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| July 18, 2005 | Monday | Jumadi-us-Sani 10, 1426 |
Heavy rain in Bannu; two girls killed
PESHAWAR, July 17: Two girls died when the roof of their house collapsed after heavy rain, which left nine people injured and 99 mud-houses damaged in Bannu district, an official of the provincial relief department said here on Sunday.
The daily situation report released by the department said that about 50 mud-houses in Chitral district had been destroyed and 12 damaged in Brep village.
Due to torrential rains, crops have been damaged and the Garam Chashma Road closed after being submerged at different places.
Due to rising water level in the Kabul River, crops in Neevali, Banad Bala, Mamoon and Qila Shah Baig villages in Peshawar district have been damaged.
The department said the heirs of the victims would be paid compensation.
The provincial government had provided Rs2 million for relief activities in Karak district, 15 tents were provided to the victims of Zariwalla village by the district administration and edible items were distributed among the villagers of Khameedan Banda, Zariwalla and Manzani, it said.
It said the compensation for the three dead and four injured people in Mardan would be paid through the district coordination officer.
Edible items were distributed among villagers of Sagu Shumali, Jog Jabarana, Rangpur and Himmat in Dera Ismail Khan district. The district administration and army are on high alert in the district.
The situation in other districts in the province was normal, it said.
TARBELA DISCHARGE: In view of increasing inflow of water in the Tarbela reservoir, the authorities have opened the gates of its two spillways to discharge 354,000 cusecs of surplus water, sources told Dawn on Sunday, our Haripur correspondent adds.
The sources said the dam authorities had opened its spillways round the clock to create space for the inflow, which was expected to swell because of heavy downpour in the catchments of the reservoir.
At 3pm on Sunday, the inflow was 367,000 cusecs and outflow 354,000 cusecs. The water level in the reservoir was 1,530.2ft. The conservation level is 1,550ft.
About 175,000 cusecs were being released through the nine gates of auxiliary spillway and 179,000 cusecs were being dropped into the Indus from the service spillways.
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