building in Saddar Wah Cantt area collapsed due to heavy rain killing eight people including four children and two women and injuring 10 others.The two-storey building was said to have collapsed due to heavy rain, which also caused problems for Rescue 1122 personnel during the operation. The workers were aided by army personnel and Edhi volunteers.
Rescue agencies recovered ten injured from the rubble including three children. The injured were shifted to District Headquarters (DHQ) hospital for emergency treatment. The eight deceased were identified as Sadia, Sapna, Syed Nazeer, Mumtaz, Bagh Sultana, Shumaila Nazeer and Ahmed Nazeer. A nine year old girl named Fatima was also recovered from the rubble during the rescue operation which took almost 10 hours.
Meanwhile at least 13 people sustained injuries in various incidents of road mishaps as fog blanketed the plain areas of Punjab after two days of incessant rains.Many local and international flight schedules were disrupted due to fog causing trouble to the passengers at the airports.
Fog clogged the roadway from Lahore to Sheikhupura dropping the visibility to zero whereas visibility from Sheikhupura to Khankah Dogra remained restricted to 25 meters. Heavy traffic, therefore, was not permitted to get on the road.
In Hafizabad, collision of a school and passenger van at Kaleke Mandi injured six including five kids. Injured were shifted to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital.Several cars bumped into each other at Lahore Road near Tabba Rehmat in Sheikhupura as fog clouded vision whereas an auto rickshaw met an accident at Gujranwala Road injuring seven people.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Tuesday expressed grief over the losses caused by recent rains in various parts of the country.Regretting the loss of valuable lives, the prime minister directed the provincial and local authorities to take immediate relief and rehabilitation measures so as to mitigate the sufferings of the people.
The prime minister also directed the health authorities to keep a close watch on the possibility of outbreak of any epidemic in rain affected areas and to take preventive measures in this regard.