Torrential monsoon rains kill 10, cause widespread damage in Gilgit-Baltistan - VIDEO
Heavy monsoon rains have unleashed devastating floods across Gilgit-Baltistan, resulting in the deaths of at least 10 people and injuries to four others, local media reported Sunday. The floods have caused infrastructure damage exceeding PKR 20 billion.
In addition, infrastructure worth over Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 20 billion was damaged in the floods, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
As torrential monsoon rainfall continues to batter Pakistan, the death toll since the onset of monsoon has reached 266, according to the latest report issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), local media reported on Friday.
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At least 279 people have been killed and 676 injured in Pakistan due to heavy rains and related incidents since the country's monsoon season began in late June, the National Disaster Management Authority said.
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While addressing a press conference, Gilgit-Baltistan‘s local leader Haji Gulbar Khan said that the floods had a major impact on seven districts of the region, destroying roads, water channels, homes and agricultural land.
He said that the limited resources are “insufficient to recover from the scale of this disaster” and requested the Pakistani government to provide assistance, Pakistan-based The News International reported.
He said that they have requested the federal government to provide PKR 7 billion for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the damaged infrastructure.
Meanwhile, multiple sections of Fairy Meadows Road in Gilgit-Baltistan were blocked due to landslides after heavy rains, as aerial operation remained suspended due to adverse weather conditions, the leading Pakistani media outlet Geo News reported on Saturday.
According to the Chilas deputy commissioner, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has dispatched teams to the site, while search operations for missing persons are underway.
According to the Met Office, rain is likely to continue until July 31 in Muzaffarabad, Neelum Valley and Rawalakot areas of Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan’s Hunza and Skardu regions.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) issued a nationwide alert on widespread rain, wind, and thundershowers, and warned of heavy to heavy rainfalls in several regions, raising concerns over potential flash floods, urban flooding, and landslides.
Heavy downpours have also raised fears of urban flooding in low-lying areas of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sialkot, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Okara, Nowshera, and Peshawar.
Meanwhile, heavy downpours early Wednesday morning submerged low-lying areas in Lahore and several other cities across Punjab province, hampering daily activities and electricity supply in multiple neighbourhoods.
Furthermore, rainfall also disrupted dozens of power feeders as water accumulated on major roads, severely affecting mobility and local infrastructure.
Relentless rainfall also lashed Lahore, inundating several underpasses and streets and crippling the drainage systems.
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