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Villagers collect their belongings in their house collapsed due to flooding caused by heavy monsoon rain in Bakhtiarabad, 250 kilometers north of Quetta. -AP Photo
Sources said helicopters were flying over Gandakha but not landing to rescue the marooned people who urgently needed food, drinking water and medicines. They said that over 50 villages had been inundated in Gandakha and so far 300 people had been rescued.
The floodwater is still coming from Saifullah Magsi canal and it stopped flowing downstream. Gandakha remained cut off from other areas of Jaffarabad for 15 days.
Five children died of gastroenteritis in Jhal Magsi and one man in Kalat on Wednesday. Hundreds of people, including children and women, suffering from gastroenteritis and waterborne diseases have been admitted to differed hospitals in Balochistan.
