Death toll rises to six leaving 25 others injured in different rain related mishaps in Balochistan

Independent Report

QUETTA: The death toll due to heavy rains which have been battering Balochistan for the last five days has risen to six leaving 25 others wounded in various incidents across the province, it was reported here.
According to the report of losses caused during the heavy rains shared by Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), mostly deaths were occurred due to the roof collapse and sky lightening. Two casualties each were reported from Dera Bugti and Barkhan while one each death was reported from Khuzdar and Jhal Magsi.
The PDMA report mentioned that 13 houses were completely damaged with 30 damaged partially during the rains.
The N-70 highway which connects the province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was closed off for traffic, said the PDMA.
The PDMA further revealed that a large number of vehicles are stranded at Dhana Sar due to landsliding due to heavy rains in eastern Balochistan’s Koh-e-Suleman mountain range.
Meanwhile, the administration at Zhob and Qilla Saifullah administrations have been directed to stop the flow of traffic.
Furthermore, the PMDA has said that teams have been dispatched for rescue and relief operations regarding the stranded travellers.
Earlier this week, the Met Office had said that moist currents from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal are penetrating southern and eastern parts of the country with thundershowers with gusty winds are making their way in parts of Sindh and other provinces.
This is not the first time in 2024 that Balochistan has reported heavy rains resulting in loss of life and landsliding as April earlier this year, a rain and flood emergency was declared by the provincial government due to continuous heavy rains which battered different districts of Balochistan, killing and injuring several people.
Prior to that, the province’s port city Gwadar was battered by torrential rains in March prompting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to announce a relief package during his visit to the inundated city where moe than 40 people were killed in various incidents due to heavy rains