RAWALPINDI: Five children drowned in nullahs during rain on Eid days in Rawalpindi and Golra area.
According to a senior Rescue 1122 official, Kamran Rasheed, two children drowned in Golra Mor area on Tuesday while one each in Chak Beli, Adiala and Shalley Valley on Monday.
The official said the emergency service was informed that three children had drowned in a drain in Golra, but later it emerged that there were two children who had drowned and their bodies were recovered by the rescue personnel.
He was a passerby who knew swimming dived into the water to rescue Adil Ibrar, 12, and Mohammad Ashir, 11, both residents of Faisal Colony, but could not save them. He said as soon as the emergency call was received, the divers and other rescue staff started a search operation and managed to recover the bodies before sunset and handed them over to their parents.
Earlier on Monday, a 10-year-old girl slipped into a nullah and drowned in Upper Kalan, Chak Beli Road. Help of Wasa and Islamabad’s Fire Brigade was sought to drain out water from the pond where the two children had drowned, the rescue services said.
The girl identified as Hooria Eman, 10, was fished out by villagers before the rescue services officials arrived at the scene. Later, Rescue 1122 authorities shifted her to the hospital but she was pronounced dead.
Another boy identified as Adnan, 10, drowned in a nullah in Khatana village of Adiala Road. He was shifted to the hospital by Rescue 1122 staff in critical condition but he later died.
The body of Osama, 8, who drowned in a nullah in Shalley Valley, on Eid day was recovered by Rescue 1122 divers on Tuesday.
Published in Dawn, July 13th, 2022
