MIRPURKHAS: A boy drowned in stagnant floodwaters while another was rescued by villagers in separate incidents in two villages of Jhuddo taluka on Sunday.

In a village near Jhuddo, 12-year-old Deeno Kolhi fell into stagnant floodwaters and drowned. His body was later taken out and brought to rural health centre for legal formalities.

In the other incident in Ali Nawaz village, six-year-old Mohammad Ilyas slipped into floodwaters but villagers took him out quickly and immediately rushed him to the rural health centre where doctors managed to resuscitate him after hectic efforts of an hour and saved his life.

Published in Dawn, September 12th, 2022