Heavy rains in Pakistan’s capital claim 11 lives
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 11 people were killed and several others injured Wednesday when a wall collapsed in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, due to heavy rains.
According to a local official, the incident occurred near Golra Mor, Peshawar Road, when the wall of a bridge under construction collapsed.
The collapsed wall buried the workers working there.
“So far, 11 bodies have been recovered, while six injured people have been shifted to a local hospital in Islamabad,” Imdadullah, a local rescue official, told Anadolu.
According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), 99 people, including 41 children, have been killed across the country since June 25 due to the heavy rains.
Some 175 people, including 59 children and 48 women, were injured, and 130 houses were damaged by the rains and flooding.
The monsoon rains have long wreaked havoc in Pakistan, both in terms of the death toll and the destruction of already fragile infrastructure.
Last year, unprecedented rains and floods inundated a third of Pakistan, killing more than 1,700 people and destroying hundreds of thousands of homes.
They caused damage worth $30 billion.
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