At least six tourists were killed in the Diamer District of Gilgit-Baltistan when strong floods mistreated the region, said an official on Thursday.
The devastating impacts of climate change have become more visible in GB as the floods induced by Cloudburst wreaked havoc throughout the region. The number of deaths related to floods in the region increased to five on Tuesday, after four lost their lives and 15 disappeared on Monday.
GB government spokesman Faizullah Faraq said rescue teams recovered another body in Babusar Valley, carrying the total number of deaths to six. “The search operation to locate the remaining tourists in Babusar is underway,” he added.
According to the 1122 rescue, the GB Ghanche district experienced floods in several areas. Sudden floods in Kandos villages damaged a dozen households, a dispensary, mosques, agricultural land and crops, he said.
Rescue 1122 also declared that sudden floods in Sikarkoi damaged several houses and other infrastructure in Dass Mohallah and the surrounding areas in Gilgit.
The body of the retired colonel found as the search for daughter sweeping in Rawalpindi floodwaters continues
Separately, the rescue teams recovered on Thursday the body of a retired colonel that disappeared after his car was swept by the waters of the floods and slipped into a drain in Rawalpindi last week, while a search for his daughter continues, rescue officials said.
Rescue efforts have been underway since Tuesday, when the retired colonel Ishaq Qazi, approximately 62 to 64 years, and his 25 -year -old daughter disappeared after the car in which they were dragged by rainwater.
The emergency officer of the district (DEO) Sibghatullah said: “Ishaq’s body had been found near the Soan River bridge, while rescue operations are underway to look for their daughter.”
Today early, Sibghatullah had said that rescue operations had entered a third day to look for the duo, while parts of their car had been found.
“Rescue 1122 found the hood and a car door under the Soan river bridge,” he said.
According to a Declaration of the Silalabad police station on Tuesday, the duo was in a gray deep vehicle and were residents of phase 5 of the Defense Housing Authority.
“Due to the strong accumulation of rainwater on a nearby road, his vehicle stagnated. While Colonel Ishaq tried to restart the car, the water flow intensified, and both individuals were dragged by the rainwater drain,” said the police statement on Tuesday.
On Tuesday morning, two girls were among four people swept in separate incidents due to sudden floods in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
Pakistan experiences Monzonian rain from June to September of each year. Heavy rains also trigger mortal floods, landslides and displacements, particularly in vulnerable areas, poorly drained or densely populated.
Last week, section 144 was imposed on Punjab along with an emergency state in several districts, since heavy rains triggered floods and claimed more than 60 lives throughout the province in 24 hours.
Residents block GT Road who protest not recover the body of adolescents
On the other hand, the residents of a housing society blocked the Grand Trunk Road of Rawalpindi after the rescue teams could not recover the body of a teenager who had drowned one day before.
On Wednesday afternoon, a 17 -year -old boy drowned while crossing a Nullah near the Housing Society of the Metro city. He was walking in a small passage when high -speed torrents swept him in deep water.
Two of his relatives jumped into the water to rescue him, but said Dawn.com That the water moved at high speed and the child could not be saved.
The Superintendent Police Assistant of Gujar Khan and the assistant commissioner also arrived at the scene and called on Rescue 1122, who could not recover the body when presenting this report. The residents of the area blocked the GT road, citing the “inaction and inability of the 1122 rescue in the recovery of the victim’s body after many hours.”
