KHAR: A man was killed when a car he was travelling in was washed away by flash floods in Charmang area of Bajaur tribal district, officials and residents said on Sunday.

They said the incident occurred in Gondai locality late on Saturday evening.

They added that the victim identified as Khanawada was on way to his house from a bazaar when his car was washed away in flash floods near his village.

Soon after the incident, his family along with villagers started search for him, but they could not find the body due to heavy rain and floods.

However, the body was later recovered from a stream in Kotki area and handed over to the family.

Meanwhile, the residents of Kamal Dara area of Barang tehsil, where flash floods triggered by heavy rain washed away several fields on Saturday, have called for immediate measures to protect their houses and lands from floods.

Talking to reporters on Sunday, they said the floods caused by the Saturday’s heavy rain washed away agriculture fields. They said the houses and lands located along the riverbank were facing serious threat of being washed away.

According to them, they had approached the district administration and relevant departments for building protection walls along the river to protect their houses and land from floods, but to no avail.

Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2019