behind a suicide bombing which killed 41 Indian paramilitary soldiers in the disputed Kashmir region.

The Indian Express newspaper reported that New Delhi was discussing extending aid to Islamabad but a decision had yet to be made.

India sent aid to Pakistan after a devastating earthquake in 2005 and floods in 2010.

New Delhi declined Pakistan's offer of medical aid to help the nation during the Covid-19 crisis in 2021.

Heavy rain has been falling on much of Pakistan since mid-June, which Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman has called the “monster monsoon of the decade”.

The flooding has wreaked havoc, washing away roads, crops, bridges and infrastructure and costing the country’s economy an estimated $10 billion.

The Indus, which flows through Pakistan's second-most populous region, is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, many of which have burst their banks after record rainfall and glacier melt.

International aid agencies are providing emergency relief and President Sheikh Mohamed said the UAE would send 3,000 tonnes of food and medical supplies.

The US Agency for International Development on Tuesday announced an additional $30 million in humanitarian assistance to support flooded areas.

More than 1,100 people have been killed in India this year, after the severe monsoon sparked flooding and landslides, Mr Modi's government has said.