PESHAWAR: As many as 24 people were killed and 17 other injured as result of accident due to recent rains in all across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) reports of loss of life and property due to heavy rains and flash floods in the last three days said.
The PDMA also confirmed the death of 24 people with 17 others injured including 6 men, 6 women and 12 children, while 8 men, 3 women and 6 children are among the injured.
A total of 150 houses were damaged due to wind and rain. In which 77 houses were partially damaged and 73 houses were completely damaged, the spokesman of the PDMA said. Due to heavy rains, life and financial accidents occurred in various districts of Kohat, Bajaur, Chitral Upper and Lower, Dir Upper, Kohistan Upper and Lower, Abbottabad, Haripur, Swat, Charsadda, Swabi, Mohmand, South Waziristan and Hangu.
The spokesman said that relief operations are going on in the affected areas, small and big missionaries are being used to open the closed roads with district administration and relief teams are engaged in relief activities in the affected districts.
The PDMA has also directed the district administration of the affected districts to provide immediate financial support to the victims. PDMA is in the process of providing relief materials to the victims in the affected areas.
As per the directives of the Director General PDMA, concerned agencies and all district administrations are in constant contact and monitoring the situation. Tourists should avoid traveling to tourist spots until the situation is normal, the spokesman said. PDMA’s Emergency Operation Center is fully operational and public and tourists can contact 1700 for any untoward incident, weather conditions, road closures and guidance, said spokesperson.