QUETTA: Torrential rains lashed Hub, the industrial town of Balochistan on Monday killing two students and washing away more than one dozen villages while a child was also killed and four others wounded in Zhob when roof of their house collapsed.
According to reports, two students of Madrisa Qasim ul Haloom identified as Khalil Ahmed and Saadullah were drowned in flash floods in Hub nullah while administration was making efforts to fish out their bodies.
Sources said that more than a dozen villages have been submerged in flood water after breach in Bamari dam in Lasbela district some 130 KM on northeast of Hub town. Heavy rains generated floods in Sakan and Yaro Pirani areas of Uthal washing away cattle and submerging about 30KM area.
Sources said that local administration has started rescue operation in the area as a large number of people were stated to be marooned. Personnel of Pakistan Coast Guards were also sent in the affected areas to help local administration in rescue operation.
In Zhob, a child was killed and four others wounded in different incidents of roof collapse because of heavy rains.
Torrential downpours in different areas of Zhob district killed a baby girl Bakhtawar, 7, and wounded others namely Abdul Baqi and Abdul Khaliq when the roof of their house caved in Sulamanzai area of Union Council Lakaband.
Separately, two persons received injuries because of wall collapse in Zhob.
Sources said that several houses were also collapsed in different remote areas of Zhob.
Dozens of houses were also affected in Ziarat district and people were waiting for government help.
On the other hand relief activities were continued in Nasirabad and Jaffarabad districts. On the special directives of Commander Southern Command Lieutenant General Javed Zia army trucks carrying relief goods including tents, edibles and medicines were dispatched to Nasirabad district.
Meanwhile, the River Nari in Balochistan is being seen in high floods at Kachi place following entry of 80,000 cusecs of floodwater tide at Nari Bank near Sibb.
Flood warning has been issued in Sibbi and Kachi villages as 10 villages have been inundated in Loni locality of Loralai, trapping hundreds of people in floodwater.
Several mud-made houses have been washed away in villages across Sibbi, prompting authorities to dispatch rescue teams comprising FC personnel into affecteed areas.
According to sources, River Nari is being seen in high floods at Kachi place while a huge floodwater tide of 1,70,000 cusecs of water has been anticipated to pass through Nari Bank in Sibbi.
District administration has issued flood warnings in villages abutting Sibbi, which included Machri, Haji Sher, Looni and others while residents have been ordered to vacate the villages.
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