MIANWALI: As many as 14 members of a family stranded in a flooded house situated in the riverine area in Mianwali were rescued.

Reports said rescue officials received a call from Shekhali village of Mianwali tehsil to save a family from flood. The rescue teams rushed to the affected area and rescued 14 members of the family besides belongings and cattle heads.

Despite repeated announcements by the district administration to vacate the area with flood threat due to the rising water flow of the Indus, which spread from Kalabagh after emerging out of mountains and inundated areas in Mianwali and Isakhel tehsils, people remained unmoved.

The district administration arranged various flood relief and medical camps in the area and rescue teams were alerted to evacuate stranded people.

Mianwali Deputy Commissioner Khalid Javed Goraya visited flood-affected areas and checked all the relief camps. He met people still living there who demanded declaring flood-hit areas as calamity-stricken due to the loss of huge chunks of crops spread over hundreds of acres due to flood. In Isakhel tehsil, the hill torrent inflicted a huge loss followed by the swollen Indus.

Published in Dawn, August 9th, 2024