Letter.

Letter Published in The National UAE on 17Mar 20 Floods and deaths add to Egypt's burden

With reference to The National Editorial In Egypt, floods add to difficulty of fighting pandemic (March 15): while the entire world is focused on tackling the coronavirus, it was disheartening to read about the plight of an already embattled country to now also have to deal with the consequences of poor infrastructure. That the onslaught of rain killed people is a sobering reminder of the cost of development suffering. As if the existing conditions in Egypt were not challenging enough, with the Nile dam dispute far from resolved. The country didn't need this.

K Ragavan, Bengaluru, India