TOBA TEK SINGH: Five people lost their lives and more than 25 were injured in wall and roof collapse and other rain-related incidents in parts of Punjab on Thursday.

A woman and her minor son were electrocuted in Rajana area due to alleged negligence of Fesco employees.

Rescue 1122 reported that an electricity pole having a 25 KV transformer fell near Rajana canal during Wednesday’s windstorm and rain.

Haram Ali, 10, inadvertently touched the dangling wires near his house and suffered an electric shock as did his mother Nida Bibi, 40, who rushed to his rescue. Both of them died.

KASUR: An upward of 20 people were injured when walls and roofs of several houses caved in.

Scores of vehicles were damaged as the wall adjacent to the DPO office collapsed during rain. Life in the city and its suburban areas came to a standstill due to heavy shower. The business activities may be suspended for days as water inundated dozens of shops and godowns at main markets.

The situation in Pattoki, Chunian and Kot Radha Kishan tehsils was not different as civic and commercial activities were disrupted.

GUJRAT: The heavy rain continued to wreak havoc for the second consecutive day as a 16-year-old girl was killed and her parents were injured after the roof of their room caved in.

Beenish who lived with her parents at a cattle farm at Lala Chak village was killed when the roof fell owing to heavy rain while her parents suffered injuries. The family belonging to Hafizabad district had been residing at a cattle farm for security but became victim of heavy rain.

At least 10 cows of a farmer died at a village of Sara-i-Alamgir after the collapse of the structure of cattle farm.

The commercial activities could not be resumed even on the second working day after Eid holidays. Gujrat city’s main commercial hubs like Court Road, Circular Road, Railway Road, Rehman Shaheed Road, Jail Road, Bhimbher Road, Jalalpur Jattan Road, Muslim Bazaar and its adjoining areas remained submerged.

Several motorcyclists were injured due to road ditches and puddles.

A stormwater pipeline of 50 cusec had recently been laid from Jail Chowk to Boley stormwater channel to drain out the rainwater but it is yet to become fully functional.

NAROWAL: A 55-year-old woman was killed when the roof of her house collapsed.

Salamat’s wife Shamim Akhtar, 55, a resident of Badha Pind village on the outskirts of Narowal, was working at home when the roof of the house collapsed.

Rescue 1122 teams pulled out the woman from under the rubble and took her to hospital but she died.

LAHORE: The Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) reported a death in Nankana Sahib and 11 rain-related injuries.

According to the PDMA, the death in Nankana Sahib district was caused by lightning.

Published in Dawn, July 15th, 2022