Monsoon rains claim ten lives, triggers floods, landslides in AJK, GB

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Muzaffarabad: At least ten people, including women and children, have begun flooding and land sliding in parts of Gilgit -Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

In the AJK, the government announced the closure of public and private schools on August 15 and 16, causing heavy rainfall and threat of land sliding.

One day ago, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) warned next week to accelerate monsoon activity with more rain, wind and thunderstorms in several parts of the country.

According to the prophecy, Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Upper Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Gilgit -Baltistan are likely to suffer from rain/thunderstorms with heavy decline scattered from August 14 to 17.

In Gilgit -Baltistan, eight people were killed and two others were injured in GB government spokesman Faizullah Ferrak, adding that a brother and sister were killed and two others were injured in Qatar district.

He said several roads that were damaged by the floods were being repaired, adding that key routes including Babusar Highway were restored at Gandalo Point and Babusar Highway on the Karakoram Highway. “

Rescue operations are underway in the flood -hit areas, he said.

In the city of Gilgit, the floods damaged the main nail power station, and the area was submerged in the dark, the deputy commissioner added that residents living near the river in the basin have been shifted to safer places as caution in view of the threat of floods.

Land slide debris was cleared on Neelam Valley Road in Barian Seri, in Ethics, local police said.

Local residents said that the flow of water in the Indus River in the Sandol Kot River in Chala, a village at the junction of the Indus and Thornala, was flooding in nearby settlements and several houses were damaged.

In Muzaffarabad, AJ Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar -ul -Haq chaired a meeting of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) and ordered the residents of the river to move to safer places.

During the meeting, the Prime Minister also approved financial support for the families affected by the rain and directed that housing be provided to those whose homes were destroyed.

The Prime Minister has issued orders to take steps to protect the residents along the Jhelum River in Hetian Bala.

He directed the authorities to evaluate the damage to the power infrastructure in Jhelum, Neelam and Bagh and asked the department to submit a detailed report.

The Prime Minister also ordered the establishment of emergency posts to monitor water resources. The meeting, led by it, also agreed to launch an operation to remove the encroachment along the river.

According to the SDMA, two link bridges were washed away in the district, Neelam, two bridges in Cotton and Lot Stream.

The SDMA said that many tourists were trapped at the Rati Galbase Camp. According to Engineer Alexander Khan, partial power supply has been restored from the Nosri grid station.

Meanwhile, in a video message from the tourist destination of Rati Gali in the Neelam Valley, Minister of Information Mazhar Saeed said that more than 700 tourists, including more than 300 women and children, were trapped after washing some parts of the road.

Due to the bad weather, they noted, the authorities have stopped tourists from leaving the area and arranged free housing with the help of local residents.

He said that after the weather cleared, a decision on the departure of the tourist from Rati Gul will be made this morning.

The recent monsoon season has caused devastation in Pakistan, which has caused massive floods and land sliding, which has claimed more than 260 lives across the country. Gilgit -Baltistan was severely affected by an important tourist area. Chief Minister Haji Gulbar Khan reported at least ten deaths and widespread damage to homes, water channels and roads.

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif recently visited the region, distributing compensation checks under a relief package of Rs 4 billion and visited the region. He prayed for the wounded and promised constant support of the affected families.

Highlighting the increasing threat of climate change, the Prime Minister emphasized the urgent need of the preliminary warning system and announced the 100 MW solar project projects in Gilgit -Baltistan to strengthen the region’s energy supply.

The PMD has warned from August 15 to 21 August, Punjab, Islamabad, Murri, Galiat, and AJK, possibly floods in local rivers and boxes and from August 18 to 21 to 21 to 21 to 21 August to 21st to 21, DG Khan and Eastern Balochistan’s hill turent.

The Met Office said that urban floods are possible in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sialkot, Peshawar and Noshera areas.

Land sliding and soil areas may interfere with roads, while storms and electricity can damage weak structures, electric poles, billboards and vehicles.

Meanwhile, Punjab’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued an alert for the seventh magic of monsoon rains from August 13 to 15, which has heavy rainfall warning in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore and Dera Ghazi Khan.

Heavy rains also predict that it is predicted in the upper parts of Sindh, Chenab, Sutlej, Jhelum and Ravi rivers.