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- April 19, 2024
- Kainat Shakeel
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QUETTA: Due to the ongoing torrential rains, seven more individuals have died in accidents in Balochistan. Since the beginning of the severe rain and thunderstorms last week, 17 people have perished and 15 have been injured as a result of roof collapses, lightning strikes, and other accidents. In two more incidents, eight individuals lost their lives when rain was still falling in parts of Azad Kashmir. On Thursday, news of the seven further killings in Balochistan was released from the border town of Chaman. Four women and two children were among the casualties, according to Chaman Deputy Commissioner Athar Abbas Raja, who stated that the vehicle in which they were traveling got swept away by a sudden and intense flood of water.
Mr. Abbas informed Dawn via phone that the heavy rainfall in the nearby mountains had caused flash floods that washed away a massive mud dwelling. He claimed that the flowing water had severely damaged roads and blocked off Chaman from other parts of Balochistan, thereby suspending transit trade with Afghanistan. The disruption of a railway track resulted in the suspension of train services between Quetta and Chaman. Additionally, rail service between Sibi and Harnai has been interrupted due to damage to another track at the Spintangi area in the Sibi-Harnai segment.
Due to flash floods, the northeastern district of Harnai, which has been experiencing extreme rain and thunderstorms for several days, is shut off from Quetta and other locations. One of the bridges on the coastal route connecting Ormara and Basool collapsed, cutting off the Makran division’s connection to Karachi. During an early-morning shower that continued for many hours on Thursday, a minor dam in Chaman burst due to the overabundance of rainwater it received. Officials report significant damage in both old and modern Chaman after the Pado Dam on the border town’s edge collapsed. People were forced to evacuate to safer locations as water penetrated human settlements and caused damage to homes.
A senior official from the Levies force stated that flash floods had also washed away eight cars parked in a showroom near Chaman Bypass. He continued by saying that because of urban flooding, life in Chaman had all but stopped. Numerous residences in Roghani Road, Killi Roozudin, Killi Salehzai, and other nearby localities suffered significant damage. According to officials, members of the local government, the Levies, and the Frontier Corps have started rescue efforts in the impacted areas and are moving stranded families. While the severe rains persisted in Ormara, Pasni, Jewani, Ziarat, Loralai, Muskail, Barkhan, Dera Bugti, Kohlu, Sibi, Bolan, Noshki, Dalbandin, Washuk, Panjgur, and the areas bordering Afghanistan and Iran, similar damage to homes and roads was also reported in other areas.