Fresh rain in Kohat more deaths

Source Dawn

Two women and two girls of the same family were killed and two others injured when roof of their house caved in due to heavy rains in Jabbi area of Kohat.


Rabela Jan, Nirma Jan, Nazia, 5, and Shehla, 3, were admitted to a local hospital but they died of injuries, hospital sources told Dawn.

Two women of the same family, Maqsooda and Saira, who were injured when their house collapsed, were admitted in the KDA divisional headquarter hospital.

The rescuers pulled out a body from flood waters in Thall Behzadi area. The dead was identified as Muhammad Saeed, resident of Azghun Banda village in Shahpur Town.

Floods washed away two children destroyed dozens of houses and a mosque completely in Katakanri area of Hangu district.

A minor girl, Laiba, and a seven-years-old boy, Saad, were killed when roof of a house fell in Shawa area on Hangu-Thall road in the small hours of Saturday. A new bridge constructed at a cost of Rs30 million recently in Mandoori area in Thall tehsil of Hangu District was badly damaged, a local elder Maulana Jalil told this correspondent.

He further said that the floodwater inundated Hangu courts, post office and a hospital. The floodwaters washed away a Hiace wagon in Kharshu Banda. The driver of the wagon managed to jump out of the vehicle safely. There was four feet deep water standing inside these government buildings which destroyed all furniture and electronic gadgets, he said. Maulana Jalil complained that despite widespread devastation caused by floods in the district, no public representative or official were seen in the affected areas where people were crying for help.

The flash floods caused by incessant rains in the whole Kohat District affected Mohammedzai, Nasrat Khel, Hafizabad, Jungle Khel, Jarma, and Kaghazai. The rains started around 6pm on Friday and continued till Saturday evening.

The district coordination officer declared emergency in Kaghzai, Nasrat Khel and Jarma after receiving reports that a 45,000 cusecs of water would pass through the narrow Kohat Toi nullah, two kilometers from the Kohat city. Last week 50,000 cusecs of water passed through the same stream which claimed 13 lives when a bridge fell on the people in Jarma.