ISLAMABAD: At least 30 people were killed and 38 injured in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province due to monsoon rains this week, KP’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Thursday.
The authority also warned residents of Nowshera and Charsadda, who live near rivers flowing through the two districts, to take necessary precautionary measures.
“118 houses partially while 15 were completely destroyed because of rains,” the PMDA said in a statement.
“Relief and rescue work is underway in flood and rain affected areas,” it added.
Monsoon rains have continued to lash different KP districts, including Buner, Shangla, Kohistan and Swat, said the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
Dozens of people have been killed across Pakistan in rains and floods since June this year.
According to the NDMA data released on Wednesday, 189 people were killed and 128 injured in rain-related incidents between June 15 and August 31.
The southern Sindh province has been the worst-hit where 72 people died during the same period. KP also lost 61 of its residents.
In a recent alert, the NDMA said that due to high water level in “Mangla Reservoir (1,242.00 feet) and Tarbela Dam (1.550 feet) along with expected rains over the upper catchments of all the major rivers,” discharge of surplus water from the two dams could become necessary.
It also urged “all relevant district administrations to sensitize the population residing near river banks along Chenab and Jhelum and take necessary precautionary measures.”
30 killed amid heavy rainfall in northwest Pakistan this week
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30 killed amid heavy rainfall in northwest Pakistan this week
- Relief and rescue work underway in flood and rain affected areas, says the PDMA
- Monsoon rains have continued to lash different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this week
Pakistan receives fourth consignment of Chinese aid for disaster-hit communities
- The shipment includes 14,000 tents, 12,000 blankets and 1,000 sleeping bags
- Disaster management authority says it is ensuring supply of relief goods to affectees
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received the fourth consignment of relief goods from China for victims of natural disasters, including flood-affected communities, a Pakistani state broadcaster reported on Monday.
Intense rains and floods this year killed more than 1,037 people and damaged crops worth billions of dollars in Pakistan, which ranks among nations most vulnerable to climate change.
The deluges displaced millions of people as they damaged more than 229,000 homes, washed away 2,811 kilometers of roads, 790 bridges and over 22,800 livestock in affected areas.
The latest Chinese shipment included 14,000 tents, 12,000 blankets and 1,000 sleeping bags which reached the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.
“So far, 45,000 blankets, 20,000 tents, 100 boats, 1,000 life jackets and 5,000 sleeping bags have been received from China under all the four aid consignments,” Radio Pakistan reported, citing the NDMA.
Pakistan and China have longstanding strategic, political, economic, defense and cultural relations. The arrival of the latest Chinese consignment comes amid the winter season, which has compounded the hardships of displaced communities.
“The NDMA is making all its resources available to the disaster victims and supply of relief goods will be ensured in the affected areas as per the need,” the report read.
