As many as 13 deadly small and large snakes appeared in a house in Manzoor Pura plot, a suburban village of Shakargarh, on Saturday, spreading fear and panic in the area. Soon after receiving information, Rescue 1122 team rushed to the spot and captured the snakes, which were present inside a pipe, after hectic efforts of two and a half hours. Rescue staffers said that they had been left in an open space, away from the village in a natural habitat.

A month ago, Rescue 1122 staff had caught 29 venomous snakes from an under-construction house in Allama Iqbal Town, Antuwali, in Shakargarh. District Emergency Officer (Rescue 1122) Engineer Aurangzeb said that they received a call from one Mushtaq, a resident of Alam Town, who said that a venomous snake had entered his under-construction house. Acting on the complaint, the DEO said that Rescue 1122 teams from Shakargarh were dispatched to the locality.

On reaching the under-construction house, the rescuers started lifting bricks and other construction material from there in search of the snake. He said that during the search, the rescuers found a large number of venomous snakes hiding under a pile of bricks. He said as the rescuers started removing bricks, the snakes slithered into a hole dug for laying a sewerage line. The DEO said that the rescuers, after three-hour-long hectic efforts, caught 29 venomous snakes during the operation. About their size, he said that the snakes ranged from one-and-a-half-foot to five feet.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)