CHITRAL: Five houses and two shops were swept away due to heavy flooding in Chitral District, Express News reported on Thursday.
Irrigation pipelines, agricultural land and livestock were also lost or damaged due to the heavy rain and flooding.
Expensive logs of wood were swept away in the current of the flood.
Clean drinking water was also affected as the flood water reached the springs used for drinking.
Due to flooding in the Aiwan Nala, roads going towards the Kailash Valley have been closed off.
As the monsoons creep across the Northern parts of Pakistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal belt in particular are beginning to feel the full force of the season.
Heavy rains and floods have damaged infrastructure and standing crops across many areas. Express Trbune
Irrigation pipelines, agricultural land and livestock were also lost or damaged due to the heavy rain and flooding.
Expensive logs of wood were swept away in the current of the flood.
Clean drinking water was also affected as the flood water reached the springs used for drinking.
Due to flooding in the Aiwan Nala, roads going towards the Kailash Valley have been closed off.
As the monsoons creep across the Northern parts of Pakistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal belt in particular are beginning to feel the full force of the season.
Heavy rains and floods have damaged infrastructure and standing crops across many areas. Express Trbune
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Chitral MNA seeks emergency help
CHITRAL: Terming the flood in the district as devastating, Member National Assembly Shehzada Iftikharuddin on Friday urged the prime minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister and all non-governmental organisations to extend all possible help to rehabilitate the affectees.
“I have informed all the departments concerned and will visit the affected areas. We desperately need the support of the government and NGOs on emergency basis to deal with the situation,” the MNA told reporters by phone.
He said the floods had caused a loss of worth billions of rupees to the people. “Over 100 houses were washed away only in Reshun village of Mastuj tehsil and Pharabek village of Lotkoh tehsil,” the MNA said, adding that many houses were marooned in Orguch, Jughor and Rumboor as well. He said several link bridges, roads and channels were destroyed that required a huge amount to be rebuilt.
The MNA said he had asked deputy commissioner to the visit the flood-hit areas and prepare a comprehensive report of flood devastation. “The food and non-food items and tents for the affectees are needed at the moment as people in many areas are living in the open,” he said.