- Volunteers helped repair the water channel damaged by floods.
- The rescue teams are looking for debris for those still lacking.
- Emergency services high alert in local hospitals.
In a tragic turn of events, eight local volunteers lost their lives in a massive landslide while they were participating in the restoration of Danyor Nullah damaged by the floods in Gilgit, officials announced on Monday.
Several others were injured and precipitated in hospitals, where the emergency services were activated, while the rescue teams and the inhabitants continue to search for people still trapped under the debris.
According to sources on the ground, volunteers helped repair the water canal damaged by floods when the mud flow hit.
As a result, several people were buried under the tons of land and rocks.
The police said that four people had been withdrawn under the debris in critical condition, but many are still trapped while the rescue teams and the inhabitants work tirelessly to find them.
Local authorities have informed that the community has met, rushing to help in the current rescue efforts. It is a heartbreaking situation that takes place in Gilgit.
The recent fate of monsoon has wreaked havoc through Pakistan with scenes of urban floods, sudden floods and landslides resulting in more than 260 deaths, while several others are still missing, as well as infrastructure damage.
The Gilgit Baltistan, which welcomes several tourist hotspots, was also beaten by sudden floods and landslides, the chief minister Haji Gulbar Khan, last month, claiming that at least 10 people had been killed and four others injured in the region in the floods launched by intense rains of Mousoon.
Expanding the extent of damage, the chief minister said that 300 houses had been destroyed, while 200 were partially damaged. In addition, 30 to 40% of the water channels and 15 to 20 kilometers of roads were damaged.
Last week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif distributed remuneration vouchers between the families affected by recent floods in Gilgit Baltistan and immediately led the restoration of damaged infrastructure in a 4 billion rupee rescue.
During his visit to the region, the Prime Minister presented remuneration checks of 1 million rupees to the closest to those who lost their lives in calamity. Offering prayers for the deceased and rapid recovery from the injured, the Prime Minister said that he had come to express his solidarity with the victims of the floods.
“Pakistan is one of the countries most affected by climate change,” said Prime Minister Shehbaz in the fight against the control distribution ceremony.
He called for the creation of an advanced warning system to mitigate future risks in the event of a disaster. “An early alert system is the need for the time,” he said.
He ordered the Minister of Communications to take immediate measures for restoring infrastructure and has committed that his next visit to the region will take place before the end of this month.
The Prime Minister also revealed that a solar energy project of 100 megawatts in the region would be completed this year.
