At least twelve people were dead when a wall collapsed in the Federal Capital’s Golra Morr area due to heavy rainfall on Wednesday. As per details, heavy rain continues to lash parts of Rawalpindi and the people living along Nullah Lai have been ordered to vacate their houses after a surge in the water level. After getting information about the accident, the rescue teams reached the spot and retrieved the bodies of 11 people with the help of heavy machinery. Meanwhile, the rescue teams also took out five labourers from the rubble. It is reported that the victims had taken shelter under a tent due to the downpour when the hundreds of feet long and 11 feet high wall collapsed. It is feared that the number of casualties could rise as a large number of labourers were present at the spot.

 The army and other departments were placed on high alert as the water level in Nullah Lai was rising to an alarming level. As a result, the populated localities along the waterway were submerged. On the other hand, heavy downpour is also being reported from Muzaffarabad and other parts of Kashmir since late Tuesday with several areas of the state capital inundated. In this situation, the residents along the Jhelum and Neelum – the two rivers passing through the city – are on the edge, fearing that the river may reach the flood level.

Meanwhile, upper Punjab – including Sialkot, Murree, Attock, Chakwal, Gujrat and Gujranwala – and Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Swat, Mardan and surrounding areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are also lashed by heavy downpour which is still continuing by the time this report was being filed. The persistent rain has caused flash flooding in the streams of mountainous areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kashmir while triggering landslides as well, disconnecting several remote villages with main cities and towns.

 
Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP