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Over 1000 killed in Pak floods
ISLAMABAD. Sept 11: Over a thousand people have been killed In torrential rain floods which have caused large-scale devastation and an estimated billions of rupees loss In northern Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK), reports reaching here said today, reports PT1.
The worst hit was Haxra district. Reports of deaths were reaching from several Kis of Punjab. NWFP and
-occupied Kashmir.
Reports said that flood waters of Jhelum river had entered the Jhelum city submerging many parts which remained cut off from the rest of the country, while troops were assisting in the relief operations. food was being airdropped.
As the water level was rising in all the rivers of Punjab
the residents of the districts of Jhang, Oujrat, Sargodha, Nultan, Sheikhpura, Bawahalpur, Lahore. Kasur. Jhelum. Oujranwala and Rah I myar Khan had been put on alert as these areas could also be hit by Hoods.
AFP adds : At least 500 people died and tens of thousands have been uprooted as torrential mlns continued to lash central and northern Pakistan the past three days, reports reaching here said
Hundreds of villages have been submerged in the populous Punjab province, bordering India, where official sources said the property and crop losses were colossal.
Officials said the worst-hit areas were Pakistani-administered Kashmir and the north west Frontier Province, where
the floods reportedly claimed more than 350 lives
Sources here said the death toll may rise considerably as
sibte tn the Incessant rains
The government has already declared a state of emergency in about a dozen districts and the army has been called out to evacuate marooned villagers, officials said
Helicopters have been airdropping food and other essential Items as people in inundated villages passed the night on rooftops or clinging to tree trunks, they said.
Troops have also set up relief camps, and army engineers were erecting boat bridges to reach affected areas after gushing water swept away railway tracks and communication bridges
The authorities have declared Kashmir a calamity-hit' area as thousands of people were rendered homeless, hundreds of houses collapsed and road and telephone links were severed with Pakistan, which controls part of Kash-
m from Jammu adds: At least 100 persons have been killed In flash Hoods, landslides and house collapses 1n Jammu and Kashmir since Tuesday, while an alert was sounded and army and airforce assistance sought for rescue operations
Over six lakh people In Ra Jouri-Poonch district and Akhnoor Tehstl remained cut off from Jammu district for the second day today. The Akhnoor bridge was washed away m the early hours of the morning yes terday
AFP adds: Pak officials said about 100 bridges were either damaged or completely destroyed In the region.
In northwestern Hazara District, more than 175 people reportedly died in house collapses and landslides. Officials have confirmed more than 130 deaths In Hazara as relief workers were searching for survivors after a boulder rolled over a village, trapping dozens of people.
much higher, J he sources said.
Some 16 people were drowned In the ancient Taqx-Ila town near Islamabad when their makeshift camp was swept by a swelling seasonal drain, reports said
A number of Pakistani and foreign tourists were stranded In the Kaghan Valley resort as landslides cut the roads
A number of breaches have
■ been reported along the banks of the swollen Jehlum and Chenab rivers. Inundating vast areas tn Cujrta. Waztrabad. Ou Jranwala and the Jhang and Jehlum districts, officials said
A record downpour of more than 210 mm (over eight inches) was reported in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Wednesday.
The Meteorological de-Kment said the 365.5 mm
6 Inches) of rain recorded In Islamabad in the first 10 days of September was the highest In the past 31 years. The 1961 record was 279 1 mm (I 1.16 inches), they said
Newspapers quoting weather pundits said the current spell was caused by a cyclone emanating from the Bay of Bengal and predicted more such cyclones hitting the region in the coming days