Image via WikipediaPESHAWAR (Daily Times): Flash floods caused by heavy rains have killed 14 people, including children and women, and injured 15 others, three of them critically, in Chitral district, former member of National Assembly (MNA) Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali said on Friday.
He made these remarks while addressing a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club. Chitrali told the media that three villages in the Chitral Valley had been completely destroyed by the floods.
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader said that dead bodies of four people had been retrieved while 10 bodies were still missing. The former MNA added that a large number of domestic animals were drowned in the floodwater, which also destroyed around 500 acres of agricultural land including fresh crops.
He informed the media that around 33 houses were completely destroyed by the flash floods while 80 houses had been partially damaged. The JI leader criticised the Awami National Party (ANP)-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and said that it had taken no steps to help the flood-hit people. He also appealed to the government to announce compensation for the flood victims.
Separately, the water level in the Swat River is rising. Local residents are migrating to other places to avoid any untoward situation.
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