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9 killed in rain-triggered incidents in Pakistan’s Lahore
ISLAMABAD, July 3, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – At least nine people were killed
and 10 others injured in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan’s
eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday, local media reported.
Local Urdu TV channel Abb Takk, citing rescue officials, said that six
people, including two policemen, died of electrocution in different areas of
Lahore, the provincial capital of eastern Punjab province.
Separately, the roof of a dilapidated house collapsed in the Johar Town
area of the city due to heavy rains, injuring six people living inside.
They were shifted to a nearby hospital where three of them were pronounced
dead and the others are said to be in critical condition.
Emergency has been declared by the authorities in the city after hours-
long heavy rain wreaked havoc in different areas of the city.
The city is also observing a blackout as over 200 electricity feeders
tripped due to the rain. It has recorded 252 mm rain in Lahore, breaking the
record of past 38 years.
Rainfall also disrupted flight operations at Allama Iqbal International
Airport in Lahore, said airport officials, adding that four international
flights which were scheduled to land at the airport got delayed and another
flight from Saudi Arabia was diverted to the eastern Multan city.
According to the Pakistan’s weather department, rains in Lahore will
continue for the next three more days.
Caretaker chief minister of Punjab Hasan Askari expressed grief over the
loss of lives and asked the authorities concerned to provide best available
medical treatment to the injured as well as to increase the rescue efforts in
the affected areas.
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1757 hrs