Floods wreak devastation across country, death toll reaches 150

Floods triggered by monsoon rainfall have wreaked vast devastation across the country.
The government officials have confirmed 89 deaths caused by floods while the unofficial statistics reported over 150 casualties across the country with the death of twenty more on Tuesday.
In Balochistan, several villages have been inundated due to heavy rainfall, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate due to a breach developed in Pat Feeder Canal in Naseerabad.
The floodwater submerged railway tracks and highways in Nasirabad and Jaffarabad. Meanwhile, hundreds of houses were washed away and thousands of families were rendered homeless in the province while no rehabilitation work has been initiated by the provincial government as yet. Many areas have been completely cut off as bridges have been washed away and roads are under water.
Several people are reported to have been left stranded in the flooded areas of Rabi and its adjoining areas including over 500 villages, disconnecting the traffic plying on Sindh-Balochistan National Highway.
Relief teams are busy with rescue operation in the deluged areas of Naseerabad in concert with the administration
Army Jawans were helping the marooned people in Jafferabad.
The rain has come to a halt after being inundating several areas in Sibi while rescue work has also been started in this area.
The rain that lashed several areas of Jacobabad for seven days finally stopped on Tuesday. At least, three persons were injured due to different incidents of roof collapse. Three-four feet deep water is standing in different areas due to which residents are moving towards safer places. The city is also facing blackout for two days as water entered in Jacobabad grid station.
Over six villages have been inundated due to a 50-feet wide breach in Shahi Canal.
After the breaches in DG Khan Canal, that is supposed to protect the town from hill torrents, floodwater entered Behari Colony, Railway Colony, Sadeeqabad, Abdulla Town, Indus Colony, Civil Hospital, district government offices, an under-construction medical college, surroundings of Gaddai, the Government Postgraduate College and residential colonies of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Residents of Sadeeqabad, Shamasabad and Abdulla Town took refuge at the platform of the Dera railway station.
Meanwhile, hundreds of flood affectees protested over the delay in Hill torrent from Koh-e-Suleman range hit DG Khan for the first time in history, and has devastated the whole city. The length of the torrent is reported to be roughly around 45 miles while it is around 15 miles wide. It has inundated a vast area and displaced around 0.7 million people in the area,” said Punjab chief minister’s senior adviser Senator Sardar Zulfiqar Khan Khosa.
Several mud huts in the vicinity of D G Khan were swept away by the hill torrents as water entered in the eastern part of the city.
Thousands of people have displaced in flooding and moving towards safer places. The government has declared D G Khan calamity hit region.
As many as 25,000 people have been shifted to relief camps on an emergency basis in Dera Ghazi Khan, where the flooding is reported to be the worst in 105 years.
Troops were also called in Rajanpur, Rojhan and Jampur areas of the district on the civilian administration’s plea.
District Coordination Officer (DCO) Dera Ghazi Khan Iftikhar Ali Sahu said that the victims would be compensated and aid would be dispatched without any delay.
Six villages of Rajanpur district have been completely washed out and the government buildings were inundated with water.
The floodwater has entered in scores of villages on the bank of river Indus in Layyah. The crops standing at thousands of acres have submerged under the floodwater.
Rahimyar Khan, Pak Pattan and adjoining areas in sothern Punjab have received heavy rainfall but the relief activities are equal to none in the region.
Pakistan Railways’ service has been severely affected by rains causing flooding and submerging tracks at various points.
According to PR sources, Sargodha bound Super Express has been closed for one week while Tezgam could also not leave for Rawalpindi from Lahore.
As rainwater has submerged the railway tracks at Sibbi and DG Khan section, all sorts of train services have been closed while delay of other trains have irked the passengers, sources told.
General Manager PR Junaid Qureshi told a private TV channel that Khyber mail, Allam Iqbal Express and Karachi Express were delayed by 14 hours due to floodwater.